Content

The part of the platform where you say what kinds of things exist and how they are shown. Nothing here requires code.

Content types Describe a kind of record once; the form, address, listings and permissions follow.Fields What a record holds, how it is edited, and how it renders.Taxonomy Vocabularies and terms — the axes content is browsed by.Listings Pages, blocks, tables, feeds, calendars and boards from the same definition.Media Images and styles, video, documents, 3D models, charts and maps.Media types Describing a new kind of asset — a certificate, a datasheet.Maps Your own records on a base layer.3D models A model a reader can turn.Charts Live data, with the question a listing would ask of it.Layout Where fields and blocks sit on a page.Menus and addresses Navigation, aliases, redirects and meta tags.Forms Collecting things from visitors, and where they go.Revisions and moderation What changed, who changed it, what needs approval.Search What is searchable, and what search may return.

The shape of it

Three ideas, and everything else is a consequence:

A type is described, not written. Fields, form, display, address, revisions, permissions and translations come with being a type.

What to show and how to show it are separate. The same records become a page, a card grid, an RSS feed and a kanban board without being queried twice.

Visibility is answered once. Published, in this organization, of a public type — one gate, used by listings, references, search, feeds and addresses alike. There is no second place where a rule could be forgotten.