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How do non-techies edit Jamstack websites?

by ndumai on 3/2/21, 11:40 AM with 12 comments

I'm interested in understanding what marketers and editors/creators do when they need to update websites that don't have a classic editing platform like WordPress or Drupal. Do they learn how to use a Headless CMS, or maybe ask for full support from dev?
  • by interactivecode on 3/2/21, 12:56 PM

    They could also learn how the website works, or how markdown works. Not everyone needs to be treated like toddlers. Colleagues can be surprisingly capable if you educate them.
  • by gtirloni on 3/2/21, 1:53 PM

  • by 1123581321 on 3/3/21, 4:54 AM

    If not using a CMS that compiles to static, teaching HTML classes works surprisingly well. We had a team of non-technical people become comfortable enough with Bootstrap classes to be productive in a reasonable time length. To actually get their edits, just have them either edit and commit directly on GitHub or Gitlab, or use a Git client with a nice enough GUI.
  • by adithyak on 3/3/21, 11:52 AM

    One of my projects is aimed at solving this problem: https://revamphq.com

    Using Revamp, you can continue building on top of your existing stack while also allowing non-developers to make changes and deploy them immediately. Currently in beta.

  • by cpach on 3/2/21, 12:46 PM

    Solutions such as https://www.contentful.com/ are probably useful for that purpose
  • by approxim8ion on 3/2/21, 9:12 PM

    Netlify CMS and Publii are very decent CMSs that generate or hook up to static site generators.