Agility CMS is a flexible headless CMS with an infinite number of ways to configure and set up your pages and content.
In order to showcase best-practices, evaluate, and help onboard new users when using Agility CMS with Next.js, we recommend signing up for our pre-configured Next.js Starter Blog. This template has a few pages along with some modules and content models already set for you to support a familiar blogging experience.
It's important to note though, that you can customize anything and everything in this template, it's just giving you a head start and serving as an example!
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How to Sign Up
Head to https://www.agilitycms.com and click on Get Started to sign up for a new Agility CMS account.
Sign up for a new Agility CMS account using Github, Google, Microsoft, or via Email & Password.
Fill out the following information to complete your profile.
Choose Blog with Next.js as your starter template.
Select the Free developer plan.
Give your project a Name, then click Create Instance.
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Overview of the Next.js Starter BlogTemplate Instance
The Gatsby Starter Blog Instance consists of a collection of pre-initialized Pages, Page Templates, Modules, and Entries.
Pages
Pages represent the pages available on your website.
- /home - the root page of the site ('/') which as a few modules already on it
- /blog - the primary listing page for blog posts
- /blog/* - the dynamic page path used for blog posts
- /about - the about page of the site with a Rich Text area on it
Page Templates
Page templates define the areas that modules can be added to.
- Main Template - a basic template that has a single content zone for adding modules
Modules
Modules are the functional components that are added to a page. Typically all of your content on a page is broken down into modules.
- Hero - a simple hero section with a background image
- Rich Text Area - a WYSIWYG for displaying flexible HTML
- Post Listing - a listing of your blog posts
- Post Details - UI component representing the details of a blog post, used on the /posts/* dynamic page
Content
- Global Header - an entry with fields that are used for rendering a header on the website
- Global Footer - an entry with fields that are used for rendering a footer on the website
- Posts - a listing of blog posts, each post has a Title, Image, and Body
- Author - an author of a blog post
- Category - the category of a blog post
- Tag - tags of a blog post
Next Steps
Once you're familiar with the Next.js Blog Template Instance, it's time to set up a website that uses this content.
- Get started with the Agility CMS Next.js Starter Site
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