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WebSG Custom (Formerly Optical)Vendor Scope (What Must Be Built on Top of WebSG Custom)
WebSG Custom is a headless backend, your appointed vendor has a substantial build scope:
- CMS / Schema Configuration: Creating collections, content, fields, approval workflows and relationships within WebSG Custom to fit your agency's content model, and deploying schema, content, roles, media and assets changes from staging into production.
- Frontend Web Application: Coding, designing and building the public website from scratch (e.g., using Next.js).
- API Consumption & Page Rendering: Fetching JSON data from WebSG Custom APIs and rendering it into styled web pages, menus, and layouts.
- Public User Logins & Integrations: Building end-user authentication, dynamic forms, and integrations with external systems or functions.
- Frontend Application VAPT: Conducting website security testing and remediation specifically for the frontend codebase and custom extensions created by the agency.
| Component / Responsibility | Provisioned by WebSG Custom Platform | Built by Appointed Vendor / Agency’s Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| CMS Engine & REST/GraphQL API Gateway | ✅ Yes | ❌ |
| Dedicated PostgreSQL Database Infrastructure | ✅ Yes (Uptime Only) | ❌ |
| S3 Asset Storage | ✅ Yes | ❌ |
| TechPass for CMS Administrators | ✅ Yes | ❌ |
| WebSG Custom CMS Platform VAPT | ✅ Yes | ❌ |
| Cloud VA/PT | WebSG Custom’s responsibility if frontend is WebSG Custom-hosted | Agency’s responsibility if frontend is Agency-hosted |
| Data Schema & Content Field Setup | ❌ | ✅ Vendor Scope |
| UI/UX Design, CSS Styling & Visual Templates | ❌ | ✅ Vendor Scope |
| Public Frontend Codebase (e.g., Next.js) | ❌ | ✅ Vendor Scope |
| Public User Logins & Custom Integrations | ❌ | ✅ Vendor Scope |
| Frontend Web Application & Custom Extensions VA/PT | ❌ | ✅ Agency Scope |
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