James
BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@harini I never implied it was specifically created for Webflow. I was just trying to encourage your team to create some documentation on this because my "use case" of multi references seems to be the most common use case for every Webflow dev. I'm not sure how many marketing teams are transitioning to Rowy without the ability to assign Categories, Tags etc. through multi references. I feel the base template should incorporate that given it is a basic feature for anybody trying to manage CMS. Don't take that as a dig or an offensive comment. Just some feedback about some growth opportunities if Rowy is trying to attract more users from Webflow community. I've spoken to 5+ other members in this discord who need that functionality, so unless they are lying, I'm pretty sure this just isn't a personal use case for me specifically. I was just looking for great product to complement my workflow and team. Rowy and Buildship seem like the perfect fit. I hope you consider my feedback in the future because there is a group of Webflow devs ready to make the switch to incorporate Rowy and Buildship in their tech stack.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
Hi @Gaurav Chadha. Thank you for your prompt response. I understand the referral to the experts program, however, I am just just looking for an answer regarding if it is possible to sync Webflow with multi-reference fields. I obviously do not want to go through the process of hiring someone if it cannot be achieved. Additionally, I find it concerning that I'm not getting an answer if its possible or not, and if I am not getting a direct answer, it leads me to believe that I am the first to try and develop this. Which is very strange to me because it seems like a frequent request from users who find Rowy through nocodecms. So again, please tell me if it is possible and if the functionality has been built out before. I have no plans to dump a lot of money into something that can't be developed. That is just a poor business decision.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Gaurav Chadha @Harini I am genuinely confused why I can't get a response. Just looking to use Rowy for my team and manage clients. Not sure if you are just ignoring me personally but it definitely feels like that. Again, I apologize if I sound rude, but all I wanted was to quickly develop multi reference syncing with Webflow. I didn't think I would need external developers for such a task. I'm will be looking at hiring some other developers with experience in Firebase, but it would be nice to be respected and given an answer straight up, instead of my question being ignored for days/weeks since I first joined this Discord. It takes only a few seconds to respond to me with a Yes/No regarding if there is a use case for syncing multi-references with Webflow. It would save me some money, time, and some frustration pointed towards your team. I was only providing feedback that their should be documentation on it if its possible. Not sure why this has escalated to a personal matter because it feels that way when I see support given to others but not myself. Kind Regards, James
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Gaurav Chadha @Harini I apologize, I know your team is busy but please just tell me if Webflow multi references are possible. I can't delay my projects anymore otherwise I will have to go back to Airtable because simply I can't get an answer. I just want to know if its possible. My question seems to be ignored every time I ask about this capability. A simple Yes or No would suffice.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Gaurav Chadha There are no column logs for it. I used the exact same code as your example but swapped out the collection id and field id. Can another example be provided? Do I need to setup anything else for the Connector field to work. All I have done is create another table from the webflow template and named it tags. I am just trying to show items from that table, no advanced filtering.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
I keep referring other no-code Webflow devs to take a look and they can't seem to figure it out.B But they seem optimistic with the platform.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Harini a resource of how to sync multi ref and single ref collections would be greatly appreciated and allow me to start adding content for my team/clients to use. I don't understand why Rowy is made for Webflow users if there are no docs for those collection types. The only Demo of a firestore table with the connnector field is at https://demo.rowy.io/table/connectors#. This example references the collection id "lwjShow" but I can't find that table anywhere in the demos. I can't even try to backwards engineer it to figure out what exactly I am doing wrong.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Harini When I add that code, it just shows no items in the connector dropdown. I have a field with the key title. Its essentially the same table which are both duplicates of the Webflow template
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Harini I do not mean to sound rude, but its exceptionally frustrating when I can't even get started. I just want to implement simple functionality for now. I'm not sure why its called NoCodeCMS if I need to hire someone else for something that may be be only 1 min or less to code. I have a group chat with a few other Webflow devs who all express the same concerns. I know i am not a paying customer right now, but how do I get my team to adopt this platform if even a simple reference field cannot be connected. I have plans for buildship too, but I have no hopes of using it if my table can't even be set up correctly like airtable or webflow with reference fields.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by James on 3/18/2024 in #💬・general
James - I need help with the connector field. I...
@Harini Thank you for your response. I need to hire a developer for something that is less than 6 lines of code? What I am trying to do is achieve the most basic thing and generate a list of options from another Firestore table. I only need the name. I am trying to sync the name with webflow mult ref collections because there is no documentation on that. But I am just trying to simply connect to another table for now as it is the first step.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by Greg on 3/5/2024 in #💬・general
Webflow
@Harini Great video! I like the suggestions by @Grant and it might be useful to demonstrate how to connect with Rowy (Firebase). I also agree with Grant that multi reference and single reference fields still needs some type of documentation for Rowy. A lot of Webflow users like myself have ZERO experience working with Firebase, so even for simple questions, that may seem easy, its a huge barrier for me to get started with Rowy as I do not know how to build my database in Rowy and then sync relational fields to Webflow. Connector, Array SubTable, Sub-Table, and Connect Table all seem like the same fields. I've read through the docs and I still can't wrap my head around which field type. They all seem similar with slight differentiation, so its hard to know which field would be best for different use cases. It would be beneficial to have examples more examples and Do's and Dont's for each field type. Its less intuitive than one might think. I just want to get started by setting up the my database infrastructure correctly so I can power a content team to correctly manage and eventually build in buildship automations.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by Greg on 3/5/2024 in #💬・general
Webflow
@Harini Forgot to say thank you!
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by Greg on 3/5/2024 in #💬・general
Webflow
@Harini Ok great! But I thought you said above that you could do something similar "with Rowy super easily" from what I read. I am also looking to strictly use Rowy if possible. Can it be done with Rowy and Rowy Trigger instead of Buildship Tables? Also, it would be great if you could run through a quick example of multi refernce fields and refernce fields just like a typical Webflow collection. I am confused on which field type is appropriate for both. Do I use connector, array subtable, subtable, connect table? Do I use the same Firestore Collection or a different one? Essentially it would be great to have a resource similar to you Get Started video with Rowy and Webflow, but this time include another collection to reference like Blog Tags (multi reference) and Author or Category (single reference).
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by Greg on 3/5/2024 in #💬・general
Webflow
@Harini Sorry but is there an expected release date for the Rowy tutorial? Or should I book a call like you mentioned above to Grant. Just trying to get started with Rowy to achive the functionality I wrote about.
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BRBuildShip + Rowy
•Created by Greg on 3/5/2024 in #💬・general
Webflow
@Harini This would be beneficial to my team as well. We are looking to get started and am encountering this same use case. Maybe a short loom video or recording can be created that would help @Grant and I both. I can provide feedback for a more professional video like the ones on your YouTube which are very helpful. My main concern is that I am unfamiliar with the field types and how they relate to the collection reference fields as Grant mentioned. It would be neat to see an example of how to show sub table data from rowy and display it within a Webflow CMS collection item. For example if I have a Webflow CMS collection of Recipes that is synced to Rowy, I might also create a sub table I believe of ingredients that is only in Rowy. And when the user loads the page, it syncs a list of ingredients from rowy and filters it inside the Webflow CMS item Recipe. This is just a simple use case. It would allow me to have unlimited ingredients while gaining the SEO benefits from syncing the Recipe with Webflow but not sync the Ingredients to avoid the CMS limit.
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