Integrating Compose.page with Your JAMstack Site

Compose.page is often used as the CMS or landing-page editor in a modern JAMstack architecture. This guide explains how to integrate Compose.page content into your static site workflows using webhooks, incremental builds, and smart caching.

Two common architectures

1. Headless CMS approach: Compose.page serves content via an API; your site pulls data at build time or runtime.
2. Static export approach: Compose.page publishes structured JSON or markdown which your build process consumes to generate static pages.

Real-time updates with webhooks

Set up a webhook in Compose.page to trigger a build on your static hosting provider (Netlify, Vercel, or Cloudflare Pages). For large sites, use incremental or partial builds to update only changed pages.

Incremental builds and caching

• Use build platforms that support on-demand builders or incremental deploys.
• Cache HTML for unchanged routes and revalidate only modified pages.
• Employ stale-while-revalidate strategies to serve instant content while background builds update the canonical version.

“Webhooks and incremental builds bridge the speed of static with the flexibility of dynamic editing.”

Practical example

1) Compose.page triggers webhook on publish. 2) Vercel receives webhook and invokes an incremental build for the affected path. 3) CDN invalidates the cached route and serves the updated HTML. Optionally, trigger cache purge for the page's CDN route to ensure immediate freshness.

Handling assets

Store images in an optimized asset pipeline or cloud image service. Reference image URLs in Compose.page content and use responsive srcsets in the static templates to serve appropriate sizes for devices.

Security and rate limits

Secure webhooks with shared secrets and validate signatures in your build pipeline. If you publish very frequently, throttle webhook-triggered builds to avoid exceeding build quotas.

Testing and monitoring

• Test publish events in a staging environment before production.
• Monitor build durations and failure rates; set alerts for failed webhook runs.
• Log and surface version metadata in your page footer for traceability.

Conclusion

Compose.page integrates cleanly into JAMstack workflows when you use webhooks, incremental builds, and careful caching. This setup gives editors the ease of a visual CMS while preserving the speed and reliability of static sites. With secure webhooks and an optimized asset pipeline, teams can publish frequently without compromising performance.