[opencms-dev] Creating simple website

[Gerd Schrick]

Hi Nili,

thank you for your lovely feedback :-)

You can find it here: "Quick Launch" -> "Launchpad" -> "Site management" (or Websites)

Details regarding "Launchpad":
https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/the-opencms-workplace/launchpad-and-other-apps/launchpad/index.html

BTW (cool feature): you can configure what is contained in "Quick Launch" by drag-n-drop there (see docu)

Have fun! :-)
Gerd


Am 25. April 2020 00:11:31 MESZ schrieb Nili C <nilimesh at hotmail.com>:
>Hi Gerd,
>
>Thank you so much for your encouraging words.  It means a lot to me. 
>It really created that spark knowing that good people and good help is
>around.
>
>I am a Java/JSP developer and very familiar with HTML/CSS as well.  So
>I am mostly struggling with the documentation (which may be off for the
>newer version).
>
>In the link that you sent me on creating the template, on Step 5, it
>says:
>"If you want to create a new site that uses your template, use the
>"Site Management" in the administration view. Choose "New site" and
>fill out the form"
>
>However, in v11, I do not see this.  When I click on the "Quick Launch"
>icon and then select "Site Map", I dont see any "New Site" option.  So
>do we know where has this moved in the new version 11, or how to do
>this?
>
>Greatly appreciate your help.
>
>Best Regards,
>Nili
>
>
>________________________________
>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org <opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org>
>on behalf of Gerd Schrick <mail at schrick-design.de>
>Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:41 PM
>To: The OpenCms mailing list <opencms-dev at opencms.org>
>Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Creating simple website
>
>Hi Nili,
>
>I understand what you're looking for.
>It was the same for me when I (re)started with OpenCms some years ago
>...
>Well, finally I started step-by-step with the very documentation you
>mentioned (linked) and can really encourage you to do so, too.
>It helped me a lot and very efficiently to get me started with this
>great and very powerful CMS ...
>AND by really working thru the instructions and therefore practicing
>"real work" (including beginner's mistakes and further doku lookup as
>needed) I got a good idea how it feels to _really_ work with it ... and
>detected more and more really well-designed and helpful features just
>"by accident".
>
>Assuming that you're (a bit) familiar with the basic technologies
>(HTML/XML, CSS, JSP/Java) and what a CMS is, the first chapter
>https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-a-template-jsp/
>should already be sufficient to help you to get a basic/simple site up
>and running.
>How fast depends on your knowledge about the mentioned technologies ...
>based on a given (simple) layout as mentioned in "Before you start" it
>took me less than 1 hour to get the site working to add pages/content.
>
>Hopefully I was able to encourage you to "take the dive" to explore
>this great Enterprise CMS.
>IMHO it's well worth the "work".
>If you're struggling ... don"t hesitate to ask.
>
>Kind regards,
>Gerd
>
>
>Am 24. April 2020 03:13:40 MESZ schrieb Nili C <nilimesh at hotmail.com>:
>Hi,
>
>I have installed OpenCMS v11.0.1 successfully, and all seems to be
>working well.  I have become familiar with the Admin functionality
>(creating users, groups, etc.), and also browsed through the demo site.
>
>How can I create a very very simple basic website with just 2 or 3
>plain HTML pages?  Do not want the demo site or any fancy templates or
>modules or multi-lingual/localization stuff, etc.
>
>Can someone point me to a URL or documentation on how to do this?
>
>I was looking at the following URL, but it all seems pretty complex to
>me to build a simple test website:
>https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/
>
>Greatly appreciate your help.
>
>Thanks
>Nili
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