Sitely generates html files along with css, js, etc. directories. These files are either on your computer’s disk or (after moving) on a remote server.
If I change something in any of the files directly on the computer’s local drive, will this change be visible when I open the Sitely application?
How to indicate the Sitely application to read files, for example, from a completely new directory?
With my experience with Sitely, I can say that if you were to make changes in a Sitely exported file then those changes will not appear in the Sitely application. Sitely generates website code based on what you have placed on the canvas and the number of devices you have used.
And therefore Sitely does not read website code either.
But if you were to import a website with Sitely it will convert the website code (html) into Sitely elements and placed onto the canvas.
Yes, you are right to write “Sitely generates website code based on what you have placed on the canvas”.
Unfortunately, importing a website by Sitely gives practically nothing. It downloads pages, but already descriptions, font cut, etc. - unfortunately not.
It’s a shame, and it would be useful for Sitely to be based on files stored on the disk.