givanz / VvvebJs

Drag and drop page builder library written in vanilla javascript without dependencies or build tools.

VvvebJs

Drag and drop page builder javascript library.
Built with Vanilla Js with no dependencies or build tools and Bootstrap 5

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Live Demo

For a full featured Open Source CMS using VvvebJs page builder check Vvveb CMS

Using Vvveb landing page template for demo page and Bootstrap 5 sections and blocks.

Features

• Components and blocks/snippets drag and drop and in page insert.
• Undo/Redo operations.
• One or two panels interface.
• File manager and component hierarchy navigation.
• Add new page modal with template and folder options.
• Live code editor with codemirror plugin syntax highlighting.
• Image upload with example php script included.
• Page download or export html or save page on server with example php script included.
• Components/Sections/Blocks list search.
• Bootstrap 5 components.
• Media gallery with integrated CC0 image search and server upload support.
• Image, video and iframe elements resize handles.
• Elements breadcrumb for easier parent elements selection.
• Full Google fonts list support for font selection.
• Youtube, Google maps, Charts.js etc widgets.
• Optional CKEditor plugin to replace builtin text editor.
• Zip download plugin to download the page and all assets as zip file.
• SVG Icon component bundled with hundreds of free icons.
• Animate on scroll support for page elements.
• Theme global typography and color pallette editor.

By default the editor comes with Bootstrap 5 and Widgets components and can be extended with any kind of components and inputs.

Install

• Clone the repository

#git 2.13+ 
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/givanz/VvvebJs

# older git versions 
git clone --recursive https://github.com/givanz/VvvebJs

• Pull changes

git pull --recurse-submodules

Usage

Clone the repository or download a release then open editor.html

Because of browser iframe security you need to use a webserver such as apache/xampp and open http://localhost/editor.html

To use the image upload or page save feature you need to have php installed.

Docker

Local development

From VvvebJs folder run

docker-compose up

Image

Or run image

docker run -p 8080:80 vvveb/vvvebjs

Open http://localhost:8080/editor.php or http://localhost:8080/editor.html

Save page

Save page function needs either php or node

PHP

If you use docker, xampp or a shared hosting account php should work without any change.

Saving is done using save.php

Node

For node go to VvvebJs folder and run

npm install express
node save.js

Open http://localhost:8080/editor.html

Saving is done using save.js

Landing template

To make changes to template files or sections run the following commands from demo/landing folder

Install gulp

npm i

Generate html files

Template html partials are located in demo/landing/src folder.

npm run gulp

Watch for changes for development

npm run gulp watch

Generate sections list for page builder

Sections html files are located in demo/landing/src/sections folder grouped in folders with the section group name.

npm run gulp sections

Generate blocks list

Blocks html files are located in demo/landing/src/blocks folder grouped in folders with the blocks group name.

npm run gulp blocks

Generate screenshots for sections

npm run gulp screenshots

Usage

Initialize example

<!-- bootstrap-->
<script src="js/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<!-- builder code-->
<script src="libs/builder/builder.js"></script>	
<!-- undo manager-->
<script src="libs/builder/undo.js"></script>	
<!-- inputs-->
<script src="libs/builder/inputs.js"></script>	
<!-- components-->
<script src="libs/builder/components-bootstrap5.js"></script>	
<script src="libs/builder/components-widgets.js"></script>	

<script>
let pages = [
 {
	name:"narrow-jumbotron", 
	title:"Jumbotron", 
	url: "demo/narrow-jumbotron/index.html", 
	file: "demo/narrow-jumbotron/index.html"
  },
  {name:"landing-page", title:"Landing page", url: "demo/landing/index.html", file: "demo/landing/index.html"},
];
	

let firstPage = Object.keys(pages)[0];
Vvveb.Builder.init(pages[firstPage]["url"], function() {
	//load code after page is loaded here
});

Vvveb.Gui.init();
Vvveb.FileManager.init();
Vvveb.SectionList.init();
Vvveb.Breadcrumb.init();

Vvveb.FileManager.addPages(pages);
Vvveb.FileManager.loadPage(pages[firstPage]["name"]);
Vvveb.Gui.toggleRightColumn(false);
Vvveb.Breadcrumb.init();

<script>

For editor html and components/input javascript templates edit editor.html

For css changes edit scss/editor.scss and scss/_builder.scss

Scss

To compile scss to css first install gulp

npm i

Then you can run

npm run gulp

or use watch to compile on file change.

npm run gulp watch

Documentation

For documentation check the wiki

Support

If you like the project you can support it with a PayPal donation or become a backer/sponsor via Open Collective

License

Apache 2.0