Sanity Studio overview

How Sanity Studio is configured and used as the headless CMS for the YWCC Industry Capstone site.

Sanity Studio is the browser-based CMS that powers all content on the Capstone site. Editors create and publish pages, sponsors, projects, events, and global site settings from Studio, and those changes appear on the Astro front end at the next build (static mode) or immediately (Visual Editing preview mode).

Two workspaces

This project runs two Sanity workspaces inside a single Studio deployment, each backed by a different dataset:

Capstone Sponsors

Dataset: production
URL path: /capstone
Manages sponsor, project, event, and page content for the main YWCC Capstone site.

RWC Programs

Dataset: rwc
URL path: /rwc
Manages content for the Returning Women in Computing program, with per-site filtering (rwc-us / rwc-intl).

The workspace split is defined in studio/sanity.config.ts. Each workspace has its own desk structure, presentation preview origin, and schema template list.

Running Studio locally

1. Install dependencies

   From the monorepo root:

   npm install
   
2. Configure environment variables

   Copy studio/.env.example to studio/.env.local and fill in your Sanity project ID:

   SANITY_STUDIO_PROJECT_ID=your_project_id
   SANITY_STUDIO_PREVIEW_ORIGIN=http://localhost:4321
   SANITY_STUDIO_RWC_PREVIEW_ORIGIN=http://localhost:4322
   
3. Start Studio

   cd studio && npx sanity dev
   

   Studio opens at http://localhost:3333. Navigate to /capstone or /rwc to switch workspaces.

Signing in

Studio uses Sanity’s built-in authentication. Sign in with the Google or GitHub account that has been granted access to the Sanity project. Ask the project owner to invite you at manage.sanity.io → your project → Members.

Document types available

The following document types are available to editors. See the Document Types section in this tab for field-level documentation for each.

Document type	Purpose
Page	Any URL-addressable page built from content blocks
Sponsor	Industry sponsor profile with logo, tier, and portal access
Project	Capstone team project linked to a sponsor
Testimonial	Quote from a student or industry contact
Event	Workshop, showcase, or networking event
Site Settings	Singleton — global nav, footer, branding, social links
Submission	Form submission received from the contact form

Deployed Studio

The production Studio is deployed to Sanity hosting. Run the following from the studio directory to deploy:

npx sanity deploy

The Capstone and RWC workspaces share a single Studio deployment. Editors choose their workspace from the workspace selector at the top of the Studio UI.