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Site extras

Widgets and data files

Static hosting is not a dead end. Drop in a booking or shop widget, or ship JSON with the site for menus and hours. No plugin marketplace. No SSR.

Third-party widgets

Paste a script or iframe in your HTML. Novence serves the file as-is and does not strip tags. Works now for bookings, checkout, analytics, and BYO forms.

  • Cal.com or similar — scheduling
  • Snipcart, Shopify Buy Button, Stripe Payment Links — shop / pay
  • Google Analytics, DataFast, or any client analytics script
  • Formspree / Web3Forms — if you skip Novence Forms

Never put nv_ keys in HTML, client JS, or git. Public widget keys (Cal.com event links, Snipcart public key) are fine.

Baked-in data files

Upload /data/{collection}.json. Page JS fetches it same-origin. The owner (or agent) updates that one file and deploys. .json is already on the allowlist — no platform feature required.

<!-- index.html -->
<ul data-novence="menu"></ul>
<script>
  fetch("/data/menu.json")
    .then((r) => r.json())
    .then((items) => {
      const root = document.querySelector('[data-novence="menu"]');
      root.innerHTML = items
        .map((item) => "<li>" + item.name + " — " + item.price + "</li>")
        .join("");
    });
</script>

Same pattern for hours, team, services, FAQ, and inventory lists. Changing the JSON is a new deploy — that is expected. Live edits without a deploy are not available yet.

What fits

  • Hours, phone, address, seasonal copy — one JSON object
  • Menu, team, services, FAQ, inventory — /data/*.json + bind script
  • Contact / quote leads — Novence Forms
  • Bookings, payments, shop checkout — BYO widget
  • Private CRM, logged-in prices, secrets — host a real backend elsewhere
  • A WordPress plugin that runs PHP — impossible on this host

Widgets and data FAQ

Do I need a Novence plugin?

No. There is no plugin marketplace and no per-site server. Improve the site in the files you upload: third-party widgets in HTML, and JSON data files fetched by page JS.

Will third-party scripts be stripped?

No. HTML is served as-is. The Worker does not rewrite tags. Content-Security-Policy is report-only, so Cal.com, Snipcart, Shopify Buy Button, GA, and similar CDN widgets load today. Never put nv_ keys in the page.

How do I update a menu or hours?

Ship /data/menu.json (or hours.json, team.json). Page JS fetches it same-origin. Change the file and deploy again. .json is already on the upload allowlist.

Can the owner edit live content without a deploy?

Not yet. JSON files and widgets work now. Live records without a deploy would be a future Collections API — same shape as Forms, not a WordPress runtime.

What does not fit?

WordPress PHP plugins, private CRM data, prices behind login, and owner API secrets in the browser. Bookings and checkout belong in a BYO widget (Cal.com, Stripe Payment Links, Snipcart). Contact leads: Novence Forms.

Ship the files. Host on Novence.

Forms for leads. Widgets for bookings and checkout. JSON for the catalog.

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