Client
Planning Center — a leading church management software platform in the US.
Overview
Planning Center’s marketing team partnered with Codalent to rebuild their website, planningcenter.com, with a modern tech stack and seamless CMS integration. The primary goal: enable their marketing team to build and launch pages independently—without relying on developers. Our solution – Storyblok CMS.
Why Storyblok?
Previously, the marketing team had to depend on developers for launching even simple campaign pages—slowing down experimentation and iteration. They needed a CMS that:
Let marketers visualize content as they build
Enabled drag-and-drop page building
Allowed faster content deployment without breaking site consistency
Storyblok was the ideal fit—offering headless architecture with visual editing capabilities and structured content blocks defined by developers.
What We Did
Over four months, Codalent collaborated with Planning Center’s design and marketing teams to define reusable components and integrate Storyblok CMS into their tech stack.
Highlights:
Migrated from Gatsby to Next.js for a better dev experience and performance (2 months)
Defined modular components for all key page layouts
Integrated Storyblok CMS page-by-page (3 months)
Coordinated testing and launch with Planning Center teams (2 weeks)
Multi-CMS setup:
Storyblok for landing pages
Ghost for the blog
Zendesk for product changelogs
Tech Stack
Next.js
Storyblok CMS
TailwindCSS
Ghost CMS
Architecture Snapshot
Impact
✅ Marketers now create and launch pages in minutes
✅ Developer dependency dropped significantly
✅ Faster iterations for campaigns and experiments
✅ Clean, consistent content across the site
Testimonial
Their technical excellence, clear communication, and collaborative spirit have made them enjoyable to work with.
