Katie Fritz
I geek content strategy, IA, UX, AX, accessibility, design systems, #nptech, and cats.
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Who am I?
I make intuitive, empowering websites for progressive clients.
I geek content strategy!
Who are you?
Why are we even talking about this?
What is Craft?
- Proprietary CMS
- Yii/Twig/SQL
- Values simplicity
- $0/$199/$299
Some big companies use it for content blogs & specialty sites!
- Netflix
- AirBnB
- Salesforce
- PBS
- Field Notes
Agencies share why they use Craft
Why I like Craft
1. Structured Content
2. Build, don't modify
3. Author Experience
Some other good things
- Very secure
- Strong code standards
- Strong localization
- CDN integration by default
- Great debugging (reminds me of Ruby)
- Easy to get started
- Thriving community
- Commerce add-on (haven’t used)
- Plugin development
- Easy backups
Should you use it?
Craft is nice for:
- Structured content
- Accessible and responsive design
- Solid author experience
- Keeping your favorite workflow
- Security
Craft might be a bad fit if:
- Don't want to/can't build template from scratch
- No budget for license
- Client needs are poorly defined
- Complex integration needs
- Client already is comfortable with another platform
What's next?
Craft - under the hood
Gimme more content strategy
- Love Your CMS panel discussion (A List Apart)
- Content Everywhere (Sara Wachter-Boettcher)
- Content Strategy for the Web (Kristina Halvorson & Melissa Rach)
- Content Strategy for Mobile (Karen McGrane)
- Training the CMS (Eileen Webb, A List Apart)
- GatherContent blog
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Craft CMS
By Katie Fritz
Craft CMS
Overview of Craft CMS for Lansing Web Meetup - November 2016
