Native Module Build Fails on Shared Hosting (node-gyp, Old glibc/Python): The .npmrc Fix
A deploy on shared hosting failed at npm install with a node-gyp compilation error — the fix wasn't compiling faster, it was skipping the compile entirely.
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Looking for more on Jamstack? This collection on the Emdash Kits blog brings together related articles, guides, and insights. Browse all 47 posts below.
CSS Variables Silently Resolve to Nothing on a Custom Layout: Where Global Theme Tokens Actually Live
A public page under a lightweight custom layout had its spacing quietly collapse — no errors, just gaps disappearing — because the CSS custom properties it depended on were never defined there.
Client-Side Inserted HTML Ignores Your Astro Styles: The Scoped CSS + innerHTML Gotcha
Three different features on the same site broke the same way — content injected via innerHTML rendered fine structurally but came out completely unstyled — because of one Astro compile-time detail.
How to Manage Multiple Authors and Roles in EmDash CMS
EmDash separates who can log in and edit (a user, with one of five roles) from who gets public credit on a piece of content (a byline) — two different systems that only overlap when you want them to. Here's how both actually work.
How to Set Up Webhooks in EmDash CMS
There's no Settings → Webhooks panel in EmDash — outbound webhooks are something you build as a small sandboxed plugin using a content hook and ctx.http. Here's the real, working pattern, including the specific capability EmDash's own docs name for exactly this use case.
How to Use the EmDash CMS API: A Developer Guide
Content, media, schema, revisions, search, and plugin endpoints, all under one consistent response envelope and Bearer-token auth. This is the practical map of EmDash's REST API for scripts, CI pipelines, and admin tooling.
Astro Dev Server Shows Unstyled Pages After Restructuring Routes: Vite Cache Root Cause and Fix
A route rebuilt at the same dynamic path can render correctly in production but come back completely unstyled in astro dev — here's why, and the one command that fixes it.
WordPress Security Problems (and Why Headless Architectures Avoid Them)
Over 11,000 new vulnerabilities hit the WordPress ecosystem in a year — 91% of them from plugins. A clear-eyed look at why WordPress security is structurally hard, and what headless does differently.
How to Optimize EmDash CMS Sites for SEO
EmDash generates your sitemap, robots.txt, and JSON-LD structured data automatically — but only correctly if one config value is set. Here's the full SEO surface: site-wide defaults, per-page metadata via plugin hooks, and the one setting that silently breaks all of it if skipped.
How to Add a Blog to Your Website Using EmDash CMS
A working blog — index page, post pages, and a way for editors to publish without touching code — in about the time it takes to define one collection and write two Astro templates.
Core Web Vitals and CMS Performance: What to Look For
LCP, INP, and CLS each have a specific technical cause rooted in how a CMS renders pages — not vague 'optimization' advice. Here's what each metric actually measures, why CMS architecture determines your realistic ceiling on each, and what to check before choosing a platform.
How to Add Custom Fields in EmDash CMS
Adding a field to an existing collection is a database column change, applied live — three ways to do it (admin UI, CLI, REST API), plus the reserved names that will get rejected if you try to use them.
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