Have a Blast With Content Management!
Blast CMS is a headless content management system that is a blast to use! Put the power of content editing into the hands of your users while using the UI framework of your choice without dealing with plugins.
Features
Edit Content Anywhere
Content can be edited on smart phone or desktop allowing content owners to keep their website current whenever and wherever they are located.
AI Tools
AI generated placeholder text reduces timeline to create website.
Simple API
Simple content API makes integration with the website design fast and easy.
Predefined Content Objects
Predefined content objects reduce time to implement and reduces complexity.
Easy Content Editing
Easy to understand interface for editing content that anyone can use put content editing in the hands of the content owners.
Markdown
Content is edited in Markdown syntax which is easy to understand and gives you a high degree of flexibility and control.
Reduced Image Sizes
Images are automatically reduced in size during upload to make your site fast to load.
Automated Content Editing
Content editing through API allows for automated content creation.
Testimonial
"Keeping my events up to date is crucial for my comedy business. Blast CMS makes it easy to keep my events and website content current, no matter where I am. I appreciate that I can use my smartphone to edit content on the go—even while waiting to pick up my kids from activities."
Eric Jolicoeur
CEO, Big Timing Comedy
bigtimingcomedy.com
The Blast CMS Story
After realizing that a headless CMS could significantly simplify building websites and make content updates a breeze compared to traditional systems, I set out to find an off-the-shelf solution. However, the options I encountered were far from ideal. Many were overly complex, essentially repurposed traditional CMS platforms, and came with price tags that were impractical for smaller sites like mine—just a handful of pages that didn’t need all that extra complexity.
I tried several platforms but found myself disappointed each time. Eventually, I thought, why not invest the effort into creating my own solution? I envisioned a CMS that would be not only powerful but also a joy to use. The result is Blast CMS, a tool I’ve since used for my own sites, and I believe I’ve hit the mark.
With Blast CMS, I hope you’ll find website management as effortless and refreshing as I’d dreamed it would be.
Brad Jolicoeur
CEO, Jolicoeur Consulting, LLC
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes!
BlastCMS was designed specifically to make keeping content up to date easy. We do this with simple edit forms, Markdown syntax and a standard set of content objects.
A Headless Content Management System (CMS) is a backend-only CMS that provides content management capabilities without a built-in front-end presentation layer. Unlike traditional CMS platforms (like WordPress or Drupal), which manage both the content and how it’s displayed, a headless CMS focuses solely on creating, storing, and delivering content through APIs (often REST or GraphQL) to be consumed by various front-end applications (e.g., websites, mobile apps, IoT devices).
How it Works:
- Content Storage: Content is created and stored in the headless CMS.
- API Delivery: The content is delivered through APIs, allowing developers to build the front-end in any technology or platform.
- Front-end Freedom: Developers are free to use any front-end framework or technology (like React, Angular, Vue.js, or native mobile development) to display the content.
Flexibility & Freedom:
- You can build the front-end with any technology, whether it's a website, mobile app, or even a smartwatch interface.
- You’re not tied to templates or themes, allowing for complete design flexibility.
Omnichannel Delivery:
- Content can be delivered to multiple platforms simultaneously: websites, mobile apps, voice assistants, smart devices, etc.
Better Performance:
- Content is served via APIs, which can be faster and more efficient than rendering full HTML pages server-side.
Modern Tech Stack Integration:
- Headless CMS can be easily integrated with modern front-end frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.
- It fits well in microservices architectures and can be incorporated into modern development pipelines (DevOps, CI/CD, etc.).
Scalability:
- Since the front-end and back-end are decoupled, scaling one doesn’t affect the other. You can have multiple front-end instances consuming the same back-end content.
Security:
- Since there is no direct link between the CMS and the front-end, the attack surface is reduced, making it more secure compared to traditional CMS where vulnerabilities in the presentation layer can be exploited.
- You need to deliver content to multiple channels (web, mobile, IoT).
- You want flexibility in choosing front-end technology.
- Your content needs to scale across a large number of platforms or experiences.
- You are working in a microservices-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA) or need API-driven content delivery.
Yes you can!
A unique feature of Blast CMS is that the screens resize to any screen size so that you can edit content from anywhere.
Most Content Management solutions are complex and require a desktop screen to make edits. This means content edits need to wait until you are back at your desk and have the time to make edits.
The ability to edit content while you are waiting for your kids to finish up practice, while you are resting on the beach or just need to get that edit out of your head in the middle of the night so you can sleep.
WordPress content editing is honestly not that easy and has a steep learning curve. Doing WordPress well with a performant website that ranks well with a search engine will be expensive and time consuming.
BlastCMS makes your content editing experience as simple as editing a simple form. Anyone can do it with a minimum amount of guidance.
From a designer's perspective, you get to focus on your design and not how the heck to get your awesome design to work within the confines of WordPress. You can build using your favorite UI framework without limitations or compromises.
- Simple and straight forward user interface and API
- Doesn't try to do everything since most websites are relatively small and don't need all the complex features
- Designed from the start as a headless content management system
- Simple API allows website designers to easily integrate content into page design
- Allows content owners to control their content without learning graphic design
While you could get clever and find a way to make Blast CMS support multiple languages for your website, it doesn't have a specific feature to support this.
Blast CMS is designed for the vast majority of websites that are relatively simple and do not require this level of complexity. Leaving this capability out keeps the editing and integration process simple for the majority of Blast CMS users.
In addition, many browsers support language translations which makes creating and maintaining content in multiple languages something that is not as necessary as it once was.
If you are building an enterprise level website that requires content for specific languages or cultures, Blast CMS is likely not the right tool for your project.