Author Archives: John West

This blog post provides guidance on when to use group fields, global fields, reference fields, and modular blocks fields with the Contentstack SaaS content platform. Effective use of these data modeling features provides significant capabilities that can improve CMS user experiences as well as developer productivity and satisfaction. If you have perspectives on when toContinue reading “When to Use Group, Reference, Global, and Modular Blocks Fields in the Contentstack SaaS Content Platform”

This blog post provides suggestions for getting a second monitor working on Linux, specifically Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS on a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ITH6 with (I believe) an Nvidia RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6 video card. In preparation for Windows 11, I am trying to migrate to Linux. For unknown reasons, the laptop screen was working,Continue reading “External Monitor Support on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Linux)”

This blog post provides a solution for the following deprecation warning message that may appear when using the Contentstack JavaScript content delivery SDK with TypeScript: The signature ‘(api_key: string, access_token: string, environment_name: string, region?: string, fetchOptions?: object): Stack’ of ‘Contentstack.Stack’ is deprecated. ts(6387) Here is an example line of TypeScript that generates this warning: constContinue reading “TypeScript with the Contentstack JavaScript SDK: The signature Stack of Contentstack.Stack is deprecated”

This blog post provides perspective on the term entry as it is used in content management systems, specifically the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. This post is a member of the following glossary: [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] CMS Glossary Index – Deliverystack.net An entry, sometimes called an item or an entity, is a record in the contentContinue reading “CMS Glossary: Entry”

This blog post provides perspective on the term headless as it is used in content management systems, specifically the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. This post is a member of the following glossary: [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] CMS Glossary Index – Deliverystack.net A headless content management system does not provide software for content delivery. To access theContinue reading “CMS Glossary: Headless”

This blog post provides perspective on the term SDK, or Software Development Kit, as it is used in content management systems, specifically the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. This post is a member of the following glossary: [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] CMS Glossary Index – Deliverystack.net An SDK is a technology-specific programming library that allows developers toContinue reading “CMS Glossary: SDK”

This blog post provides perspective on the term webhook as it is used in content management systems, specifically the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. This post is a member of the following glossary: [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] CMS Glossary Index – Deliverystack.net A webhook is an outbound HTTPS request from one system to another, typically signaling theContinue reading “CMS Glossary: Webhook”

This blog post provides perspective on the acronym API, or Application Programming Interface, as it is used in content management systems, specifically the Contentstack SaaS headless CMS. This post is a member of the following glossary: [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] CMS Glossary Index – Deliverystack.net An API is a computer programming interface that allows access toContinue reading “CMS Glossary: API (Application Programming Interface)”

This blog post provides perspective on the term publish as it is used in content management systems, specifically the Contentstack SaaS Headless CMS. This post is a member of the following glossary: [Contentstack] [SaaS] [Headless] CMS Glossary Index – Deliverystack.net Publishing refers to making data from a content management system available to a content deliveryContinue reading “CMS Glossary: Publish”