Contentful development
Contentful changes without breaking the front end.
A new content type, a field that needs splitting, a preview that stopped working. Small Contentful changes ripple into the front end, so they need care.
The problem
In a headless setup, the CMS and the website are separate projects. Change a content type in Contentful and the site can break without anyone noticing until a page goes blank.
We make content model changes with scripted migrations, update the front end to match and test both together before anything reaches production.
Sound familiar?
- Editors need a new content type or a change to an existing one.
- Preview or live updates have stopped working.
- Content needs restructuring without retyping it by hand.
- A webhook or build trigger fails intermittently.
- The front end is slow because of how it queries Contentful.
What you get
- Content model changes as repeatable migration scripts
- Front-end updates to match, tested against a staging environment
- Preview and webhook setup or repair
- Notes on the content model for future editors and developers
What this isn’t
- Full platform migrations into or out of Contentful
- Enterprise localisation and governance programmes
- Ongoing content entry
Timeframe
Most jobs take 2–7 business days.
Technologies
How the job runs
- 01
Describe what is stuck
Answer a few questions in the scoping agent. It takes about three minutes and turns your answers into a plain-English brief.
- 02
Get a straight answer
Within one business day, a developer replies with a fixed price, a paid diagnostic, one question, or an honest “not us” and a referral.
- 03
We fix it
Work starts when you approve. You get the fix, a short note on what changed and the access handed back.
Scoping agent
Tell us what’s stuck.
Two minutes of guided questions. You get a plain-English brief, and a developer replies within one business day.
- Guided questions, not an AI chatbot
- A person reviews every brief
- Never asks for passwords or keys
No account. No sales script. Never asks for passwords or keys.
Questions
Will a content model change lose our content?
Not if it is done with a migration script and tested on a separate environment first, which is how we do it.
Can you work with our existing front end?
Yes. Most Contentful sites use React-based frameworks we work with every day.
How do we give you access?
Invite us to your Contentful space with the role needed, plus repository access. Remove both when we finish.