What makes a CMS good for Vue Storefront?
Hi, I am in the process of choosing a CMS to manage the content for our store. The purpose is not to address the product catalog/ images as we have a PIM- Akeneo for that. Its to have a solution where we can store and manage marketing assets for e.g. the landing pages, blog, about pages.
I see that there are a number of pre-built integrations on this list: https://docs.vuestorefront.io/v2/integrations/#cms
How are these CMSes chosen at the beginning? Do they have certain features that are particularly works well with ecommerce/ headless storefront? I notice for example some of the well known CMS such as Drupal, Joomla, Django isn't on the list. Obviously one can't integrate everything and has to start somewhere. But I also want to see if there is a specific reason for their absence also.
In general, what makes a good CMS that works with VSF? How easy/ difficult is it to do a custom integration with a CMS not on the list?
Thanks!
I see that there are a number of pre-built integrations on this list: https://docs.vuestorefront.io/v2/integrations/#cms
How are these CMSes chosen at the beginning? Do they have certain features that are particularly works well with ecommerce/ headless storefront? I notice for example some of the well known CMS such as Drupal, Joomla, Django isn't on the list. Obviously one can't integrate everything and has to start somewhere. But I also want to see if there is a specific reason for their absence also.
In general, what makes a good CMS that works with VSF? How easy/ difficult is it to do a custom integration with a CMS not on the list?
Thanks!
Vue Storefront 2
Vue Storefront 2 documentation
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Contentful, Storyblok, and Contentstack are widely known for their headless content management capabilities. They provide a back-end only content management system and a RESTful API where the front-end or presentation layer is completely decoupled.
Conversely, CMS platforms like Drupal, Joomla, and Django-based CMS are traditionally monolithic, although they've been making strides toward headless capabilities. Monolithic CMS are less flexible and can be overkill for certain projects, especially when you're trying to build a lightweight, performance-optimized eCommerce front-end like Vue Storefront.
This is only one consideration of many, others like popularity, licensing, and support also play a key role.
Thanks, @.rohrig, for sharing the consideration. It is helpful to know.