I started with pretty much the same level of know-how a while back.
Back then, there was a "Templating Manual" which did help a lot. You
can find its content here:
http://documentation.magnolia-cms.com/userguide/templating.html
Work yourself through these manuals and forget about any specific
design yet - and leave the public instance aside too for now. The
sample templates are also always a good source for inspiration. Once
you get a feeling of how things work, you will find that it's pretty
easy, even with no JSP know-how. It only took me a few days to get the
templating working.
When you have questions, referring to the part of the documentation
that you don't understand when posting the question on this list might
help not only us understanding your question better, but it might also
show the authors of the documentation where further explanations are
needed. And... while your at it... you could of course also document
your first steps, combine your findings with the answers you get on
this list and write a tutorial yourself. That would be a nice
contribution.
-will
On 05.11.2008, at 15:05, Ulf Nordlund wrote:
Hi all,
I am new to Magnolia and JSP and I have realized that I have a lot
to learn... I would be much helped by a step-by-step description on
how to convert an existing web to Magnolia. Does anyone know if
there is such a description available? (The instructions in the user
guide are too sketchy, and lacks vital details to be of much help.)
(Is there a book about Magnolia? A tutorial? Is there anything apart
from the user guide?)
It would also be very helpful if anyone has suggestions on a working
strategy. [Should I first create the webb (templates etc) in the
authoring instance, and then add the published instance after all
work is done? (Details? Gotchas?)]
Grateful for any advice/suggestions,
/ulf
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