Private Beta
We’re introducing a range of new features designed to enhance your experience with FlowHost and the overall experience when designing static sites in Webflow
For the past three months, FlowHost has been in testing with a select group of users, utilizing our dedicated hosting. Today, a new feature set that now been added that supports direct publishing to your personal Github repositories, Netlify sites, and/or Amazon S3 buckets—all without ever leaving your Webflow designer.
A core feature is new compatibility with various hosting platforms expanding the possibilities of hosting externally whilst designing in Webflow. You can test it out starting today :)
Here is an outline of our current feature set:
S3, GitHub, and Netlify publishing (New)
Our most recent feature set adds another layer of freedom when hosting Webflow designed websites externally, this enables you to connect an external host to HOWF such as:
- S3 Buckets
- Netlify Sites
- Github Repositories
- Google Cloud Buckets (Coming Soon)
This allows you to publish your Webflow designed sites to any of these configured hosts, All without leaving your Webflow designer - Not only does this allow you to save costs, but inherently gives you full control of how your sites are hosted, and configured, while using the most powerful visual builder, Webflow.
If you don't want to go through the hassle of setting up an external host, you can still host your websites using our seamless hosting setup (just publish and connect your domain).
Our Extension
Our extension, which has been a part of our feature set, primarily facilitates publishing. It integrates seamlessly with your Webflow designer, enabling you to: Publish directly to external hosts such as S3 Buckets, Netlify Sites, and GitHub Repositories all without leaving the designer
Real-Time Analytics
Providing essential insights into how your site is functioning, highlighting key metrics like page load times, visitor counts, device types, countries, sources, time on page, browser type and more. We also tracks bandwidth usage, helping you manage your resources effectively and ensure your site runs smoothly - Analytics are automatically added to any site hosted with us, or can be externally used.
Forms
Our forms feature allows you to use native Webflow form elements to create fully custom functioning forms, allowing you to manage user submissions directly through our platform, We also integrate with other services like Slack (to send notifications) and Airtable (Update Airtable bases). We're also adding integration possibilities for Excel, Zapier, Discord, Notion and more.
Looking ahead - Join the public beta
As we roll out new updates, our primary focus is on enhancing core features for better stability and reliability. We're just beginning, and your feedback would be very much appretiated :)