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<body dir="ltr">Dear Nili,<br><br>referring to<br><a href="https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-a-template-jsp/">https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-a-template-jsp/</a><br>I get a slight feeling that you try to rush thru the steps described there. (sorry if I'm wrong)<br><br>Yes, you're on the right track ...<br>the prototype (index.html) is your starting point for your site's template - so to say a static single-page website (still outside OC in your filesystem).<br>It contains all the required elements like nav, header, footer, main content - most likely represented with some BlahBlah-placeholder text/content.<br>Just pure HTML! don't think about how dynamic/real content will find its place later. (this is explained in Step 4; so, don't rush thru but take baby steps ;-)<br><br>The skeleton (structure) of the HTML prototype zip is described at the beginning (gray box) - it does not have to contain all the files mentioned in the example ... in your case of a very simple site this may be just something like<br>templates/index.html<br>resources/css/screen.css<br>resources/img/logo.png<br><br>I'm still confident that you succeed with the step-by-step approach.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Gerd<br><br>PS: I went thru the steps also in V11.<br><br>PS 2: in Step 1 it says:<br>"[...] After Logging into the workplace switch to the “Administration View” and select “Module Management” -> “New Module”. [...]"<br>That's "Quick Launch" -> "Launchpad" ...<br>But I guess you already figured that out.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Am 28. April 2020 17:15:38 MESZ schrieb Nili C <nilimesh@hotmail.com>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Thanks Gerd. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I had that feeling that these files can be created/added later too.</span></div>
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">However what I am not sure about is, if the index.html is just a place holder file (a template) with header/footer/nav/etc. And what should be in
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For now, I just created a basic html page with css and see how it goes. It would be nice if a simple skeleton zip was provided, so I would at least know
I am on the right track and not waste time figuring it out.</span></font></div>
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I really appreciate your help and support Gerd.</span></font></div>
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<div style=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks a lot.</span></font></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 27, 2020 6:37 PM<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Nili,<br>
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(I was just about to answer this question when the other one just popped up.)<br>
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Where you can find this .zip file? Nowhere "out-of-the-box" ;-)<br>
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That's the prototype/layout/template of your individual website and so one of the most unique parts of your website.<br>
You don't have to use the described zip import to get the files into your site's (template) module - you can also create them directly in OpenCms.<br>
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a) shows a useful feature also for other usecases where it's convenient to get a bunch of files with a given structure into the CMS<br>
b) is a great option to quickly get the basics for your site's template in place if it's more complex (many css, js, images, etc.)<br>
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Gerd<br>
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Thanks a lot Gerd. Found it. Its called Websites now. (I was looking for it in Site Map). I am going to start with this Creating the Template exercise. You have really boosted my confidence Gerd.</div>
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In the "Before you start" step, it mentions the zip file (HTML prototype) with index.html and all other files. Where can I find this zip file?</div>
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If we have to create this zip file, has anyone created this and could share please? I will greatly appreciate any help.</div>
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Thanks & Regards,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Nili,<br>
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thank you for your lovely feedback :-)<br>
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You can find it here: "Quick Launch" -> "Launchpad" -> "Site management" (or Websites)<br>
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Details regarding "Launchpad":<br>
<a href="https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/the-opencms-workplace/launchpad-and-other-apps/launchpad/index.html">https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/the-opencms-workplace/launchpad-and-other-apps/launchpad/index.html</a><br>
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BTW (cool feature): you can configure what is contained in "Quick Launch" by drag-n-drop there (see docu)<br>
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Have fun! :-)<br>
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<div class="x_x_gmail_quote">Am 25. April 2020 00:11:31 MESZ schrieb Nili C <nilimesh@hotmail.com>:
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Hi Gerd,</div>
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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.</div>
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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).</div>
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In the link that you sent me on creating the template, on Step 5, it says:</div>
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"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"</div>
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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? </div>
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Greatly appreciate your help.</div>
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Best Regards,</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:41 PM<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Nili,<br>
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I understand what you're looking for.<br>
It was the same for me when I (re)started with OpenCms some years ago ...<br>
Well, finally I started step-by-step with the very documentation you mentioned (linked) and can really encourage you to do so, too.<br>
It helped me a lot and very efficiently to get me started with this great and very powerful CMS ...<br>
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".<br>
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Assuming that you're (a bit) familiar with the basic technologies (HTML/XML, CSS, JSP/Java) and what a CMS is, the first chapter<br>
<a href="https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-a-template-jsp/">https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/creating-a-website/creating-a-template-jsp/</a><br>
should already be sufficient to help you to get a basic/simple site up and running.<br>
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.<br>
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Hopefully I was able to encourage you to "take the dive" to explore this great Enterprise CMS.<br>
IMHO it's well worth the "work".<br>
If you're struggling ... don"t hesitate to ask.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Gerd<br>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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Can someone point me to a URL or documentation on how to do this? </div>
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I was looking at the following URL, but it all seems pretty complex to me to build a simple test website:</div>
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Greatly appreciate your help.</div>
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Thanks</div>
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