Content management system (CMS)

A content management system (CMS) for your website, with the builder on top.

A website CMS is where the content behind your pages lives: services, a team, a menu, articles. WebNesting gives a small business one, built in, with no code. Change an item once and every page that shows it follows.

  • No coding needed
  • Unlimited teammates
A print shop's Services list in the CMS: six services such as the Opening kit and Menus and boards, each with its one-line summary, price and period, and a button to add a new one

Your own content types

Make a table for anything your site lists

A service list, a team, a menu or a portfolio each get a table of their own, with the fields you choose. You design it in plain words, with no code.

The CMS's column list for a print shop's Services table: name, summary, description, highlights, what is included and price, each with its field type and whether it shows in the list

17 kinds of field

Text, long text, rich text, numbers, dates, choices, checkboxes, pictures and more.

Links between tables

Link one table to another, and pick how the link shows: a list to choose from, a picker or the linked item inside the form.

Tables inside tables

Put a table inside another, and choose which columns the list shows.

Edit

Each item in its own form

Open an item and the form shows your own labels, in your own words. Type a price, tick a switch, add a picture or write rich text, and save.

One service of the print shop, the Opening kit, open in the CMS form: its price of 2600, price prefix From, period per kit, a timeline of 3 to 4 weeks, group, label and a switch that shows it on the home page

Labels in plain words

A teammate knows what each box is for.

One form for every kind of field

Pictures, rich text, numbers, dates and switches sit in the same form.

The same safety checks everywhere

The form, the API and your AI assistant all run the same checks.

Show it on a page

Show your content on any page

Pick a section in the builder and connect it to a table. Choose which items show and in what order, then design the section as you would any other.

The builder's Data source window for the print shop's home page: the Services table, All as a list, a limit of three and the items in their sort order

One item or a list

Show the first item, all of them, or a list split into pages.

Page links or load more

Use page links, a load-more button or infinite scroll.

Order, limit and filter

Order by any field, set how many show, or show only the items that belong to the visitor.

One place to change it

Change it once, and every page shows it

Edit a price in its form and save. The home page, the Services page and the Pricing page all show the new price, because they all read the same item.

The print shop's Pricing page in the builder with a row of three package cards, the Opening kit card showing the new price of 2,600 that was edited in the CMS

Edit it in one place

Change the price in its form and save.

Every page follows

You never copy a price from one page to the next.

Read by search engines too

The items arrive inside the page itself, so visitors and search engines read the same words.

Articles

Write articles that are pages of their own

Every article gets its own page with its picture, its search title and its description. Write it in the editor, keep it a draft and press Save & Publish when it is ready.

A print shop's blog post open in the CMS, titled What a shop sign really costs a small business: a featured picture and the text editor with its toolbar

A picture and an editor

A featured picture and a rich text editor.

A search title for each page

Give each article its own title, description and picture for search results.

Restore Published Version

If a draft goes wrong, one button brings the live words back.

Forms

Forms are content too

Build a form once, with the questions you need, and place it on any page. The print shop's quote form, What to tell us, sits on its Contact page.

The print shop's Contact page in the builder: its phone, email and shop address in Richmond, Virginia beside a quote form with name, email, business name, phone, what you need, budget, when to start, a note about the business and a Send button

Required questions

Mark which questions are required.

Short and long answers

Short answers, choose-one lists and a note for the details.

One form, many pages

Put the same form on another page without building it again.

A CMS platform with the rest built in

More than a list of items

The tools a growing site needs come with the CMS, so you do not add them one by one.

Events

List events with every date and showing, each on a page of its own.

A knowledge base

Publish guides under a top guide, each one at its own address.

More than one language

Translate any page or item, and keep each translation under its original.

Who can edit what

Choose, for each table, who can browse, read, edit, add or delete.

An activity log

See who changed an item and when.

Trash and restore

Delete by mistake? Bring an item back. Change many items at once with bulk actions.

Live lists

A list updates on your screen as a teammate saves.

Drag to reorder

Drag items into the order you want them to show in.

Widgets you edit once

Change a saved widget in one place and every page that uses it follows.

Search titles for every page

Give each page its own title and description for search results.

A REST API for each site

Read and change your items from your own code, with an access token.

Your own AI assistant

Connect your own assistant. It reads and writes your items and tables, with the same safety checks as the form.

Designing the pages is the website builder's part

The CMS holds what your site says. The website builder decides how it looks, from the first section to the last. They are one product, so you never export or copy between them.

FAQ

Website CMS questions

What is a CMS for a website?

A CMS, or content management system, is software that stores what your website says and lets you change it without code. In WebNesting you make tables for your services, team or articles, edit each item in a form and show the items on your pages.

How is a CMS different from a website builder?

A website builder arranges and styles pages. A CMS keeps the content behind them, so one item can show on many pages. In WebNesting they are one product: the CMS holds the content and the builder designs how it shows.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You make a table, add fields from a list and edit items in a form. You connect a section to a table in the builder, with no code. If you do write code, the site has a REST API.

Is it a CMS for a small business?

Yes. It is made for a small business that wants its services, team, menu or articles in one place. You change a price once and every page that shows it follows.

How does my content show on my pages?

You connect a section to a table in the builder. You choose which items show, in what order, and whether they appear as one item, a list or a list with page links, a load-more button or infinite scroll.

Can I take my content out?

Each site has a REST API that reads and changes your items with an access token, so your own code can use them.

Put your content in one place

A CMS and a website builder in one product, for a small business. Your whole team is included.