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

[Jochen Graf]

Hi Ivan,

which version of OpenCms and Mercury do you use?

Did you choose the docker image or a manual setup?

Best

Jochen

Am 28.10.21 um 02:43 schrieb Ivan Drinks Sr:
>
> Hi Jochen,
>
> I have discovered that doing the below does not make all Mercury 
> content available just some of it.  For instance, in the Templates 
> section the “Layout Row” and “Custom Layout Row” are not available. 
> This is the case even if you place the “Layout area” first.   Is there 
> something else that need to be done as well to make all Mercury 
> contents available?
>
> In your newly created site, open the site configuration file 
> "/.content/.config".
>
> In the "Content elements" tab, add the Mercury "Master configuration": 
> /system/modules/alkacon.mercury.template/configuration/mercury.master.xml
>
> This makes all Mercury contents available for your new site and you 
> can start adding layout areas.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ivan
>
> *From:*Jochen Graf <j.graf at alkacon.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2021 10:41 AM
> *To:* opencms-dev at opencms.org
> *Subject:* Re: [opencms-dev] How do I get the first layout area into 
> default index.html after creating new website?
>
> Hi Ivan,
>
> Am 20.10.21 um 15:27 schrieb 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!!
>
> In your newly created site, open the site configuration file 
> "/.content/.config".
>
> In the "Content elements" tab, add the Mercury "Master configuration": 
> /system/modules/alkacon.mercury.template/configuration/mercury.master.xml
>
> This makes all Mercury contents available for your new site and you 
> can start adding layout areas.
>
>     As a side note, why not just create the initial Layout Area in the
>     default index.html when creating a new website?
>
> When creating pages for a new website, it is even more convenient to 
> have the layout areas available in "template models". See [1] for more 
> information. In this way, you do not need to start on the layout area 
> level for each new index.html.
>
> Best
>
> Jochen
>
> [1] 
> https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-template-models/index.html 
> <https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-template-models/index.html>
>
>     Thank you so much
>
>     Ivan
>
>
>
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