How I Built an Event Microsite in 4 Steps

In this blog I will show you how I picked up an existing codebase (content-ready application) and curtailed it into my very own Event Microsite. The microsite is for an upcoming my is hosting in May, so we know that it is just a seasonal deployment and can be easily backed up, deleted or transitioned into a skin for a new event. Marketer of the Year Gala American Marketing Association Chapter This slick event microsite is built using Node.js on the server and Bootstrap on the frontend. It is fully responsive down to mobile, includes a contact form and a gallery section powered by . Photoswipe I’ll be using for this example app. Cosmic JS is an that makes managing and building websites and applications faster and more intuitive. By decoupling content from code, Cosmic JS empowers developer flexibility while ensuring content editors can plan and deploy content as it best suits them. We’ll be using Cosmic JS to install our example app, deploy and make content updates moving forward from the . Cosmic JS API-first CMS cloud-based Content Management Platform : I’ve used the as a content-ready app to deploy and edit for my Event. My reasoning for doing so was the large photo arrays that each page within the content-ready app supports without me having to do any heavy lifting or editing. I deleted the gallery section for my new application and simply duplicated a tertiary page so that my sitemap was to my liking. Full Disclosure Cosmic JS Photography App If you haven’t already, get started by for . Helpful resources are provided below to streamline your development operations. Signing Up Cosmic JS Photography App Page Photography App Demo Photography App Codebase on GitHub 1. Create a New Bucket Your bucket’s name is the name of your website, project, client or web application that you are building. 2. Install the Photography App Once you’ve signed up and named your bucket, you’ll be prompted to start from scratch or “see some apps”. For this blog I simply clicked the right button to “see some apps” so that I could begin the installation process for the . Cosmic JS Photography App App Installation Options gives you the ability to filter between programming languages such as , , , and more. Cosmic JS Node.js PHP React AngularJS Simply click “Install” underneath the icon to get started, or visit the . Photography Website Cosmic JS Apps Page 3. Deploy to Web I clicked “Deploy to Web”. I can then edit Objects while my web application is deploying. You will receive an email confirming the deployment of your web application. If you encounter any issues during deployment, you may be routed to the . Cosmic JS Troubleshooting Page Deploy Branch Confirmation Modal I’m drawing from a repo, my branch is clarified and I have a deployed location that matches my slug / bucket name that I made in Step 1. 4. Edit Global Objects Editing is a dream come true in the Cosmic JS Dashboard. To read more about how was built with editing content in mind, read . Cosmic JS Building With the Content Editor in Mind The main is a WordPress website whose domain info is with GoDaddy. We wanted to be able to have the event microsite function as a subdomain of the main website, so with just the GoDaddy domain registrar login info, we are able to upgrade the bucket to include custom domains, create a subdomain and have the live at our desired URL: . chapter website deployed bucket www.moy.dfwama.com This microsite also has the ability to liaise other APIs and applications. For instance, submissions for awards categories are housed with , yet I’m able to copy and paste all of the Submittable microsite into the Cosmic JS Content Editor to provide linkable categories for our microsite. Each category naturally defaulted into clicking into a category detail page, which I thought was nifty. Check out Submittable Submission Categories. Before (Content-Ready Application) After (In-Production Event Microsite) It’s as easy as signing up, creating a new bucket, installing the web application(s), edit objects and deploy! I get my confirmation email to access my web application and also see my options for bucket upgrades like custom domains, one-click SSL, webhooks and localization. is an API-first cloud-based content management platform that makes it easy to manage applications and content. If you have questions about the Cosmic JS API, please reach out to the founders on or . Cosmic JS Twitter Slack is the Co-Founder & CMO of , an API-first Cloud-based that decouples content from code, allowing devs to build slick apps and websites in any programming language they want. Carson Gibbons Cosmic JS Content Management Platform