Create a Project

You can create as many projects as you would like within Cloud CMS. Each project provides a collaborate space for your team. You use this collaboration space to:

  • Work on content together
  • Design your content schema, properties and forms
  • Invite users into teams and assign roles and responsibilities
  • Approve content and make it available on your web site or mobile app

And much more.

There are multiple ways to create a project. For example, you can:

  • Create a Project from scratch -Create a Project using a Project Template

Let's walk through these.

Create a Project from Scratch

To create a Project from scratch, start by going to your platform and clicking on the Projects link on the left-hand menu.

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And then click on Create Project. This brings up the Project Creation Wizard.

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Make sure Empty Project is selected and click Next. Then give your project a Name and a Description.

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Click Create and your Project will be created. This may take a minute or two. Once the wizard completes, you will be dropped into your new Project.

Remember that a Project built from scratch doesn't yet have any custom content models or content objects in it. It is more or less a blank slate for you to work with. You can build out anything you want!

Create a Project using a Project Template

Any Project can be tagged as a template. Tagging a Project as a template means that you want other people to be able to make copies of your Project by picking it within the Project Creation Wizard.

To tag a Project as a Template, go into the existing Project that you wish to tag as a Template and then go to the Project Settings page on the left-hand side menu.

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Then click on Project Settings.

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Check the box for "Mark this project as a template" and click Save.

That's it, your existing Project is now marked as a Project Template.

Now create a new Project by going to the Projects page and clicking Create Project.

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Notice that you Project Template is now available within the Project Creation Wizard. Select your Project Template and then complete the Project Creation Wizard to create a new Project.

Your new Project will be a copy of the Project Template. All of the content definitions, forms, content objects, users and more will be included.