Content Management

Modern CMS

What is a modern CMS?

A CMS that:

• generates static files?
• allows content to be consumed by any device? (decoupled)

Static generators

Advantages

Users type contents in files or in WYSIWYG editor, and files get generated on save.

• No more caching problems
• Dynamic content (related articles) provided by ajax
• Load faster (no HTML generation on GET requests)

Example: PieCrust.

Static generators

Drawbacks

• Generally generating one single type of content (HTML)
• New tools (your end users do not know them)
• Require complex migrations from existing projects

Headless CMS

Advantages

Use the administration interface you are used to.

Expose the content as a WebAPI.

Create your own client (HTML/Javascript - Mobile application - ...)

Headless CMS

Drawbacks

Pantheon: Headless Websites: What's the Big Deal?

Clients for headless web

• Web page (AngularJS, MeteorJS, AmberJS, BackboneJS...)
• Mobile application (Cordova, native iOS / Android / Windows Phone)
• Desktop application (native OSX / Windows / Linux, Electron)
• Partners (services querying your content)
• Other tools in your organisation
• ...

Market state

• Drupal 8 (Headless): currently Release Candidate 2 (Drupal 8 release cycle)
• WordPress REST API in core: merged to version 4.4

Questions?

Courseworks

Submissions

Website Development

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• PNG
• AI (Adobe Illustrator)

Website Development

Data sets

11 products (csv)

• use custom posts type or custom fields and categories
• requires pagination
• (count in the 40 marks for design)

Website Development

Data sets

10 identifiers / guarantee details

• UUID v4 (RFC)
• escape input/output
• (count in the 40 marks for security)

2000 Word Report

Very short report! 6 CMSs * 7 focus points = 42 things to discuss...

CMSs are not all written in PHP.

Add references to support your statements (no specific format required, use one your text editor supports)

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