CMS

Next-Generation CMS Articles: A Practical Template Approach

A polished article detail pattern for Sanity-backed blogs: hero metadata, sticky contents, rich text, tables, media blocks, and related reading.

Template teamJanuary 18, 20268 min read
Editorial hero image for a CMS article

Introduction

Strong editorial templates need more than just a hero. They need a reliable reading layout with a content rhythm, sticky navigation, and enough structure for longer articles.

This preview shows the content layer itself, not only the article header, so the blog family feels complete inside the library.

Reading Structure

Use this pattern when the main requirement is the article body experience: clear headings, comfortable spacing, and a sidebar that helps readers navigate dense content.

Sticky TOC

The table of contents makes this useful for longer posts, knowledge-base pages, and editorial resources with many sections.

Use Cases

Typical uses include blog articles, academy lessons, research notes, and resource detail pages where content depth matters as much as the visual shell.