Contentful Helpful Hints

This page details the miscellaneous helpful hints that may make using Contentful easier.

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Compose vs Web App

The Compose app presents a page-based approach to content - meaning everything starts with the page you wish to edit. The Web App allows fine grained navigation between components, useful if you want to do advanced editing.

How to switch between Compose and the Web App

Click the grid of 9 dots in the top-left to open the menu, and select "Compose" or "Web App".

"master" environment in the Web App

You may come across the word master wonder what it is - it's the environment for the live site. Other environments exist but are not used by Editors.

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While this term is being phased out across many platforms, it's not something we can change on Contentful, and isn't public-facing.