CMS resources

Explore our library of content-management resources for everything you need to know about CMS architecture and technology, digital-marketing trends and insights, our latest customer success stories, upcoming Brightspot updates and events—and much, much more.

Impacted by siloed business units and outdated technology? Eager to move faster and collaborate more easily? See how a modern, flexible CMS can help.
Learn how Brightspot's back-end technology and flexibility helps the CMS shine and beat the competition with respect to a key SEO ranking factor: Core Web Vitals and page performance.
Brightspot offers several features and tools to support search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. These features are designed to help content creators and website administrators optimize their content for better visibility and ranking in search engine results. Some of the key ways in which Brightspot CMS supports SEO include:
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Which CMS is right for you?

Take the guesswork out of finding the right content management system with our guide to choosing the right CMS. Take our quiz to find out, plus see how Brightspot compares to CMS alternatives like Adobe AEM, Drupal, WordPress VIP, Contentstack, Contentful and Sitecore.

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CMS architecture

The options for CMS architectures have grown along with the number of vendors trying to convince you their approach is the best. To help you cut through all the clutter, we've developed guides to explain the differences between the main types of CMS platforms, including coupled CMS, decoupled CMS and headless CMS, as well as the pros and cons for each.

Featured guides

Discover why hybrid CMS architecture is the most flexible option for content management, and how it offers the ability to mix presentation choices.
Find out everything you need to know about decoupled CMS architecture and the questions decision makers need to ask when considering different CMS options—headless, decoupled, hybrid—for their organizations.
Headless CMS solutions are a subset of decoupled CMS architecture. With a headless CMS platform, there is no fixed front end—instead, the solution acts as a content-only data source. Learn more about headless CMS here.

Content insights

Learn how today's digital content teams achieve success with content-management tools and resources that include collaborative editing, dynamic workflows, personalization features, analytics and more.

CMS insights

Get expert insights about extending the full capabilities of your content management system to publish content, manage digital experiences and reach the right audiences no matter the channel or device.

Marketing insights

Reach the audiences that matter to your business with these resources, covering everything from digital marketing trends to segmentation strategies to the latest insights for optimizing your content for discovery via search.

Technology insights

Explore the latest trends in website development, CMS technology, digital security and advances across the spectrum of software to manage, extend and grow a modern technology stack.

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These days, content management systems have grown to encompass much more than a one-dimensional content database and now serve as the central hub for driving digital transformation. Find out more here.
Digital transformation refers to the use of technology to create new or improved processes and customer experiences to drive better business outcomes. But not all digital transformation looks alike. Learn more here.
A digital asset management (DAM) system is a solution that helps organizations and publishers manage and access all of their digital assets through tools like search, workflows and editing features—all in one place.

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More Brightspot business uses

Bring order to the chaos with a digital-asset management solution built-in to your CMS.
Manage your online library of information in a system that's built to support varied and unique content types and specific permissions.
Reach audiences across your digital and print portfolio with a CMS platform that’s been built by publishers, for publishers.
Manage every site in your portfolio in a single instance and publish to multiple languages with our translation tools.
Communicate effectively with your most important audience—your employees—using the same set of tools on which publishers rely to build trust with their readers.
Connect with fans and audiences across the globe with functionalities that make it easy to share engaging, real-time scores, music, movies and more.

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Learn more about using the Brightspot CMS with these training tutorials.
Explore our collection of CMS how-to guides and tips covering powerful CMS features like robust rich-text editing, workflow tools, search interface and more!
Looking to learn more about data modeling and back-end development using Brightspot? Start with this training, led by our world-class team of experts.
Looking to learn more about handlebars and front-end engineering using Brightspot? Start with this training, led by our in-house team of experts.
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