Documentation — CloudSource CMS

Still deciding Fit, cost, security and the honest trade-offs. Just bought it Deploy to AWS, then import your content. Building the frontend Endpoints, parameters and code samples.

How a headless CMS works

CloudSource separates your content from how it is displayed. Your team manages content in the admin panel; your storefront, app or in-store screen fetches it as JSON and renders it however it likes.

For a retailer that means one place to manage product copy, imagery, category pages and campaign content — and any number of places to display it.

You define the shape

Create models such as Product, Category or Campaign, with exactly the fields you need.

Your team fills it in

Merchandisers write copy, upload imagery and schedule when it goes live.

Your storefront reads it

One HTTP request returns published content as JSON, ready to render.

The flow in a nutshell

  Admin panel              API                    Your storefront
       |                    |                            |
       |  define models     |                            |
       |  upload imagery    |                            |
       |  write copy        |                            |
       |  hit "Publish"  ──▶| content goes live          |
       |                    |◀── GET /api/content ───────|
       |                    |─── JSON response ─────────▶|
       |                    |                            | renders page

Set-up path

Working through these in order takes a typical team an afternoon, not counting the frontend work.

1. Deploy to AWS Create the environment that runs the admin panel and API. 2. Create content models Define the blueprint for products, categories and campaigns. 3. Upload media Get packshots, lifestyle imagery and video into your S3 bucket. 4. Create content Add the entries themselves, based on your models. 5. Publish and schedule Push content live now, or set it to appear on its own. 6. Connect your storefront Fetch the JSON and render it wherever you need it.

Coming from another CMS?

If you are on Contentful, you do not need to rebuild anything by hand. Export your space as JSON and import it in one upload — models, assets and entries all come across.

Migration guide Step by step, with the full field type mapping. Recipes Ready-made models for catalogues, campaigns and blogs.