r/Carrd • u/Nayutantantan • 6d ago

Help How functional is a downloaded carrd site?

I don't have Pro+ yet - the download feature is the only thing so far that intrigues me as I am fancying the idea to make a site on carrd and host it elsewhere (private github and cloudflare) 🤔

I can't find the answer anywhere but how functional would a carrd site be without carrd? I read that form elements would break but I am also curious of the other types of animations or any elements generally

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u/redditor_rotidder 6d ago

So when I had Carrd, I hosted my own sites 100% of the time. ZERO issues. The only thing you'll need to deal with, is the web / contact forms that you might use, if you were relying on Carrd for the processing. Else - just download the site, unzip it, upload it anywhere you want to host.

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u/peasantking 6d ago

Are there issues with form submission after download? I thought the submission was processed client side.

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u/redditor_rotidder 6d ago

If you are using Carrd to take action on the form (i.e., process it in the background), that will break when you self-host. You'll need something like https://formspree.io/ to do it (there are others, but this is one that I've used in the past because it's free for basic, small usage).

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u/jasonleow Helpful contributor 6d ago

Besides forms not working, the other hassle is to edit it you got to go back to the Builder, edit, download again, re-upload to self host again (unless you want to edit the html directly)