Basics

This section is intentionally small. Read it when the project does not exist yet, the local environment is still half theory, or you want the shortest route to a site that actually opens instead of just sounding plausible.

Start With The Guide That Matches Reality

• Get Started is the quickest route when you need a local Optimizely CMS site running from scratch. It covers the templates, CLI tool, database creation, first run, and the first admin account.
• Create New Project is the better fit when you already have the Precise Alloy template and need to turn it into a real project, including renaming, checking leftovers, and restoring the database and blobs.

What Done Looks Like Here

Before you move on to the backend or frontend sections, you should have a few basics out of the way:

• You can start the site locally without guessing at missing prerequisites.
• You know whether you are building a throwaway local sample or a renamed project based on the Alloy template.
• You have the database, blobs, and first login steps sorted well enough that the rest of the documentation stops feeling like it skipped a chapter.

After that, continue with Backend if the next problem is server-side, or Frontend if the browser is where the real argument lives.