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AggelosGalatis's avatar

Did someone used Filament to develop websites and eshops?

Hello to everyone. Did someone used Filament to develop websites and eshops? Is it efficient and fast? Can we have the same results as Wordpress for SEO?

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Batman55's avatar

I'm currently working with Filament. What exactly are you looking for?

AggelosGalatis's avatar

Thank you for your answer. I was thinking to start a digital agency and because i work with Laravel for some years, i saw that i can use Filament as a CMS to create websites and eshops. Did you tried this? I mean compare to Wordpress even if i have to create by myself some functionalities will i have the same result (speed, seo, etc)?

Batman55's avatar

@AggelosGalatis I have a disdain for Wordpress, so take that for what you will.

Filament is not a prebuilt CMS, It is a framework for rapid development. If you are looking for a CMS there are several built on Laravel.

I would suggest Laravel has better performance and security from the framework standpoint over Wordpress. But that will also depend on how whoever builds the application out.

I am really liking Filament myself! It does do a lot, and has plugins for other features to aid in the rapid development. If you have not, I would suggest watching Kenvin McKees series Rapid Laravel Apps With Filament. It goes from installing to building an app so you can get an idea what to expect.

https://laracasts.com/series/rapid-laravel-development-with-filament

If that interests you and want see some advanced features, you can check out Dan Herrin's series Build Advanced Components for Filament. He is the creator of Filament.

There is a lack of series for the in between of basics and advanced here on Laracasts, but the docs are good and the discord channel is very helpful.

Polar_Bear's avatar

@AggelosGalatis I don't know all of your specifics, but Filament is great with Laravel as an Admin tool. You could use that to build yourself or other administrators a CRUD interface which only staff uses, and then keep the public facing pages (guest users) outside of filament or in an unauthenticated separate Filament "panel" to get their fancy table sorting/filtering/styling options.

AggelosGalatis's avatar

@Polar_Bear I don't have something specific, it's a general question. Because i don't like WordPress either. I saw some tutorials on YouTube to use Fialment to create a blog or an eshop. How do you use Filament? As admin panel only?

martinbean's avatar

@AggelosGalatis You’re asking extremely vague questions, which are only going to yield you vague answers.

If you want to use Laravel to build an e-commerce application, then Filament will help you create an admin panel quickly, but it’s going to do little more than that. You still need to build the shopping cart functionality, you still need to model your products/services, you still need to integrate with payment gateways, and so on.

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tisuchi
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@aggelosgalatis There are a few points! Explaining for your real-life experience.

Is it efficient and fast?

YES.

Can we have the same results as Wordpress for SEO?

SEO depends on multiple factors. e.g. content, site organization, ordering, representation etc.

For eshops, I feel filament would be one of the good choices.

However, if you want to build a site driven by content mainly, then WordPress with some good SEO plugins will be the best choice.

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