Welcome to the CloudCannon starter guide for Headless Sites! If you want to get your Site editable on CloudCannon and not worry about building, you are in the right place.
Before we start, this guide assumes you already have a site uploaded to a Git repository. Although you can upload files directly from your hard drive, we highly recommend using a Git repository.
Don’t have any site yet? No worries! You can create one with our Jamstack tutorials for your favorite SSGs.
In this guide we’ll cover how to create an account, create your first site, and configure it for the best CloudCannon experience.
What is CloudCannon?#
CloudCannon is a Git-based Content Management System. With CloudCannon, you can easily maintain your Site using familiar Git workflows. Plus, your content team can effortlessly update and manage the content without knowing anything about Git, Markdown, or HTML.
What are Headless Sites?#
A "headless" website is one where the frontend and backend are separated. When you create a Headless Site, CloudCannon will still manage your content but won't affect any frontend activities like building or hosting.
You can enable Headless Mode for your Site to disable building and hosting, and streamline your CloudCannon interface by removing settings you don't need. Headless Mode is useful if you want to create fully hosted static websites with visual editing, server-side rendering (SSR) or other server-side functions, or fully hosted APIs while still using CloudCannon as your primary CMS.