Headless CMS Development
Content modelled once and delivered to every channel.
A headless CMS separates where content is edited from where it is displayed, which suits sites that need a fast front end, several channels, or an editor experience a page builder cannot give. We model the content and wire the API.
Tools we work in
- Sanity
- Contentful
- Payload
- Strapi
- Next.js
- GraphQL
Scope
What this covers
The specific work included when you engage us for this service.
- Content modelling around your real content types, not a generic template
- An editor experience designed so authors cannot easily break a page
- A typed API layer between the CMS and the front end
- Preview and draft workflows so content is checked before it publishes
- Localisation and multi-site structures where several languages are needed
- Webhooks and revalidation so published changes appear without a rebuild wait
What you receive
- 01A configured CMS with content types and an editor guide
- 02A front end consuming the content through a typed, documented API
- 03A publishing workflow with preview, draft and scheduled release
Questions
Headless CMS Development, answered
When is headless the wrong choice?
When a single team edits a single website and none of the flexibility will ever be used. A conventional CMS is cheaper to build and to staff in that case. Headless pays off with multiple channels, a heavy front end, or an editorial workflow conventional systems handle badly.
Can our editors still see the page as they write it?
Yes, provided a preview environment is built properly. Live preview is one of the things we set up early, because an editor working blind against a JSON schema will make mistakes regardless of how clean the content model is.
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Tell us where the manual work is
A 30-minute call. We map the process, tell you what we would automate or build first, and what it costs. No retainer before you agree the scope.
- No retainer before scope is agreed
- Written plan you can act on alone
- Worldwide delivery, on your hours