Core Concepts

Understanding Sailor CMS’s fundamental concepts will help you build powerful, type-safe content management systems.

Template-Driven Architecture

Sailor CMS uses a template-driven approach where you define your content structure using TypeScript. This provides:

• Type Safety: Full TypeScript support for your content models
• Developer Experience: IntelliSense and compile-time validation
• Flexibility: Easy to extend and modify your content structure

Key Components

Collections

Collections are your main content types - like blog posts, products, or pages. Each collection is defined by a template that specifies its fields and behavior.

Blocks

Reusable content components that can be used within collections or as standalone elements. Perfect for building flexible page layouts.

Globals

Site-wide settings and content that appear across multiple pages, like navigation menus, site settings, or contact information.

Fields

The building blocks of your content structure. Sailor provides many field types from simple text inputs to complex relationship fields.

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Next Steps

• Learn about Templates
• Explore Field Types

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Table of contents

• Templates
• Field Types