Sun, 15 Jun 2025 14:00
Level: Intermediate
Track: Developer
Once you start building client websites, you run into the debate/issue of clients managing their own content. By principle, clients should have ownership of their own websites and the content, but it’s common for their freedom to affect the integrity of your beautiful design. This is where metafield plugins get to shine. You can create a consistent backend experience for the clients that will provide a layer of separation between the content and the design. Learn how to build a backend that clients will love and are comfortable to edit content in, while keeping the frontend looking the way it was intended. Once you get used to this type of build method, your sites will stay beautiful for years to come.
Presentation goal & learning objectives
The goal of this presentation is to introduce site building methods that will keep the content and the design separate. Attendees will have a better understanding of how this works and how to set up the site for this functionality. It can be as easy as installing plugins and setting up some fields, or it can be as difficult as coding your own theme from scratch. This presentation aims to find the most approachable and manageable way of achieving this.
Presentation audience
This presentation caters more to the beginner and intermediate skill level web designers and developers.