With headless/decoupled content management systems now being more and more streamlined, they have become a very compelling and accessible option for all kinds of businesses, allowing them to deliver much more advanced experiences than with traditional monolithic CMS platforms.
One of the most powerful headless CMS platforms available today is Storyblok, which is trusted by renowned brands such as Tesla and Oatly, and has also recently become our CMS of choice at Agiledrop to power our websites. This is why we are very proud to announce that we are now officially a Storyblok Certified Partner!
So, in this article, we’d like to tell you more about the power of headless content management platforms, why Storyblok in particular excels in next-level content management, and how we can help you tap into everything Storyblok has to offer as well.
Why Storyblok?
One of the key elements of a great CMS, and one that monolithic CMS often struggle with, is being able to cater to both developers and non-technical users such as marketers and content managers, allowing them to smoothly and efficiently collaborate without overly relying on each other and without having to step on each other’s toes.
Headless content management systems have pinpointed this as a key issue to resolve, and so make it a priority that their platform is user-friendly for both developers and non-technical users. They enable advanced integration capabilities to unlock the full potential of the innovation in web development, while also providing essential visual editing features such as live content preview and WYSIWYG editing.
Storyblok fits the bill perfectly as an advanced headless CMS platform which understands the importance of this developer-marketer balance. It enables scalability and customizability, allowing you to easily pair it with any web technology you’re already using or would like to use, as well as tailor the platform to your existing processes and workflows.
In addition, Storyblok empowers marketers and content creators to create high-level content faster through an intuitive and user-friendly editing UI which comes equipped with the key features mentioned above.
On top of everything, Storyblok also comes with one of the main benefits of headless CMS – a more easily optimized performance thanks to the easy integration with performance-focused front-end technologies such as Vue.js, or Next.js in the case of our websites.
How we’re utilizing Storyblok & how we can help you as Storyblok partners
At Agiledrop, we’ve recently replatformed our websites from Drupal to Storyblok, pairing it with Next.js on the front end. We crafted migration scripts for articles and podcasts, and we took the time to manually redesign our landing pages, incorporating new design components and refreshing our content.
Storyblok’s smooth editing features and flexible content management have allowed us to greatly streamline collaboration while easing publishing and updating of content, essentially enhancing our full publishing workflow as well as opening the door for more creativity and experimentation.
This replatforming coupled with our existing experience in top web technologies such as Vue, Laravel and Next.js has enabled us to additionally improve our client services by helping clients with robust, performant and smooth headless implementations of their own. Learn more about how we can help you out here.
Looking ahead
With web technologies constantly evolving and innovating, the key to a scalable and sustainable digital strategy is a robust and flexible base platform that’s easily integrated with any new cutting-edge technology you’d like to use, resulting in a future proof technology stack that also reduces the amount of technical debt and any necessary reworking.
Storyblok’s feature roadmap should also be highlighted here, as they have a lot of exciting developments on the horizon, such as component library versioning, prioritizing accessibility, and more. Find out more from them, and feel free to reach out to us if you need any help with your headless implementation.
Posted by Tim on 25 Nov 2024 in Company,Development,Experience
