What does Headless mean?

14 July 2022 1 min read

Our team have put together an informative resource article explaining what we mean by ‘headless’ and how it could help you achieve your business goals.

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One of our previous articles explains exactly what a ‘Headless’ solution is and the benefits of utilising this approach.

A headless model provides a far more efficient approach by populating pre-existing templates of the pages of your digital products with content, rather than having to build those pages in its own back-end as well. The CMS then uses application programming interfaces (APIs) to transmit the content your end-user has requested to whichever device or channel they’re using.

With the increasing need to take a multi-channel approach, a Headless solution can enable your business to engage with customers across a wide range of devices using one back-end CMS.

To read more about the benefits of using a Headless solution, make sure to read through our full resource article at the link below.

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What is ‘headless’ and why might you need it?

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Joy Clarkwin
Joy Clarkwin

Marketing Manager

Joy is Filter's voice to the outside world, developing our content and marketing strategies, and communicating the great work that we do to the widest audience. Joy manages our website content, social media channels, resource centre, the UnFILTERed video podcast series, our Enterprise Guide eBook series and every aspect of our marketing activity.

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