Silex website builder explained

Silex
Developer:	Alexandre Hoyau, Pierre Teissière, Pol Goasdoué, founders
Latest Release Version:	v2.7.30
Operating System:	Web app, Windows, macOS, Linux
Genre:	Website builder
License:	GPL, MPL

Silex is a free WYSIWYG website builder, that can be used directly in a browser or run offline as a it also provides cross-platform application version. The application includes a drag and drop interface to edit a website, and HTML, CSS and JavaScript editors to add styles and interactivity to the elements.^{[1] [2]}

History

• Founded in 2003 by Alex Hoyau, Pol Goasdoué and Pierre Teissière. The project is oriented towards video and cross media.
• In 2005, the version v0-6 is presented at the WWDC2005 in Cupertino California.^[3] Apple is interested in Flash capacity to compete with their QuickTime plug-in. Macromedia has just been acquired by Adobe, Apple's main partner.
• In 2006, the program was presented in several conferences at La Villette and won a challenge organized by Dauphine high school with INRIA - French National institute for research in computer science and control. The program at this time was mainly used for freelancers small projects.
• In 2007, Silex source code officially released as open source^[4]
• In 2008, Silex was among the 100 first Open Source projects on SourceForge. Silex v1 is released.^[5]
• In 2009, Silex was project of the month on SourceForge.^[6] The program was presented Silex at several French conference: Futur en Seine,^[7] Les Trophées du Libre,^[8] Pas sage en Seine,^[9] Wikiplaza ^[10]
• In 2010, the team members formalized their cooperation by creating a non profit organization for promotion, deployment support, and development of open source software projects related to Silex and Open Source Flash.^[11] The organization became the official maintainer of AMFPHP, a mature communautary project.^[12]
• In 2012, Silex has reached the 100.000 downloads.^[13] And the team has made a dedicated version for HTML, the html5 editor,^[14] which was downloaded 1000 times on the first month.
• In 2013, the team, led by Alex Hoyau ^[15] started from scratch and build Silex V2 with Javascript, Node.js and more modern technologies than the previous version.
• In 2016, Silex Labs foundation has set up a crowd funding campaign to give Silex international concern by creating a multilingual documentation and tutorials, and to create free templates to facilitate the creation of a website, and to develop a "responsive editor" to make it possible to optimize the mobile version of websites.^{[16] [17]}

Features

• WYSIWYG environment to edit a publication with drag and drop
• HTML, CSS and Javascript code editors included
• Suitable for prototyping
• Web based (can be installed locally on a web server) or as a portable offline app
• Free templates and plugins
• File browser integration with GitHub, Dropbox, FTP, WebDAV, and SFTP
• Easy options for responsive element design
• Easy switch between desktop and mobile view

External links

• • https://www.hostscore.net/choose/wix-alternatives/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silex v2.0 - Part 1, the vision . Silex Labs . 27 October 2019 . fr-FR . 3 August 2014.
2. Web site: Silex v2.0 - Part 2, what is it exactly? . Silex Labs . 27 October 2019 . fr-FR . 12 April 2014.
3. Web site: Silex, the June Sourceforge POTM . 27 October 2019.
4. Web site: Silex, live web creation - Browse Files at SourceForge.net. sourceforge.net. 2016-05-20.
5. Web site: Stat-is-stuck - Silex Labs. 2009-06-12. Silex Labs. fr-FR. 2016-05-20.
6. Web site: SourceForge Community Blog Project of the Month, June 2009. sourceforge.net. 31 May 2009 . 2016-05-20.
7. Web site: Silex on the scene - Silex Labs. 2009-05-26. Silex Labs. fr-FR. 2016-05-20.
8. Web site: Soissons pour les nuls *** Soissons for Dummies . Silex Labs . 27 October 2019 . fr-FR . 5 June 2009.
9. Web site: Pas sage en Seine : Maintenant ! *** Workshop NOW ! . Silex Labs . 27 October 2019 . fr-FR . 4 June 2009.
10. Web site: Video Wikiplaza - Silex Labs. 2009-06-10. Silex Labs. fr-FR. 2016-05-20.
11. Web site: About . Silex Labs . 27 October 2019 . fr-FR . 6 September 2010.
12. Web site: Flash remoting for PHP: A responsive Client-Server Architecture for the Web . amfphp.sourceforge.net . 27 October 2019.
13. Web site: New record for Silex ! . Silex Labs . 27 October 2019 . fr-FR . 7 August 2012.
14. Web site: 杠杆交易平台可信吗杠杆交易原理股票100倍杠杆t加0平台 . www.html5-editor.org . 27 October 2019.
15. Web site: Silex launches a crowdfunding campaign. - Templamatic. www.templamatic.com. 2016-05-20.
16. Web site: Silex free website builder. Ulule. 2016-05-20.
17. Web site: Build your own website . Monday, April 27, 2020