Best of CMS — July 2024

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    Goodbye Webflow, Hello Our Shiny New Website

    After growing frustrated with Webflow, the team decided to revamp their website by switching to a headless CMS. They evaluated options like WordPress, Webflow, and hardcoding with React but found each limiting. Finally, they chose Payload for its excellent integration with Next.js, offering full customization and better performance. This decision allowed them to have control over performance, enhanced SEO and analytics, and a user-friendly content editing experience.

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    Understanding and Implementing Structured Data

    Structured data helps organizations organize and standardize their information for easier access and updates, improving decision-making and efficiency. Unstructured data, which constitutes around 80-90% of data, requires specialized tools to analyze. Implementing structured content models and using a CMS can significantly enhance SEO, personalization, and dynamic content delivery across multiple platforms. Headless CMS and modular UI components further support flexible, sustainable digital experiences.

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    The Top 12 Open-Source No-Code Tools with the Most GitHub Stars

    Explore 12 open-source no-code tools on GitHub, ranked by their star ratings. Each tool is designed to enhance the development process across various scenarios, from Formily's dynamic form generation to NocoBase's customizable business systems, Mitosis's cross-framework development, GrapesJS's visual web template creation, and Directus's headless CMS functionality. Each tool's core features and use cases are detailed to help developers select the best fit for their projects.

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    Webstudio: Open Source Webflow Alternative

    Webstudio provides a visual tool that offers complete control over CSS properties, enables quick iterations without writing code, and delivers high optimization for search engines. It supports dynamic templates that change content based on URLs and allows data binding to components. Published sites are hosted separately for better performance and stability. Webstudio is free to start, scalable without hidden costs, and compliant with GDPR regulations.

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    Avatar of jherrJack Herrington·2y

    Payload: The Complete Backend for NextJS

    Build a movie voting application using Payload 3.0, an open-source backend framework that pairs seamlessly with NextJS. The app includes a detailed admin panel without writing code, supports Postgres and MongoDB, and showcases easy deployment. The tutorial covers creating collections, setting up a database, configuring environment variables, building the front-end with Tailwind CSS, adding server actions, and deploying via Vercel.

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    Twill — An open source CMS toolkit for Laravel

    Twill is an open-source CMS toolkit for Laravel that offers a seamless experience for publishers, designers, and developers. It provides intuitive and powerful publishing tools, design controls, and developer-friendly configurations. Twill can streamline digital workflows, making it easier to manage digital content and launch products efficiently. It is designed to save time and involve entire teams in content management.

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    The 5 Most Anticipated New Features In Strapi 5

    Strapi 5 introduces several anticipated features, including content versioning, a new Document Service API, an easier data response structure, partial support for Relay-style GraphQL queries, and a CLI upgrade tool. These enhancements address common challenges and streamline the content management process, making it easier for users to manage drafts, rollback content, count documents, and upgrade versions.

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