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Favorite Repeater Icon with Realtime API

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Mar 13, 2024

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WIX Ideas Team

Tags: Wix Realtime API Velo by Wix Wix Data Wix Collection

In this Wix Studio tutorial, we delve into an exciting topic: adding a favorite icon feature to Wix Studio with real-time updates. This feature allows users to mark items as favorites, providing them with a personalized experience on your website. Let's walk through the steps of implementing this feature and explore the code behind it.


Setting Up the Environment

To begin, we set up our environment by creating a collection to store our items. These items will be displayed using a repeater on our website. We then integrate heart icons from Flaticon and then download and upload to your Wix Media Manager and copy the URL to serve as the favorite icons.


Implementing the Feature

We utilize Velo (Wix's coding platform) along with the Wix Realtime API to implement the favorite icon feature with real-time updates. Here's a breakdown of what the code does:


1. Initializing Variables: We start by initializing variables, including the member's information and whether they are logged in. We also define a channel named 'heartChannel' for real-time communication.


2. Subscribing to Real-Time Updates: We subscribe to the 'heartChannel' to receive real-time updates when a user favorites or unfavorites an item. This ensures that the UI reflects changes instantly for all users.


3. Handling User Interactions: When a user clicks on the heart icon, we first check if they are logged in. If they are, we update the UI based on whether the item is already favorited by the user. If not, we prompt the user to log in.


4. Updating Data: We update the database with the user's favorite status for the item. If the user favorites the item, their ID is added to the 'members' field in the database. If they unfavorite it, their ID is removed. We then trigger a real-time update by publishing a message to the 'heartChannel'.


Backend Implementation

On the backend, we use data hooks to automatically update the 'heartCount' field in the database whenever an item is inserted or updated. This ensures that the heart count reflects the number of users who have favorited the item.


Conclusion

By following this tutorial, you can add a favorite icon feature to your Wix Studio website with real-time updates, enhancing user engagement and personalization. Real-time updates ensure that users see changes instantly, providing a seamless browsing experience. Experiment with different UI elements and functionalities to tailor the feature to your website's needs and delight your users.


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ahmed

ahmed

May 19, 2024

wix form data

Hi i need your help also in wix form submission

the problem is that some fields are generated when $w.onReady(function () { like day & date and when i choose the student name i get the phone number from database .

and the form save only the field u fill it by ur self like input or dropdown

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

bromar

bromar

Sep 29, 2023

Love the tutorial!!!

You are truly great at creating these instructional videos!! Thank you! I am having trouble figuring out . . 'the triggered email' . . it is not being sent to the user submitting the form, the form and the email to the admin works great. . Could you point me to where this might have already been addressed? or any other help? On a second note. .the submit button success/failure message will go back to the default message once it's connected to the data set(I couldn't figure that out either. )

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

kaan

kaan

Jun 4, 2023

wishlist and rating system

hello sir I try today 2 hours but not working if you want I pay money can you do this 2 ( wishlist and rating star) system please I send to you invaid

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Hi there, you can contact me here using the in-app chatbox

Waqas

Waqas

Apr 16, 2023

Triggered Email Backend

Hi mate please can you send email by backend

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Hi Waqas, there isn't a backend code for this tutorial. The emails will be sent from the client-side.

Ghan

Ghan

Dec 29, 2022

Great Tutorial

Hi !

First of all, I want to thank you for your great tutorials, they helped us a lot with the coding.
But I still need your help, if you don't mind. I have based on Save Calculated Field using Wix Data Hooks Codes, to code my form . but the problem is I don't know why the code only reads the computation for "week2" computation and not the "weeks"

here is the code

I also did a separate column in the dataset where the chosen datas for both fields will be placed.

$w.onReady (() => {
$w("#Person").onChange(() => {
$w("#weeks").onChange(() => {
$w("#week2").onChange(() => {
let person = Number($w("#Person").value);
let weeks = Number($w("#weeks").value);
let week2 = Number($w("#week2").value);


$w("#totalLabel").show();

$w("#totalLabel").text = `"${String(weeks * Number(person))}페소"`; //DESIGN YOUR MESSAGE
$w("#totalLabel").text = `"${String(week2 * Number(person))}페소"`; //DESIGN YOUR MESSAGE

});
});
});

});

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Hi there, thanks for your comment. I see why this is a problem. The onChange() function seems wrong in combination.

To combine onChangeFunctions use this method

$w("#Person, #weeks, #weeks2").onChange(() => {

//code here

});

Walter

Walter

Aug 8, 2022

More Details? Watch video

Hi, you can click here to watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bx7-nBeZ5c

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Walter

Walter

Jul 11, 2022

For you

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

Apr 18, 2022

Awesome Feature

This tutorial shows you how to display views on your Wix repeater.

📺WATCH VIDEO HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz7SdaCSdXg

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

Apr 18, 2022

Amazing tutorial

This amazing tutorial will show you how to a comment section to your WIX dynamic page.

📺WATCH VIDEO HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8-vJQFNZ_c

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

Apr 10, 2022

Great Feature🎉

This amazing tutorial will show you how to add a visitor view counter to your WIX dynamic page.

🚩MORE TUTORIALS https://www.wixgenius.com/wix-tutorials

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Walter Odibi

Walter Odibi

January 20, 2000

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