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Here are some frequently asked questions to help you along your way. Feel free to add more yourself here or on social media.
We are passionate contributors and people who use Silex for personal and professional use. Silex Labs use Silex to teach web design to beginners. We put our efforts together to develop our tool our way.
No hidden cost, no need to monetize you or your users, no business driven decisions. And nobody will prevent you from doing business with Silex nor to add features to it.
Why do you need my Dropbox or FTP username and password? How will I know that the information will be kept safe?
On your first attempt to save a web page you will be asked to provide either your Dropbox or FTP user name and password.
In the case of Dropbox, we do not gain access to your Dropbox credentials. We use the OAuth mechanism they provide, giving you a path to log in on dropbox.com.
For FTP, we keep your data in a session cookie which lasts one week. After one week, it is deleted. For FTP there is no other option but to trust us (we are a non-profit organization well known in France by open source contributors).
But remember, Silex is open source so you can host it yourself and keep your data to yourself. See the readme for more information about hosting an instance.
Why am I routed to GitHub when I select the help menu? I want to ask a question, but I don't want to have to log into GitHub.
If you don't want to ask on GitHub, you can ask on Twitter or Facebook or even email us at contact[at]silexlabs[dot]org.
Never!
Silex is made by the people who use it and volunteer to give time and energy, so it has fewer features than other commercial tools. In addition to its price (FREE), and its customizability, Silex allows you to roll up your sleeves and really start to learn standards and understand the code.
Here is a great video on how to contribute to an open source project.
First of all, congratulations, you made a website! Now go celebrate by reading the article on how to publish your website.
You can open a GitHub issue here.
If you're interested in contributing your time to make Silex a more robust product, we'd love to have your help.
This is the documentation for Silex website builder. It is a collaborative effort, click edit and start contributing. Also have a look at these discussions.
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