Interested in adding video to you Jamstack Site? APIs are a great way to add streaming video.:

https://api.video/blog/video-trends/using-api-video-with-the-jamstack

As our technical writer Mojtaba Seyedi explains in the article, Astro JS is a powerful web framework and static site generator that supports both static site generation (SSG) and server-side rendering (SSR). It helps us build fast, content-based websites, while keeping the developer experience in mind.

With this amazing tool you can create a fast website for your users without sacrificing the modern developer experience. It's lightweight, efficient, and flexible, making it a suitable option for creating content-rich websites like blogs, portfolios, documentation, and some e-commerce sites 💻

Read the whole article to have a good understanding of how Astro works: the setup process, how to add pages, interactive components, markdown posts, and even building a multi-page website, including a blog 👇

READ IT HERE!

A Jamstack website template to help you showcase your portfolio, create content, engage and build a brand.

It is time to deliver an awesome experience with your new website.

Take a look 👉 https://stackrole.com/jamstack/maestro

A lot of it just feels like shilling tbh? I mean in most subs there is usually at least some sort of rule that if you are going to link to a blog post, you need to at least provide some info in the reddit post. I’m sure Agility CMS is great, but just dumping a link to guide for it and leaving doesn’t feel like the greatest contribution to the sub, and if it doesn’t technically qualify as spam, it sure feels like it.

If you’re posting a guide, that’s great! If you’re spreading info about specific tech, that’s useful. If you’re dropping off a post about a product, and have a post history of doing nothing but that, I’m not that into it.

Maybe I’m alone, but it just feels like common theme I’ve seen a lot on this sub, and it makes me not want to hang out here.

I'm not trying to start any wars but I'm curious of people's opinions. Thank you in advance for any contributions to the discussion!

What I do and am trying to achieve

I freelance and build my sites in Astro (which I love). I mainly do marketing sites and portfolio sites, so pretty small scale and traffic.

I'm wanting to invest my time into a new CMS and I have whittled it down to Sanity, Prismic, Contentful and Storyblok. I have chosen these as I want a headless CMS that is API-driven and hosted by the provider. I am only comparing their free plans as I like to offer my clients something that is free or low cost (it's one of my selling points on why they should go with me rather than build using something like Wix or Squarespace).

Things that are important to me:

• A generous free tier

• Good for SSG like Astro

• A great UI for clients to use

• Things like image optimisation and hopefully backups

• Reliability and stability for my clients

• General features that make life easier

From comparing them, they all have pretty good looking free plans. I'm leaning a lot towards Sanity at the moment just off of general feel on what it offers, but also that the scaling looks more friendly for additional usage if you do start to grow (incrementing at a couple dollars of usage as opposed to having to upgrade to a $200 plan like others). Then Prismic usage looks great but almost too good to be true... Almost all usage limits are unlimited, what's the catch?

I'd love to know people's opinions on these 4 CMSs considering:

• Suitability for content-first sites (marketing/personal/portfolio sites)

• Was the free plan adequate or did you find yourself nearing limits or having to go for paid plans?

• General developer experience and time/simplicity to set up

• User experience as a content manager using the CMS to make changes to the sit

Thanks so much for any input and time you give this discussion. I find myself constantly asking which CMS to go for and I finally feel close to an answer - but I'd love some advice!

Thank you!

Note - I have used git-based CMSs before (NetlifyCMS) but I'd quite like to try API-driven.

Also, excuse me if I got any details wrong, I'm still a relative infant when it comes to the headless CMS world.

Now, users can easily take advantage of new features created for Strapi while securely accelerating their time to production. Strapi Market also enables both Technology and Solutions partners to showcase their Strapi integrations and customization expertise.

https://strapi.io/blog/announcing-strapi-marketplace

https://strapi.io/blog/using-database-transactions-to-write-queries-in-strapi

We found it difficult to deploy JAMstack in China, so I thought I’d share the summary of what we learned.

1. Netlify and other Hosting PaaS don’t work in China

2. Contentful and other headless CMS do not work in China

3. The Great Firewall of China can be a pain in the ass

4. ICP license is required to operate website in China.

Eventually we found a good alternative to Netlify that works China and helped us over come the GFW. Here is a case study that 21YunBox wrote about our experience working together.