---
title: "[Second level navigation] - Contentstack Basics"
description: Contentstack Basics listing page with introduction and links to foundational Contentstack documentation.
url: https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/contentstack-basics
product: Contentstack
doc_type: navigation-listing
audience:
  - developers
version: current
last_updated: 2026-03-25
---

# [Second level navigation] - Contentstack Basics

This page is a Contentstack Basics listing page intended for developers who are getting started with Contentstack. Use it to understand what Contentstack is and to navigate to key foundational topics and related resources.

## Listing page

### Heading

Contentstack Basics

### Introduction

Contentstack is a CMS backend for your digital properties.

### Links section

#### Know More About Contentstack

##### Heading

Know More About Contentstack

##### Links

- **Understanding Contentstack**
  - Title: Understanding Contentstack
  - Url: /developers/contentstack-basics/understanding-contentstack

- **Architecture Planning & Deployment Models**
  - Title: Architecture Planning & Deployment Models
  - Url: /developers/contentstack-basics/architecture-planning-deployment-models

- **What You Need to Get Started**
  - Title: What You Need to Get Started
  - Url: /developers/contentstack-basics/what-you-need-to-get-started

- **How to Start Using Contentstack**
  - Title: How to Start Using Contentstack
  - Url: /developers/contentstack-basics/how-to-start-using-contentstack

- **Key Concepts and Hierarchy of Contentstack Elements**
  - Title: Key Concepts and Hierarchy of Contentstack Elements
  - Url: /overview/key-concepts-and-hierarchy-of-contentstack-elements

- **Content Modeling**
  - Title: Content Modeling
  - Url: /developers/content-modeling/about-content-modeling/

- **Contentstack Resources for Your Frontend Architecture**
  - Title: Contentstack Resources for Your Frontend Architecture
  - Url: /developers/contentstack-basics/contentstack-resources-for-your-frontend-architecture

- **Support FAQs**
  - Title: Support FAQs
  - Url: /faqs/#support-faqs

- **Glossary**
  - Title: Glossary
  - Url: /overview/glossary

## Common questions

### What is this page used for?
This page is a listing page for Contentstack Basics that provides an introduction and links to related foundational topics.

### Who should read this page?
Developers who are getting started with Contentstack and want a starting point for core concepts and resources.

### Where do the links on this page go?
They link to other documentation pages such as “Understanding Contentstack,” “Architecture Planning & Deployment Models,” and “Content Modeling,” as well as “Support FAQs” and the “Glossary.”