[opencms-dev] How do I get the first layout area into default index.html after creating new website?

[Ivan Drinks Sr]

OpenCMS is an excellent software application, but simple things make it SO HARD to get started with.  One thing that continues to puzzle me about OpenCMS is that when you create a new website using the Launchpad it creates a default index.html.  Great except you cannot do anything with it because it requires you to first move a Layout Area to it.  But you cannot do that because you cannot select a Layout Area and nowhere in the documentation tells you how to get around this problem.  So you delete the website and recreate it using the demo site as a template.  Then you have to delete everything in the demo site you don't need hoping you do not screw something up.  Can anyone on this mailing list provide a simple answer to how the initial Layout Area can be added to the default index.html created when creating a new website using the tools in the Workspace without ssh into the server?  It would be greatly appreciate!!

As a side note, why not just create the initial Layout Area in the default index.html when creating a new website?


Thank you so much

Ivan

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