Implementing CMS style Content Management inside Bubble App!

Need help
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I’m building an e-commerce marketplace(I’ve built quite a few in the past). This time, I want to ensure the contents on the website’s frontend can be managed via the backend, like in a CMS.

The primary idea I have in mind is to create a DB table and manage everything from there - the sample goes like this :sweat_smile: :

DB Table - Sample Website Contents

  • HP-1st-title = Text value
  • HP-2nd-subheading = Text Value
  • HP-3rd-product_view = 3 (number)

After Experimentation

Upon trying this, I encountered that the table value contents get longer - irritating even when developing. And UI changes, like the sections view, are hard to implement.

Any other easier or more efficient way to implement such a solution?

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Perhaps merge the data into less fields and seperate the different formatting and images using markdown or bb code so its more seamless

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I understood about the BB code, but couldn’t grasp the

Could you elaborate

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BBcode lets you store the formatting in the blog dataset and display with formatting. It’s a hacky way to create a blog app in Bubble.

Here are some posts about the concept: Convert bbcode text to html (keeping dynamic expressions)?

Managing Rich Text and Media with BBcode?

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Try using JSON so don’t need hard sets of data fields and can be more dynamic with site content

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Building a CMS-style setup inside Bubble is totally doable, but the structure matters a lot from the start. I’d separate content types clearly, use reusable elements, and create an admin-only interface for managing entries. I’ve learned the hard way that messy data fields become painful later. Planning relationships properly upfront saves tons of refactoring down the road.

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I’ve set up my DB with quite a bit of optimization (it still needs tuning to perfection). CMS Style of Blog is easy, and I’ve previously been there, done that. As for an e-commerce and a marketplace, it is quite a hurdle to manage the UI. I want to change the whole text, not just the style like underline or italics. Kind of like what happens in WordPress

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Hey @code-escapee I’ve set up my DB with quite a bit of optimization (it still needs tuning to perfection). CMS Style of Blog is easy, and I’ve previously been there, done that. As for an e-commerce and a marketplace, it is quite a hurdle to manage the UI. I want to change the whole text, not just the style like underline or italics. Kind of like what happens in WordPress