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Headless ExpressionEngine: Using Bones to Create a Static Site

ExpressionEngine is so powerful under the hood when it comes to managing content. In this example, we’ll use Bones to use the data from our EE site to build out a static site, using a static site generator called Jigsaw. We’ll explore a bit of API safety, as well as managing data coming from EE.

If you haven’t, watch the first part of our series on Bones here: Using ExpressionEngine To Power Your JavaScript Frontend Using Bones

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Bones is a super simple way to utilize ExpressionEngine as a headless content management system for use in javascript frontends, static site builders, and more!

Bones Hello World: https://github.com/dougblackjr/bones-hello-world

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Originally published by Doug Black at u.expressionengine.com

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