Where to Go From Here

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  • Beginner: Explore the Demo
  • Intermediate: Go Deeper with Craft
  • Advanced: Extend Craft
  • Additional Resources

Craft CMS is a powerful tool for modeling and managing content, the way you want to. We’ve focused on some of Craft’s core features that let us scaffold a simple website—but there’s plenty more to explore.

To get a better sense of how Craft can support your next project’s unique requirements, consider tackling one of these exercises:

Beginner: Explore the Demo

• Expose blog post author details.
  Hint: add {% dump entry.author %} anywhere you have access to an entry to see what’s there—or consult the User element API documentation (opens new window);
• Update the homepage (templates/index.twig) to use the same layout as the rest of the site;
• Add more posts and implement pagination on the index pages;
• Add an RSS feed using the example in the knowledge base (opens new window);
• Use the Contact Form plugin (opens new window) to add a form to your site;

Intermediate: Go Deeper with Craft

• Add a new section to the site like Galleries or Reviews;
• Add multiple sites to your installation that cross-promote content or offer it in different languages;
• Add a Structure section to the site for creating nested bundles of specialized content;
• Experiment with a decoupled front-end using the GraphQL API;
• Upgrade to Craft Pro (opens new window) and learn about user accounts and front-end authentication;
• Create multiple user groups and experiment with permissions;
• Set up new element sources or advanced field layouts with the condition builder;

Advanced: Extend Craft

• Create a store and start selling products with Craft Commerce (opens new window);
• Familiarize yourself with Yii (opens new window), the framework that Craft is built on;
• Build a custom plugin or module using your own business logic;

Additional Resources

This tutorial serves as a high-level introduction to features covered in the official documentation. Take a look, and if you have questions or just want to chat about Craft and the modern web, join us in Discord (opens new window)!

We know you’ll build something great with Craft.