[opencms-dev] Starting new site in OpenCMS 10.5

[Schliemann, Kai]

Hi Facundo,
Fabian already gave a good answer.

This is how we did our last projects.
Create a new module and copy the schemas and formatters from the Apollo template that we could use in our project.
HTML and CSS are built from scratch, mostly using Bootstrap.
Approach one: Develop the HTML and CSS independently from OpenCms and integrate it, when it is finished.
Approach two: Develop the HTML and CSS directly into OpenCms.
A long time we used approach one. But the last projects we started doing the development in OpenCms directly. Since OpenCms 8, formatters are used and those formatters need extra divs which might influence the page layout. We found it easier to do it that way, because the HTML changes, when you start developing your OpenCms templates and so you sometimes get layout issues that were already fixed after the HTML prototype was finished.
This was rarely the case before version 8.

This is just our experience. I am curious about how others do it.

HTH
Best regards
Kai

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This is a tough one. Some counter questions

- How firm are you with JSP/JEE development
- How complex is the intended design
- Which frameworks (e.g. bootstrap, foundation, angular, ...) do you intend to use
- Time frame for development
- Man-power
- Budget
- ....

The less expert you are and the closer your requirements are matched by the Apollo template the better you get along with it.
Your own template gives you certainly more flexibility and enables you to implement whatever you come up with and you get to know OpenCms inside out along the ride.

Cheers,

\Fabian

Am 31.01.17 um 19:47 schrieb Facundo Bove:
Hello,

I'm new to OpenCMS and I'm trying to decide which is the best way to start a new site, it will be a simple corporate site.
Options I think I have:

1. Cloning Apollo modules and customizing apollo-src.
2. Creating a new module template from scratch and then other modules for extra functionality.
3. ¿?

Thanks in advanced,

Facundo




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