---
title: "Create a Project"
description: "Create collaborative projects on Cloud CMS to design content schemas, manage teams, and publish seamlessly to web or mobile. (Gitana 4.0)"
product: "Gitana"
version: "4.0"
url: "/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/projects/project-create"
---

# Create a Project

You can create as many projects as you would like within Cloud CMS. Each project provides a collaborative 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.

![scratch-1.png](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/projects/project-create/scratch-1.png)

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

![scratch-2.png](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/projects/project-create/scratch-2.png)

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

![scratch-3.png](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/projects/project-create/scratch-3.png)

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.

![template-2.png](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/projects/project-create/template-2.png)

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.

![template-3.png](/documentation/gitana/4.0/ui/projects/project-create/template-3.png)

Notice that your 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.