We’re taking a break from our usual JavaScript content to share some exciting news: Edgar Allan has released a new book, How to Grow & Scale Your Business With Webflow. Created in collaboration with Webflow, this book is a must-read for anyone building a business with Webflow. Filled with insights from 3x Agency of the Year winner Edgar Allan, it’s a playbook for individuals, pro-lancers, and small agencies growing alongside the revolutionary site-building platform. For our Slater users, we...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Slater now has 7389 users. 2060 of you haven't created a file yet. 😱 These numbers got us thinking – we want to make Slater easier and more helpful to all #nocode developers.We’d love to hear from you: Did you find it challenging to get started with Slater? Are there specific areas where you could use more guidance? Do you use JavaScript often in your Webflow projects? Or is Slater your first time exploring custom code? What would help you feel more confident writing JavaScript in Slater? Are...
23 days ago • 2 min read
Do you use GitHub? As the industry-standard platform for code management, it allows you to save snapshots of your code or even automate code deployments to external systems. This week, we quietly rolled out a new GitHub integration, now available to all our paid users! With this feature, you can seamlessly manage code and enhance your workflows directly within our platform. Watch the video to learn how to set up GitHub in Slater. h/t Jason Roach & Pierre Lovenfosse Join our Slack if you want...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
We're excited to announce a new user type designed specifically for your clients who want to manage their Slater projects without writing code themselves. Introducing Hosting Users! Here's what your clients get for just $5/month: Full team management capabilities (add/remove developers) Complete access to project code Ability to document code using Slater AI Direct control over their website's Slater project When you transfer a project, your clients can now choose to become Hosting Users,...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
How has your Webflow Conf 2024 experience been? At Edgar Allan, we are especially excited about Webflow Analyze and Optimize and how we can leverage it for our clients and with Wes. However, at Slater, we are most excited about the GSAP acquisition. We’ve been thinking about how we can better support you as you integrate GSAP and Webflow. Let’s explore how you can use Slater with GSAP: Slater Sessions - GSAP + Webflow via Chat with Witt Learn GSAP for Webflow with Aron Korenblit and Cassie...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Do you get confused when undoing (cmd + z) in Slater? We auto-format your code on save. The auto-formatting updates your code, and those updates get pushed into the undo stack. You can now improve your workflow by formatting the code when you choose—not just on save. To gain more control over when your code formats: Turn off auto-format code in the Code Editor Settings Use cmd + shift + f to format your code We added a handful of other improvements: Console logs and debuggers are now...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Last week, we announced that CSS updates were on the way—and now they're here! You can now generate CSS files just as quickly and easily as JS files. In the video below, we give a quick demo of the new functionality. If you have a Smart Script loaded in your project, you can instantly add CSS. In the demo, we also show how to add CSS in the Webflow designer. Give it a try and let us know what you're building! Community Library 🖍️ Text Highlight ColorCSS code for custom text selection. 🅰...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Do you use Slater for CSS? CSS support in Slater has always been somewhat of an afterthought—JavaScript is our love language! But sometimes, you need a simple way to add CSS to your project. Maybe you want to write a complex grid or use a CSS property that Webflow doesn't support. That's why we've decided to make CSS a first-class citizen. We considered launching the new CSS functionality today, but we want to test it a bit more. Expect it early next week. To prepare for the launch, let's...
3 months ago • 2 min read
You may recall that the original Slater had access controls for projects and files. We didn't want just anyone going in there and rewriting our Javascript. However, managing access for teammates became cumbersome (I even added a "god mode" to give myself access to any project or file). Since we generally trusted each other and never had issues, we decided to leave it out of the latest version of Slater. That said, we understand that some teams work differently, and maintaining control can be...
3 months ago • 2 min read
