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Content Management Guide

This guide consolidates all essential information, offering a deep dive into:

  • Archibald's provider-agnostic CMS architecture: Understand how Archibald abstracts CMS complexities, allowing seamless integration with various headless platforms like Contentful, SAP Commerce, and custom CMS solutions.
  • Client-side and Server-side implementation: Learn the patterns and APIs for both front-end and back-end development, ensuring dynamic content delivery and powerful preview experiences.
  • Best practices for integrating and extending: From setting up adapters and providers to handling multi-language content and implementing live editing, this guide provides the knowledge you need to build flexible and maintainable content-driven applications.

Whether you're setting up a new CMS integration, extending an existing one, or simply looking to understand the underlying architecture, this resource is your definitive companion.

Table of Contents​

  1. Core Concepts

    • Understand the fundamental architecture, including the Provider/Adapter pattern.

  2. Integration Guides

    • Step-by-step instructions for connecting to a CMS and other services.
    • Includes guides for Contentful, SAP Commerce, CDC, and Vercel.

  3. API Reference

    • Detailed documentation for all the classes, hooks, and components in the @archibald/cms package.

  4. Recipes & Best Practices

    • Practical, step-by-step "recipes" for common development tasks.

  5. Troubleshooting

    • Solutions for common issues you might encounter.