Culture Index exists to catalog cultural institutions online, and highlight the best practices that inspire us.
Launching with a focus on museums and building from there, we are a resource for both research and discovery. Browse information about online communications, and discover ideas with examples of what’s possible for cultural institutions in the digital space.
As a community project facilitated by Base, we invite you to use and contribute to this growing resource.
Craft CMS
At Base, we widely use Craft CMS due to its robust features, making it an excellent choice for cultural institutions of all sizes and non-profit organizations. We typically recommend using Craft CMS in headless mode to maximize flexibility and integration with various platforms. Here's why Craft CMS stands out:
- User-Friendly Interface: Craft CMS offers an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that allows content management without requiring coding skills, making it accessible to all team members.
- Live Preview: Editors can view content changes in real time and share drafts through unique links, streamlining the approval process and ensuring content is always accurate before publishing.
- Native Multilingual Support: Built-in translation tools simplify managing content across multiple languages, allowing organizations to efficiently localize without needing extra plugins.
- Roles: Role-based access control makes it easy to manage different levels of user permissions, ensuring the right people have access to the right tools.
- Powerful and Flexible: Craft CMS supports complex content systems with customizable entries, assets, users, and categories, allowing institutions to scale their content as needed.
- Extensibility: With modern APIs, Craft CMS allows custom add-ons and seamless integrations with other tools, making it highly adaptable to unique project needs.
- Open Source with Support: While based on open-source technologies, Craft CMS offers dedicated support and regular updates in exchange for a small licensing fee, ensuring reliability and long-term sustainability.
- Security: Frequent updates and a comprehensive core feature set reduce the need for third-party add-ons, minimizing security risks and ensuring the platform remains secure.
These features make Craft CMS a versatile, secure, and scalable solution that meets the dynamic needs of cultural institutions and non-profits.