Overview

The Contentful Marketing Starter Template is a pre-designed template powered by Next.js and Contentful. It offers optimized and adjustable pages, components, and data management for digital teams to power websites, apps, and devices. Unlike traditional CMS platforms, Contentful integrates with the modern software stack, providing a central hub for structured content, powerful management and delivery APIs, and a customizable web app.

Features

• Composable content through powerful & flexible content modeling
• Localization ready
• SEO ready
• Server-side rendering with Next.js
• Optimized data management with React Query
• Generation of GraphQL typed code (schema, types, and React Query hooks)
• Enhanced Developer Experience with TypeScript

Installation

To install the Contentful Marketing Starter Template, follow the steps below:

1. Create a new account on Contentful using the following link: Contentful Sign Up
2. Select the Marketing Starter Template to install.
3. Alternatively, if you already have a Contentful account, use this link for automatic installation: Contentful Automatic Installation
4. Once installed, follow the guide provided to understand the relationship between Contentful and the Starter Template’s source code.
5. This guide includes steps for entry editing, updates preview, content type editing, and more.

Summary

The Contentful Marketing Starter Template is a powerful tool for digital teams looking to create and manage optimized marketing websites. With features like composable content modeling, localization and SEO readiness, server-side rendering with Next.js, and optimized data management with React Query, this template offers a highly customizable and efficient solution. Additionally, the integration of GraphQL typed code and TypeScript enhances the developer experience. By following the installation guide, users can quickly get started with using the template and leveraging the capabilities of Contentful.