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Hello everyone,

I'm quite happy with the easy installation of CMSMS. I have it running in on virtual LAMP appliance under vmware. If anyone is interested, virtualappliances.net has a nice and "small" Ubuntu-based LAMP.

Now that I'm ready to define a custom layout for the site content, what should I do with the default "sample content"? Is a simple removal via admin page the most common method used by site developers or is there something better to create a clean site?

Thanks for all suggestions.

-Drew (another noob)

or is there something better to create a clean site

in installationptions uncheck "Add sample content"

I always like to 'keep' the sample content and templates, atleast until I'm ready to roll out the site.

I'd recommend you create a new 'section header'.... and mark it as 'not shown in menu'.  then change the parent of all of the existing top level pages to be a child of the new 'section header'.

Later you can just delete this section header and everything under it.... but the default content is good to have around for a while as a reference

Thanks for those ideas.

I did hesitate in selecting the sample content option during installation. But the content turned out to be quite useful in getting acquainted with the system layout. I will consider not selecting it for new clean installs.

The 'section header' suggestion is also appealing because it keeps a 'reference' that can be used during site development. Will try this method.