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

[Jochen Graf]

Hi Ivan,

going through the steps (creating a new website, adding 
mercury.master.xml to the site .config file, adding an area, a row, and 
a section content to the index.html) with a fresh OpenCms 12 docker 
installation does not reproduce the problem you describe. All Mercury 
templates should be there. Also the area, row, and section content 
should be selectable in this order.

The next step would be to take a look at the opencms.log file of your 
installation to check if there is any exception thrown when opening the 
wand dialog.

Best

Jochen


Am 28.10.21 um 13:48 schrieb Ivan Drinks Sr:
> I am using version 12 and I am using the docker image.
>
>
> Warm regards,
> Ivan Sr
>
>> On Oct 28, 2021, at 4:27 AM, Jochen Graf <j.graf at alkacon.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> 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:
>>>
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>>>
>>>     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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