Contentful Implementation Pitfalls: How to Avoid Common Mistakes
Contentful is a popular headless CMS that allows you to manage content separately from the presentation layer. This decoupled approach provides more flexibility and enables omnichannel content delivery. However, implementing Contentful can be tricky if you don't know some of the common pitfalls to avoid. In this post, I'll share some best practices to help your Contentful implementation go more smoothly. Not Planning Your Content Model Thoroughly One of the biggest mistakes is not properly planning out your content model upfront. Your content model is the structure and organization of how content types relate to each other. Without thoughtful information architecture, you may end up having to rework significant portions of your model later on. This can mean going back to update templates, entries, and other connected systems. Take the time early on to map out your content domains, entry types, and fields. Think through exactly what content you need to manage and how it...