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- 1. Introduction to Contentful DECEMBER 06, 2016
- 2. Agenda • What is API centric WCM? • What is contentful? • Admin interface • API • Client Platforms • Contentful App Demo • Potential applications • Questions
- 3. What is API centric WCM? • WCM is a system designed to manage the content of web pages. 1. Create Content • Content Strategy • Content Modeling • Authoring 2. Manage Content • Storage • Versioning • Translation • Publishing 3. Deliver Content • Transformation to Html, XML, Json • Rendering – act as presentation layer Primary WCM Features • API Centric WCM primarily focuses on section 1 and 2 above. • It relies on (RESTful) API to deliver content
- 4. What is Contentful? • Contentful is cloud based WCM • It focuses on Content Creation and Management • Provides a robust layer of API for content delivery and presentation • It offers “Headless CMS” Architecture Web/App Server End Users Browser Content Author Backend Developer Cloud WCM Content Services Create Publish Frontend Developer Scripts Code
- 5. Contentful – Admin Interface • Spaces • Content Model • Content • Media • API Key Management • Settings and Configurations • Webhooks • Preview Contentful WCM
- 6. Contentful – API • Content Delivery API • Content Preview API • Content Management API • Images API Cloud WCM Content Delivery API Content Preview API Content Management API Images API Retrieve Content Retrieve un-published Content Create, Update Content Retrieve, Transform Images
- 7. Contentful – Tools and SDK • Tools • Static Site Generators • Extensions • 3rd party Tools • SDK • Ruby • PHP • Java • Javascript • .NET • Python • Android • iOS
- 8. Contentful – Demo Contentful Angular JS PoC
- 9. Contentful – Potential Applications • Content Platform for Mobile Apps • Host the content and publishing framework for Mobile Apps across multiple platforms • Microsites Development • Microsites or any web site or web app that do not need wysiwyg based in place content editing • Product Content Management (PCM/PIM) • But this needs to be built from the ground up. But there is an opportunity to build something like this and market
- 10. Contentful – Pricing Tiers
- 11. Contentful – General Notes • End-User Management is absent as a feature but one can create custom content type called user and use the REST API for authentication. • Similarly custom content types could be created for functionality like shopping cart, shipping method, tax, etc. • The REST API could be leveraged to also implement site search in contentful • E-commerce features like cart management, fulfillment, etc. are absent but could be integrated with external systems • Media Library provides limited Image management and editing tools • Medium Tier seems to be the best value. For higher tiers one can probably consider other WCM solutions
- 12. Resources • Angular Demo App Source code –contentful_angular_demo.zip • Contentful Documentation - https://www.contentful.com/developers/docs/ • REST API Reference - http://docs.contentfulcma.apiary.io/# • JS Fiddle - https://jsfiddle.net/contentful/kefaj4s8/
- 13. Questions?