Creating Projects

You can create projects from scratch directly in Central; eliminating the need to interact with the Flare desktop application. This centralized workflow is ideal for basic projects, or for keeping project management simple.

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Permission Required?

For this activity, you must have the following permission setting:

For more information about permissions, see Setting User Permissions or Setting Team Permissions.

How to Create a Project

  1. On the left side of the Central interface, click Projects.

  2. From the toolbar in the grid, click Add button. The New Project Wizard opens.

  3. In the Name screen, enter the following:

    1. Enter a Name for the new project.

    2. (Optional) Add a Description to help you identify the project.

    3. From the Language drop-down select the primary language for the project.

  4. Click Next.

  5. In the Template screen, choose a source template file. When you select a template from the left, it displays with a description and preview to the right.

    • Online These templates are designed for online output only (although you can add print-based outputs later).

    • Online & Print These templates are designed to generate both online and print-based outputs from the same content.

    • Print These templates are designed for print-based output only (although you can add online outputs later).

    • Tutorials This folder contains templates intended to be used with various tutorials.

    • Empty This is a basic default template with minimal files and branding.

    For more information, see Source Project Templates.

  6. Click Next.

  7. (Optional) In the Branding screen, choose branding colors, a font family, logo, and hero image to apply to your project. This will give your project a custom look and feel from the start. Branding in the wizard is essentially the same thing as the Branding Stylesheet Editor that you can open (and edit options) anytime as a standalone editor after a project is created. See Branding and Editing Branding Stylesheets.

    Note The field selections for branding might change slightly depending on the factory source template chosen.

    Note When a project is created a new branding file is automatically added that specifically identifies values for the branding elements. This file is a cascading stylesheet. Its default location is Content > Resources > Branding (Branding.css), but you can store the stylesheet anywhere. If a custom branding scheme is not defined, the stylesheet is still generated but with default branding values.

  8. Click Next.

  9. In the Summary screen, review your selections for the new project. Click Create Project. If you need to adjust the options, select Back.

    When done it opens the Projects page with a blank dashboard.

    Tip Add the Project Properties widget to the dashboard to see a summary of the project. See Dashboards and Widgets.