Getting started with Contentful
Outline
If you're new to Contentful, we recommend you start with our free, self-paced learning paths designed to help you master common Contentful tasks.
Our learning paths are comprised of courses that start with core, "must know" topics and build outward, so you can take your Contentful skills to the next level. You can complete courses in any order, but many learners find that following the recommended order in each path creates a richer learning experience.
We have paths for
For a general introduction to Contentful, we recommend Contentful Essentials Live, virtual training led by a Contentful expert.
Learning paths
Kickstart your learning with hands-on training led by a Contentful expert in our Content Authoring Accelerator workshop.
Creating content
Recommended for: Editors, marketers, writers, or anyone in a content creation role
By the end of this learning path you will be able to:
- Understand how a content model enables content reuse
- Complete basic editorial tasks such as creating, editing, publishing, localizing, and versioning content in the Contentful web app
- Work with images and other multimedia content
- Schedule releases for bulk publishing in Launch and create pages in Compose
Kickstart your learning with hands-on training led by a Contentful expert in our Content Modeling Accelerator workshop.
Designing content models
Recommended for: Content strategists, developers, architects, or anyone in a role that is involved in structuring and organizing content to work with the Contentful platform
By the end of this learning path you will be able to:
- Build a content model with content types, fields, and references
- Follow a content model design process that helps balance the interests of content creators, software developers, and other stakeholders
- Evaluate the tradeoffs between different content model design patterns for common scenarios such as localization, navigation, micro-copy, inheritance, and categories
To see the complete list of courses on this topic, including advanced and optional topics, check out our course catalog.
Software development
Recommended for: Software developers who are learning how to build a project with Contentful
By the end of this learning path you will be able to:
- Prototype a content model in the web app and understand how Contentful structures content as JSON objects
- Use Contentful CLI tools, migration scripts, and sandbox environments to make content changes at scale and evolve your content model
- Extend and integrate Contentful functionality with third-party services using webhooks, Marketplace apps, and custom apps
- Navigate the web app, understand its framework and relationship between the user, organization, space and environment
Content strategy and governance
Recommended for: Content strategists, business leads, or anyone who is responsible for assuring that content projects meet their intended business outcomes
By the end of this learning path you will be able to:
- Bring stakeholders together to Identify business goals, content goals, and metrics
- Leverage tools that are available to run analysis on your content
- Use Contentful features such as Teams, Tasks, Comments, Scheduled Publishing, and Tags to optimize your digital workflow and boost productivity
- Understand how multispace architectures help organizations share content across silos while implementing workflows and governance to protect content integrity