[opencms-dev] Guidance needed: Mercury template vs. Custom template

[Michael Emmerich]

Nivedita,

I would suggest to use the Mercury template for this task. Making your 
own template from scratch without any OpenCms experience can be a bit 
challenging, I would only do this if there very special design 
requirements that cannot be made with Mercury.

In the Mercury template you have different content types that should 
provide everything that is needed for a school website.

Some time ago, I made a beginners  step-by-step instruction how to start 
a complete new website with Mercury, you can fin it here:

https://www.opencms.org/en/article/How-to-create-a-new-website-using-the-Mercury-template/


A place to look is the general OpenCms documentation here: 
https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/

You find an explanation of the OpenCms workplace and several more 
technical infos for developers.


There is a very detailed documentation of the Mercury template, 
explaining all the content types, their options etc. It can be found 
here: https://mercury-template.opencms.org/

This one is only available in German, so you would need some online 
translation of it, for example the build in translation of Chrome.



Kind regards,

Michael






Am 17.07.25 um 13:04 schrieb niveditasheoran via opencms-dev:
> Hi,
>
> I’m totally new to OpenCMS and have been tasked with creating a 
> website for a school. I’m exploring whether I should use the *Mercury 
> template* or build a *custom template* from scratch.
>
> Could someone guide me on what would be the recommended approach for a 
> school website?
> Also, are there any *step-by-step guides or documentation* available 
> to help with either option — especially for beginners?
>
> Any suggestions or resources would be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>  Nivedita Sheoran
>
>
>
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