While it would seem that this would be fairly trivial functionality, I’d like to be able to show embedded content delivered from the database (video, 360 view images, etc.)
but this doesn’t seem to be possible. Is there something I’m missing?
Hey,
You’re not missing anything - we currently don’t allow placing iframe-based elements (like html embed) into repeaters because they can quickly become a performance issue.
You could consider placing a thumbnail in the repeater (as a plain old image), and opening the content on a dynamic page or lightbox.
That doesn’t really solve the problem. You could set up a button that could link to the embedded asset’s original location, and open it, by linking the button’s data connection to a cell, but there is no clear way to have a lightbox’s embed source code provided by a database cell. It would seem that command would best come from the button itself, since it could be pointed by the repeater’s dataset to a link or other set of data, presumably. The question is how to inject the lightbox that appear with the embed codes for the intended assets for the data in that section of the repeater when it’s live.
Or maybe you guys have plans to support 360 photos soon?
Edit: Uval, sorry if I came across as curt or dismissive above; genuinely appreciate you taking the time to try and help us out. I am interested in using Wix Code with an even broader implementation across the board, but the limitations I’m running into are frustrating when I see a way for something to happen specific to the functionality of my site that I think should be simple, but it isn’t possible at all. I suppose for now I’m going to stick with some sort of hybrid solution, where I’ll have previews of the embedded assets act as links to the individual pages which can then host the actual iframe assets, unless I discover another way to use the current method.
Hey Uval - Thanks for the tip.
FYI Dave and I are both puzzling out the same issue together, which is how to have 360 image assets loaded from a row in an associated database. We’re not afraid of coding, but would love to figure out a clever workaround for this version of the product and moving forward if possible.
Hi Acorn and Dave, I’m also trying to find a solution for this, in my case it’s virtual tours. So far, the only way to achieve this is manually, which for the moment is something my team can do, but as soon as demand increases, they won’t I’m afraid. If you guys come up with some solution would you share it please? And Uval, sorry for the question, I’m no expert so, how is such thing an issue? I’m asking this because I wonder if it can become a real problem for us, and how exactly? maybe loading time, or not loading at all? (all this in case we work it out of course).
In case you still need it, I think I found a way, it doesn’t use repeaters just a regular html component for embed site. This is the link where I posted it: https://www.wix.com/code/home/forum/community-discussion/embed-website-or-html-in-dynamic-page
is there a way to do this now?
Did you ever find a way to add an HTML code for an image to the repeaters?
Hi, If suitable to use a table, add a rich text column and here you can show results from HTML code.