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    • atrilahiji
      atrilahiji App Dev @timconsidine last edited by

      @timconsidine Ah I see, I'm glad it worked! Yeah I actually just re-did my blog using directus9 and Gridsome (Gatsby but with Vue instead of React): https://git.atrilahiji.dev/atrilahiji/personal-site

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      • timconsidine
        timconsidine @atrilahiji last edited by

        @atrilahiji Nice

        I'm currently committed to Hugo as static site engine.
        But will certainly consider how to use Directus with it later.
        And learn about gatsby/gridsome - they seem popular.

        But for now a more pressing project.
        Build front-end website which allows users to buy "tickets" for an event, capturing their data and their choice of event selections, storing the choices and user info in Directus table for later processing.

        This could all be done with a regular form or poll or survey app, but I want the data stored in a way it can be checked, assessed and acted on, not just get a form response by traditional email, which would then loading in a database.

        I hope this is a suitable use case for Directus, even though it's not the regular headless CMS use case.

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        • atrilahiji
          atrilahiji App Dev @timconsidine last edited by

          @timconsidine I think it would be. Directus is generic enough I would think. Rather than being specifically focused on posts or blog content it is more so just an API wrapper over an SQL DB.

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          • robi
            robi last edited by

            @timconsidine
            This seems like a better job for EspoCRM.

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            • timconsidine
              timconsidine @robi last edited by

              @robi Yes, EspoCRM is an option.

              But I have only used their web-to-lead capture, which doesn't seem suitable, even with adding custom fields. I'm thinking that I would need to create a new Entity, and I have not yet checked how their API supports accessing a custom entity. Have you worked with their API much ?

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              • robi
                robi @timconsidine last edited by

                @timconsidine No, but @marcusquinn has

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                • marcusquinn
                  marcusquinn @timconsidine last edited by

                  @timconsidine Yeah, it really couldn't be simpler - best recommendation is to try it - I've been working with it since the beginning of the year and very happy with it all.

                  You don't need any of the paid add-ons, although the advanced pack is nice if you want to automate later but it's all fully functional, unrestricted, and well worth learning.

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                  • timconsidine
                    timconsidine @marcusquinn last edited by

                    @marcusquinn thank you
                    Are you using PHP to access the API ?

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                    • marcusquinn
                      marcusquinn @timconsidine last edited by

                      @timconsidine At the moment only Integromat integrations but, if you're taking web frontends then any JAMstack framework should work. I intend to setup a prototype with perhaps Gatsby at some point. Depends on your objectives but a search for JAMstack themes or JAMstack dashboards might give you some ideas.

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                      • atrilahiji
                        atrilahiji App Dev last edited by

                        This is a good resource: https://jamstackthemes.dev/

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