When deciding how to design your app, it’s important to know how users will add and use it.  Understanding this basic user flow will help you design an app that integrates seamlessly with our platform. The best way to do this is to try it yourself, so we’ll recommend relevant apps in each section to add to your Wix site.

Here’s the basic flow of how users add website apps, or website components that are part of a multicomponent app.

1. Users can browse the App Market and add your app. When users choose to add your app and approve the required permissions, it opens in the Editor.

2. Show demo data so that they can quickly get a sense of what your app does.

3. Users open the App Settings panel to set up and customize your app.

Keep in Mind: If your app includes more than one website component, only the default component will be added automatically. Users will be able to add the other app components, as extensions, from the App Settings of each website component- so each component needs its own name, description, and icon (see Multicomponent apps below).

4. Once the site is published, site visitors can see and interact with the app.

Example: Wix Events app

As Wix users edit their site in the Wix Editor, they can switch from “editing mode” to “preview mode” to see what their live site will look like. Make sure your app looks the same in “preview mode” as it does in the live site.

When a user deletes a website component app, their permissions are revoked. 

Here’s the basic flow of how users add dashboard apps, or dashboard components that are part of a multicomponent app. (You can learn more about the user flow for multicomponent apps, below.)

1. Users can browse the App Market and add your app to their site’s dashboard. When users choose to add your app and approve the required permissions, the app opens in their dashboard.

2. Users can then set up your app, manage it, etc.

Example: the Site Booster app

When a user deletes a dashboard app, their permissions are revoked. 

When users add a website component that’s part of a multicomponent app, the basic flow is a little different.

Example: the Visitor Analytics app

Deleting one component of the app will remove that component from their site, but will not affect the user permissions. To delete the app completely and revoke the user permissions, the user must delete all the app components.