Zesty.io Explorer

Website/App Overlay Guide for Editing Zesty.io Content

Overview

Is that the explorer will be a website overlay tool that will guide the user around the data that loads on the page relative to the zesty content management system. The tool will have tabs for searchable on page data, full site navigation, inline editing, website and page health, metadata explorer, image optimization scanning, broken link scanning.

How to Implement

The tool should be built in compiled JavaScript and execute in plain JavaScript so it can run over any installation of zesty, whether it's parsley templating, next js, nuxt, or any custom build.

Distribution

It should be distributed over npm package manager and yarn, it should also be able to be manually installed from a CDN link.

Using NPM

npm install @zesty-io/explorer

Using CDN

- copy the script tag below and paste it in the head of your main.html file

``
type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/zesty-io/explorer@latest/dist/explorer.production.js"
defer="defer"
>

`

Or

`
type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/zesty-io/explorer@v1.1.12/dist/explorer.production.js"
defer="defer"
>

`

Importing

`
import { ZestyExplorer } from '@zesty-io/explorer';
`

Explorer Sections

- Page Data Explorer
- Full Site Navigation and Explorer
- Inline Editing (phases)
- Website and Page Health
- Metadata
- Link Scanning
- Optimization Scanning

Publishing to NPM

Developer must have access to zestyionpm account

npm publish --access public

Deploying the cdn

- git checkout cdn
- run yarn release or npm run release

#### In the prompts

- press 'n' to not publish to npm then the rest press 'y'

#### It will open new window

- press ok
- then update the readme version of cdn to current version

#### This is your current updated script tag / cdnjs

`
type="text/javascript"
src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/zesty-io/explorer@${RELEASE_VERSION_CDN_BRANCH}/dist/explorer.production.js"
defer="defer"
>

`

Testing using NPM

- On origin/main

`
git checkout -b explorer-dev-test
`

- Edit package.json change the name to @username/explorer-dev-test
- Edit package.json increment the version number per publish
- Npm publish --access public
- In your react/next/app

`
import { ZestyExplorer } from '@username/explorer-dev-test';
`

Testing Locally using NextJs/CRA

- Clone the Zesty Explorer and NextJs App on the same folder

- cd in the Nextjs app folder
- Create .env file with a value NEXT_PUBLIC_DOMAIN_OVERRIDE=https://www.zesty.io
- run npm install
- cd in the Zesty Explorer folder
- run yarn install
- run npm link ../${YOUR_NEXTJS_APP_FOLDER}/node_modules/react/
- run yarn build
- run yarn start
- cd in the Nextjs app folder
- run npm i ../${YOUR_EXPLORER_FOLDER}

#### You can now import the ZestyExplorer in your next js app 🎉🎉🎉

`
import { ZestyExplorer } from '@zesty-io/explorer';
`

- run npm run dev`