I have a quick question for everyone (anyone?) who successfully updated @craftcms to v5:
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I have a quick question for everyone (anyone?) who successfully updated @craftcms to v5:
What is the best strategy for handling Matrix fields? As I understand it, Matrix blocks are now nested entries. But I could also convert my Matrix fields over to CKEditor fields (https://github.com/craftcms/ckeditor?tab=readme-ov-file#converting-matrix-fields). Should I do that or is it just another way of editing content that might be more or less useful in certain workflows?
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@matthiasott If the Matrix field is for managing longform content (rich text + other block types), CKEditor will probably give you a better UX.
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@craftcms Thank you! That’s what I’m using Matrix fields for on my site. And I can still reuse the same entry types in other Matrix fields or add more entry types to the CKEditor field, right? Then I’ll start the conversion now…
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@matthiasott Yep! All entry types can now be reused by sections, Matrix fields, and CKEditor fields.
Make sure to backup your database before doing the CKEditor conversion, just in case you end up disliking it. There’s no way to convert back to Matrix at this point.
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@craftcms Amazing!
And I’m doing a database backup at every step along the way, just to be sure. 
Have a great Sunday!
