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Getting started
Get started with ApostropheCMS using the CLI. Choose between Astro or Standalone Apostrophe, set up your project in minutes, and learn what to expect from each path.
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Administering Sites
Content Management
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Guide to global settings
Learn what ApostropheCMS global settings are, how to access them, and what you'll find in the global settings area, from site identity and navigation to SEO configuration and favicon management.
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Guide to version control
Restore any earlier version in ApostropheCMS with version history. Learn how to view, compare, and roll back page and piece versions.
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Guide to editorial workflows
A practical guide to how content moves through ApostropheCMS from draft to live, covering document states, review and approval permissions, scheduled publishing, and version rollback so editorial teams can manage the full workflow.
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Guide to blogs in ApostropheCMS
A practical editor's guide to creating, publishing, and managing blog posts with ApostropheCMS.
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Guide to managing media
Learn how to upload, organize, crop, and reuse media in ApostropheCMS — including how image optimization, focal points, and DAM integrations work for content editors.
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Guide to SEO tools
Learn how to manage SEO in ApostropheCMS, from meta fields and structured data to robots.txt, AI crawler control, and writing content that gets cited by LLMs.
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Guide to localizing and translating content in ApostropheCMS
Learn how to localize and translate content in ApostropheCMS, including how to use the different localization methods, automatic translation, and RTL language support.
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Guide to open graph
Control how your content appears when shared on social media. Open Graph fields let editors set the title, description, and image used to generate link previews across social networks and messaging apps, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slack.
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Content Creation
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Guide to blogs in ApostropheCMS
A practical editor's guide to creating, publishing, and managing blog posts with ApostropheCMS.
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Guide to managing media
Learn how to upload, organize, crop, and reuse media in ApostropheCMS — including how image optimization, focal points, and DAM integrations work for content editors.
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Guide to localizing and translating content in ApostropheCMS
Learn how to localize and translate content in ApostropheCMS, including how to use the different localization methods, automatic translation, and RTL language support.
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Guide to open graph
Control how your content appears when shared on social media. Open Graph fields let editors set the title, description, and image used to generate link previews across social networks and messaging apps, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slack.
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Guide to using and understanding widgets
Widgets are the building blocks of every page in ApostropheCMS. This guide explains what they are, how to add and edit them, and what to expect from different widget types so that you can build and update pages with confidence.
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Evaluation and Onboarding
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Choosing a database for your ApostropheCMS project
ApostropheCMS supports SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, and all three run the same ApostropheCMS schemas and content APIs. The right choice depends less on how you model CMS content and more on how you develop, deploy, scale, and operate the project. In this guide, we'll cover the differences between them.
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ApostropheCMS + Astro or Standalone Apostrophe: Which is right for you?
Not sure whether to use ApostropheCMS with Astro or go Standalone? Here's how to choose based on your team's frontend stack and project needs.
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Choose the right rendering strategy for your ApostropheCMS project
ApostropheCMS supports traditional, headless, and hybrid rendering from the same content backend. Here's how each one works and a practical framework for choosing the right one.
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Getting started
Get started with ApostropheCMS using the CLI. Choose between Astro or Standalone Apostrophe, set up your project in minutes, and learn what to expect from each path.
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How to evaluate a CMS for your SaaS platform
A technical evaluation guide for engineering leaders choosing a CMS for a multitenant SaaS platform. This guide covers multitenancy architecture, deployment models, cost at scale, security, integration, and editing experience.
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Astro
Apostrophe Architecture Basics
Deployment and DevOps
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Choosing a database for your ApostropheCMS project
ApostropheCMS supports SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, and all three run the same ApostropheCMS schemas and content APIs. The right choice depends less on how you model CMS content and more on how you develop, deploy, scale, and operate the project. In this guide, we'll cover the differences between them.
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Deployment in ApostropheCMS
Configure ApostropheCMS for production: environment variables, database setup (MongoDB/PostgreSQL), S3 file storage, migrations, and a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline.
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