Headless
Website and technology
Website and technology
Headless means the system where you manage content or products is separate from the layer that displays it; the two talk through an API.
The upside is freedom and speed: you can reuse the same content across a website, app and kiosk and build the frontend however you like. The downside is complexity and needing a developer more often.
For most SMB websites a well-configured standard system is wiser. Headless pays off at scale, across multiple channels, or with unusual performance requirements.
Related terms
- CMSA CMS is the system you use to manage your website's content without programming: pages, copy, images and menus.
- APIAn API is an agreed way for two systems to exchange data, for example your webshop passing orders to your accounting software.
- PageSpeedPageSpeed is how fast your page loads and becomes usable. Google PageSpeed Insights scores it from 0 to 100 and lists concrete improvements.