Integrating Butter into our application took less than an hour and most of that time was spent on design work.
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ButterCMS provides a CMS and content API for Next.js apps. Use ButterCMS with Next.js to enable dynamic content in your apps for page content, blogs, and more. Check out our Next.js source plugin for a full example.
Butter's API slides right into our apps and lets us avoid having yet another WordPress site.
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- and more...
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- Custom Page Types
- Custom Content Modeling
- Preview changes
- Media library
- CDN for assets
- Testing environment
- Localization
- Webhooks
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Our CMS has a simple content API and drop-in Next.js guide.
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Above is quick video of integrating Butter's Pages API into an application.
Integrating Butter into your Next.js app is dead simple. Here's a mini tutorial to get a feel for of setting up CMS-powered marketing pages. For full a integration guide check out our Official Next.js Guide
Integrate into your application
With your homepage defined, the ButterCMS Pages API will return it in JSON format like this:
{
"data": {
"slug": "homepage",
"fields": {
"seo_title": "Anvils and Dynamite | Acme Co",
"headline": "Acme Co provides supplies to your favorite cartoon heroes.",
"hero_image": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV",
"call_to_action": "Buy Now",
"customer_logos": [
{
"logo_image": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV"
},
{
"logo_image": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV"
}
]
}
}
}
To integrate this into your app, update pages/index.js:
import React from 'react'
import Butter from 'buttercms'
import Head from 'next/head'
const butter = Butter('')
export default class extends React.Component {
static async getInitialProps () {
const resp = await butter.page.retrieve('*', 'homepage')
return resp.data
}
render () {
const product = this.props.data
const {
seo_title: seoTitle,
hero_image: heroImage,
call_to_action: callToAction,
customer_logos: customerLogos,
headline } = product.fields
return (
<div>
<Head>
<title>{seoTitle}</title>
</Head>
<img src={heroImage} />
<h1>{headline}</h1>
<button>{callToAction}</button>
// Loop through customer_logos
</div>
)
}
}
That's it! If you browse to your homepage you'll see your homepage populated with the content you created in Butter.
Try ButterCMS in your Next.js appAbout ButterCMS
ButterCMS is an API-based, or "headless", CMS. We're a hosted service and we maintain all of the infrastructure. For more information on how we compare to a traditional CMS check out API-based CMS vs Traditional CMS.
How do you compare to Wordpress?
In short, we offer all the same easy-to-use editing capabilities of Wordpress but are significantly easier for developers to setup and maintain. This means you spend less time working on your CMS and more time focusing on things important to your business.
Do you host my templates?
Unlike CMS's you might be used to, we don't control or host any of your templates. The design of your app (HTML + CSS) lives in your application along side the rest of your app. Your application calls our Content API and we return your content in JSON format. You can then render this content in any way you'd like.
Can I import my content?
Yep. To import existing content from another platform, simply send us an email.
What kind of database can I use?
No database required! We're a SaaS CMS or CaaS. You simply call our Content API from your app. We host and maintain all of the CMS infrastructure.
Can I host this?
No, we're a SaaS CMS or CaaS. You simply call our Content API from your app. We host and maintain all of the CMS infrastructure.
I have other questions
We're happy to help.
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Next.js is a universal JavaScript framework that runs in the browser and the server. It offers developers an easy way to get started, and as it uses React.js for templating it is also a straightforward way for developers with React experience to get productive fast.