# Blog CMS simple set-up instructions

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448 "2025-10-01T09:06:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448/1 "2025-10-01T09:06:28Z")

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Looking for a bare bones example file of a blog … or super-simple blog set-up instructions for Northerners

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**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448/2 "2025-10-01T10:03:50Z")

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Take your time and have a look at the following links.

@jbob There you’ll find a [small sample project from Ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-93-cms-early-access-beta/49493), and in the video lots of useful information.

Otherwise, you can find plenty [more information in the cms manual](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/cms).

> [@Dev Diary 93 - CMS Early Access Beta fire](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-93-cms-early-access-beta/49493):
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> Hello again, Today we’re shipping the first (very) early beta of the Elements CMS later Today tada This is a preview release. It doesn’t yet include all the CMS components you’ve seen us demo, we’re starting with the essentials: Collection and Item. These two alone are powerful enough to start building out content-driven sites, and they’ll give you a good feel for how the CMS works. Our current focus is on making sure the foundations are solid. Once we’re happy with the stability and experi…

> **[Elements CMS | RapidWeaver Elements Docs](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/cms)**
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> Markdown based Content Management System

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448/3 "2025-10-01T10:54:24Z")

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Thanks - I have Ben’s project file

My first issue - I cant drag his files or folders into my project - that just doesn’t do anything but temporarily swell an icon if you’re dragging onto something else. Is this a bug … or is dragging pages / components etc in something for the future ?

Should this be possible (like in Classic)

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**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448/4 "2025-10-01T10:59:21Z")

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You need to create the folders and .md files yourself and fill them with content accordingly.

Drag and drop from one Elements project into another is not possible.

Whether this is a bug or a deliberate decision is something @dan can surely answer.

However, I seem to recall that this was a deliberate decision. Whether that might change in the future is also a question Dan can certainly answer.

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/blog-cms-simple-set-up-instructions/51448/5 "2025-10-01T11:09:53Z")

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thanks