What is a Headless CMS? A 3 Minute Explanation!

Headless Content Management Systems sounds catchy, but what does it really mean? Find out with this quick explanation that is under 3 minutes long. Questions? Visit us at hounder.co/

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

Simple and efficient explanation. Got lost every time someone else explained explained it but this is finally clear.

[@JohnMiller-qy8yw]

Thank You Joshua!! I endured four "What is .." videos that failed to explain this as yours does.

[@dj-davo-mtz]

After watching many videos on the subject, this was the one that offered the best explanation and got to the point, thank you very much

[@Giveitaresssstt]

Worst thing you can do is drag onnn and onnn when explaining or teaching something, which you did not do! Straight to the point and clear! Also gotta love headless, it really do be making life easier 😍

[@johnnyboghean2242]

This explanation did it for me. Thank you

[@kieran2347]

Thanks for quick explanation, its much clear now

[@necrifed]

wow, I love the simplicity of your explanation, you went right to the point, maybe I would improve the writing on the board :)

[@webmarketing1252]

Great explanation, thank you

[@peterpeterson3266]

You've made something that worked and was simple into more complications.

[@TahaCrafter]

Thanks, very clear explanation

[@kalyanb2002]

Very well explained.

[@vibhutyagi6635]

Easy to understand .. Thanks

[@jorged1071]

Great video, thanks!

[@xilonmidi767]

Keep up the good work Joshua, you're a good "teacher". Wish you the best.

[@hounder-co]

Hey thanks so much. Truly means a lot!

[@jaistow6090]

thanks Joshua awesome explanation :)

[@familyjuega12345]

Thanks man! Nice explanation.

[@akislamtushar.private]

Thank you Joshua.

[@maycodes]

great explanation

[@HassanAli-kz3pd]

thank you!

[@4hnaxf]

I finally understand headless CMS

[@ab.normal.]

It has really helped. Hope to see more videos in future.

[@hounder-co]

Great! More coming very soon.

[@robynbieber6312]

Thanks!

[@algerienoranais6908]

Good video

[@jonnylopez3122]

yo thanks good explanation

[@hounder-co]

You got it! Really glad you found it helpful

[@smahesh777]

Hi, When you say content I visualize mainly images and multi media. How are these delivered in a JSON? Could you please share an example. Thanks !!

[@DarrenJohn10X]

Binary data like rich content can be converted to Base64 to have a JSON-able text equivalent etc.

[@leksetengah]

how about address bar? no address bar into headless cms? expecialy in mobile app? is that app created from adobe xd is headless web app? what different headless web with mobile app create with android studio and swift?

[@a1r592]

Best explanation i could find, thanks! So how would formatting work in a headless cms? Do you have any preview of what the content would look like on the actual page?

[@hounder-co]

Thanks! Really glad it was helpful. Actually yes, I do have a blog post that shows a little bit on how the content is formatted. I am writing a blog that provides all the technical diagrams but here is something in the meantime. notebook.hounder.co/a-cms-that-you-dont-outgrow-a-5-minute-guide-on-how-to-not-suck-at-content-management-6a5751c6f3f5

[@chrisso8719]

Thanks for the simple explanation. What’s the difference between a git-backed CMS and an API-driven CMS?

[@hounder-co]

great question. There are a few ways the headless CMS can be configured. Either as purely API driven (mentioned in the vid), where the end-user connects to the api from the browser, or it can work by updating content in Git. The concept of headless CMS is still the same since the frontend component is decoupled from the actual serving of the website or app.

[@benzflynn]

Does the repo database connect content items to their position on a webpage via say pageId, elementId and elementClass columns on the Contents table of the database ? Then the CSS for that webpage provides the format & styling of content items ?

[@jasonpetoria4901]

Great overview, thanks - any thoughts on why many are opting for headless? Seems the only way to ensure a genuinely content first [agile] content/design? Even for complex sites? If you're letting content lead the way, and are starting to identify and create copy/media alongside a new CMS build - opt for headless?

[@hounder-co]

Hey Jason, many are adopting headless who have multiple sites and apps in different environments that need to access the same content. By making their content API driven this solves for that. Also, having a friendly CMS that makes it easy for the marketing team to update that content with version control and multi-language options make it manageable and scalable. There are definitely other reasons but this is the use case we see most of the time.

[@dubeymanojkumar]

@@hounder-co could you explain bit more how it would help marketers adding content

[@andy42x]

Headless cms versus DXP.... Which one is the future? Can they co-exist?

[@meherkrishnat79]

Am I missing something!?.... Even now we r fetching data from API... how is it different with Headless?

[@treelee2602]

So is the only drawback here lack of customixation from relying on whatever api is available?

[@JayRGabz]

what is the best headless cms out there??

[@hounder-co]

You can make the popular open-source CMS' like Drupal or Wordpress into a headless CMS which is a popular choice. If you want to purchase a Headless CMS, Contentful is really nice and easy to use.

[@narrowgate2067]

strapi

[@Wolframandheart]

Ok but what does this look like? What software is needed to do this?

[@chuntingli6796]

What is the difference between a headless cms and a decoupled one?

[@hounder-co]

Good question. They're one in the same. A headless cms simply is a content system decoupled from the presentation layer (templates, layouts, css, html, etc).

[@chuntingli6796]

@@hounder-co So, in a headless cms, templates are not guaranteed to exist, whereas in a decoupled cms, the templates are also decoupled but are still available in a separate location? Thanks!

[@bartosz8117]

horrible explenation!

[@arvi8843]

Great explanation. Thanks a lot.