This collection of Articles are recommended for anyone to read. They all have no assumptions about the reader and give any help that may be needed. However, each article may not be enjoyed by everyone and may need some interest in the subject.

Beginner

Articles directly relating to Huyton Web Services. These Articles may be about new projects, website updates, changes to how we work or anything else that might be interesting to a visitor.

Business

<a href="https://drupal.org/">Drupal</a> is the <a href="/knowledge-base/content-management-systems-cms">Content Management System (CMS)</a> where you will manage your content, from changing text, adding images, or creating new pages and for functionality and security it is one of the best.

Drupal

This collection of Articles are recommended for anyone that has some knowledge of development, coding and/or systems architecture. A junior should be able to understand, but a mid level and some development experience is expected from the reader. A senior level will have no problem with the concepts in these articles.

Intermediate

Collection of articles about any changes to the web including the main businesses, tools we use or new projects relating to Huyton Web Services

News

<a href="https://nextjs.org/">Next.js</a> is a framework that renders on the server then sends to the client, and pages created using it are lightening fast. Using <a href="https://nextjs.org/">Next.js</a> for the frontend makes for a performant and beautiful website, while SEO and content is kept correct.

Next.js

This collection of Articles that are technical in nature. They are likely to have themes Developers, Engineers, System Architects, etc. may find more interesting. If you have no interest in how a system works, then these Articles are probably not for you. However, if you like the Technical side, these articles should be great for you.

Technical

Tips

Follow along with any of the articles below to build something at the end, please let us know if you find any issues so we can make any changes. These articles are perfect to learn either a new skill or keep your skill up-to-date.

Tutorial

WordPress

For anyone creating or working from tickets, this article is about how a ticket is created, worked on, and completed. It has come from my experience and reading many Scrum and Agile guides. Everything in this article has been tried and tested.

Cards, Tickets and Stories – Oh my! How to create tickets to work from

In this article we’ll look at the Frontend of the Headless system. We’ll go through how to get content from the CMS into Next.js and show it to a visitor to the page. This is the 3rd part of a 3-part Tutorial on going headless.

Going Headless: A Next.js API Consumer – Part 3

In this Article I’d like to show you 1 way to create a headless CMS. There are a multitude of different ways to create a headless system, this is the one I’ve chosen for performance and functionality. If you’re interested in the ‘what’ and ‘why’, have a read of the first part.

Going Headless: A CMS &amp; Hosting Tutorial – Part 2

In this article I’ll explain 1 way to install Next.js on a shared hosting that does not actively support it. The hosting I’ve chosen doesn’t even support Node.js. The method I’m going to use will allow SSR and all the other great functionality of Next.js.

Intermediate Articles

Thursday, 9 January 2025 | Dave Slack

Cards, Tickets and Stories – Oh my! How to create tickets to work from

Thursday, 26 September 2024 | Dave Slack

Going Headless: A Next.js API Consumer – Part 3

Thursday, 19 September 2024 | Dave Slack

Going Headless: A CMS & Hosting Tutorial – Part 2

Thursday, 22 August 2024 | Dave Slack

Next.js on Shared Hosting