Welcome to TinyCMS
TinyCMS is a headless content management system. Your team writes and publishes structured content in the CMS; a website or another application retrieves it through delivery APIs. What visitors see also depends on how that application fetches and displays your content.
Choose a starting point
- Editors: sign in, then create your first entry.
- Reviewers and publishers: read review and publication.
- Administrators: set up the first account, design content types, and grant access.
- Operators: check system requirements, then install and deploy.
Terminology
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Content type | A structure defining fields, such as Articles |
| Collection | A type containing multiple entries, such as individual articles |
| Single | A type for one item, such as a home page |
| Entry | A content item with an identity shared across translations and revisions |
| Field | A value such as a title, body, date, image, or relationship |
| Revision | A saved version of an entry in a particular language |
| Draft | Working content that has not completed publication |
| Published revision | The version currently available through published delivery |
| Locale | A language code identifying a translation |
| Release | A coordinated set of saved content changes to publish or withdraw together |
Examples use an Articles collection with Title, Body, and Hero image fields. An administrator must create this structure before an editor can use it.
Navigation
The Dashboard summarizes content, releases, and activity. Content Manager opens content types and entries. Media Library stores reusable files; its Trash contains deleted media. Publishing roles use Releases to coordinate changes.
Configuration pages include Content Designer, Languages, Master Lookup, Content Access, Users, API Keys, API Explorer, CSS Templates, Webhooks, and Audit Log. Availability depends on your role and permissions.
The account menu contains Account, Preferences, and sign-out actions. Preferences apply to your account across sessions and devices.
Missing content or actions?
Your role controls the kinds of actions you can take. Content permissions control which content you can view or edit. Ask an administrator to check both.