Where to Go From Here

Craft CMS is a powerful tool for modeling and managing content, the way you want to. We’ve focused on some of Craft’s core features that let us scaffold a simple website—but there’s plenty more to explore.

To get a better sense of how Craft can support your next project’s unique requirements, consider tackling one of these exercises:

#Beginner: Explore the Demo

• Expose blog post author details.
  Hint: add {% dump entry.author %} anywhere you have access to an entry to see what’s there—or consult the User element API documentation;
• Update the homepage (templates/index.twig) to use the same layout as the rest of the site;
• Add more posts and implement pagination on the index pages;
• Add an RSS feed using the example in the knowledge base;
• Use the Contact Form plugin to add a form to your site;

#Intermediate: Go Deeper with Craft

• Add a new section to the site like Galleries or Reviews;
• Add multiple sites to your installation that cross-promote content or offer it in different languages;
• Add a Structure section to the site for creating nested bundles of specialized content;
• Experiment with a decoupled front-end using the GraphQL API;
• Upgrade to Craft Pro and learn about user accounts and front-end authentication;
• Create multiple user groups and experiment with permissions;
• Set up new element sources or advanced field layouts with the condition builder;

#Advanced: Extend Craft

• Create a store and start selling products with Craft Commerce;
• Familiarize yourself with Yii, the framework that Craft is built on;
• Build a custom plugin or module using your own business logic;

#Additional Resources

This tutorial serves as a high-level introduction to features covered in the official documentation. Take a look, and if you have questions or just want to chat about Craft and the modern web, join us in Discord!

We know you’ll build something great with Craft.