<p>Craft has an official getting started tutorial now! <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/</a></p>
<p><strong>Original Answer:</strong></p>
<hr />
<p>Welcome to Craft!  Here's a collection of developer resources to help get you up to speed on Craft quickly.</p>
<p>The most important thing to note about Craft CMS and Craft Commerce is that they are platforms used to build bespoke solutions for clients. They are light on traditional &quot;out of the box&quot; features and instead invest heavily on providing developers with a modern toolset and content teams with a great author experience. In practice this means that every Craft site is made specifically for the client which is great and what clients and developers appreciate about it. The downside is if you are brand new to Craft and have no context to the original build out or developer, it can be a challenge to get up to speed.</p>
<p><strong>Craft Official Docs &amp; Support</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://craftcms.com/docs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Craft CMS docs</a> - Pretty comprehensive and worth reading if you're new to Craft.</li>
<li><a href="https://craftcommerce.com/docs/introduction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Craft Commerce docs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://craftcms.com/community#slack" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Craft Slack group</a> - All of the Craft dev team is on Slack every day with 5,000+ other Craft developers and users from all over the world.</li>
<li><a href="http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/">Craft StackExchange</a> - You'e obviously found this one, but this is the best place to ask &quot;how do I&quot; implementation questions.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Learn Craft</strong></p>
<p>Free and commercial.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://mijingo.com/craft" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mijingo Craft's Tutorials</a> — Mijingo is an official Craft education &amp; training partner. They have a number of excellent free and paid resources for Craft &amp; Craft Commerce. Ryan Irelan, Mijingo's founder, also offers customized training online or on-site.</li>
<li><a href="https://tutsplus.com/courses/search/Craft+CMS" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tuts+ Tutorials</a> — Not official but very good and low cost (most are $9).</li>
<li><a href="https://straightupcraft.com/hangouts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Craft Straight Up Hangouts</a> — Hosted by Ben Parizek, these are live learning sessions with Ben and a member of the Craft team.</li>
<li><a href="https://nystudio107.com/blog" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Studio 107 Blog</a> — Andrew Welch is a prolific Craft developer and the creator of the <a href="https://github.com/nystudio107/seomatic" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SEOMatic plugin</a>. He has some excellent developer-oriented posts on Craft that are worth reading.</li>
</ul>

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2017-09-30T01:30:10.217Z
Many thanks for your reply. I am finding it a challenge to get started, but will take a look at some of the resources that you have listed and see where that takes me. I might go with GRAV for now until I develop a good understanding of Craft CMS. I am hearing a lot of good things about it and would like to give it a try, but want to take my time to learn it well. I think that Craft CMS can significantly increase adoption of the technology by providing a really good Getting Started guide that connects all of the pieces together.
Per Gol
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2017-09-30T00:54:55.330Z
2020-11-19T19:37:44.617Z
2020-11-19T19:37:44.617Z
Brad Bell
<p>Craft CMS offers scalable, secure content management and presentation platform. Craft CMS has ditched the traditional CMS systems that come with pre-built themes, CSS frameworks, and ready-to-go page templates In Craft CMS you can build anything on your own and customize solutions with a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.</p>
<p>These are the main free resource links to learn about Craft CMS from beginner to expert level.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/#why-craft-cms" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/#why-craft-cms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://craftquest.io/lessons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftquest.io/lessons</a></li>
</ol>

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2020-11-24T07:39:20.450Z
2020-11-25T18:24:26.490Z
2020-11-25T18:24:26.490Z
Shahzeb Ahmed
<p>I'm writing a &quot;build a favorite board games library&quot; in Craft CMS 3 tutorial.</p>
<p>Outline:<br />
Setting up local development, cover Craft's building blocks, import data, create front-end templates, style it with Tailwind CSS &amp; deploy to a server.</p>
<p>The first 4 lessons are up:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/install-craft-cms-3-lando-docker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Craft CMS 3 Local Development with Lando Docker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/create-board-games-section-craft-cms-tutorial" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Create a Board Games section in Craft CMS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/import-board-game-data-into-craft-cms-feed-me-tutorial" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Import board game data into Craft CMS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/style-board-game-cards-tailwind-css-craft-cms-tutorial" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Style Board Game Cards with Tailwind CSS</a></li>
</ol>

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2020-10-22T16:17:28.643Z
2020-11-19T14:27:52.507Z
2020-11-19T14:27:52.507Z
Alex Aguilar
<p>Jeroen Kenters' YouTube video called "Migrating a website to Craft CMS for Beginners" was extremely helpful for me. Assuming you know about the other languages involved (HTML and CSS), it's a great quick-start guide. He also goes over how/where to find things on the Craft and Twig documentation sites.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3BO5EP05qs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3BO5EP05qs</a></p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-11-19T23:09:52.640Z
Note, as of 19 November, 2020, this video is set to private and cannot be viewed.
4midori
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2017-10-02T07:23:14.093Z
2017-10-02T07:23:14.093Z
Jeff Fulton
<p>Starting from basics to advanced, CraftQuest builds foundational to advanced knowledge about Craft CMS.</p>
<p><a href="https://craftquest.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CraftQuest</a></p>

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2024-07-28T08:49:28.183Z
2024-07-28T08:49:28.183Z
Noor M
<p>I am thinking about using Craft CMS for building multiple websites for my organization. A friend recommended Craft CMS, but I am finding it very hard to get started, unlike GRAV, which was very easy to install and use.</p>

<p>I am looking for a tutorial that steps users through the building of a simple website from A to Z and in the process explain why Craft CMS should be given more consideration over other tools. </p>

<p>I looked online only to find a few such tutorials, but you have to pay to access them. I am in the evaluation phase and do not want to pay for something that I might not use.  </p>

<p>If anyone knows of a good and comprehensive tutorial, please let me know.</p>

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Is there an easy-to-follow tutorial to learn Craft CMS basics?
# Is there an easy-to-follow tutorial to learn Craft CMS basics?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-29)

I am thinking about using Craft CMS for building multiple websites for my organization. A friend recommended Craft CMS, but I am finding it very hard to get started, unlike GRAV, which was very easy to install and use.

I am looking for a tutorial that steps users through the building of a simple website from A to Z and in the process explain why Craft CMS should be given more consideration over other tools.

I looked online only to find a few such tutorials, but you have to pay to access them. I am in the evaluation phase and do not want to pay for something that I might not use.

If anyone knows of a good and comprehensive tutorial, please let me know.

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-30. Score: 4

Craft has an official getting started tutorial now! <https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/>

**Original Answer:**

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Welcome to Craft! Here's a collection of developer resources to help get you up to speed on Craft quickly.

The most important thing to note about Craft CMS and Craft Commerce is that they are platforms used to build bespoke solutions for clients. They are light on traditional "out of the box" features and instead invest heavily on providing developers with a modern toolset and content teams with a great author experience. In practice this means that every Craft site is made specifically for the client which is great and what clients and developers appreciate about it. The downside is if you are brand new to Craft and have no context to the original build out or developer, it can be a challenge to get up to speed.

**Craft Official Docs & Support**

* [Craft CMS docs](http://craftcms.com/docs) - Pretty comprehensive and worth reading if you're new to Craft.
* [Craft Commerce docs](https://craftcommerce.com/docs/introduction)
* [Craft Slack group](http://craftcms.com/community#slack) - All of the Craft dev team is on Slack every day with 5,000+ other Craft developers and users from all over the world.
* [Craft StackExchange](http://craftcms.stackexchange.com/) - You'e obviously found this one, but this is the best place to ask "how do I" implementation questions.

**Learn Craft**

Free and commercial.

* [Mijingo Craft's Tutorials](http://mijingo.com/craft) — Mijingo is an official Craft education & training partner. They have a number of excellent free and paid resources for Craft & Craft Commerce. Ryan Irelan, Mijingo's founder, also offers customized training online or on-site.
* [Tuts+ Tutorials](https://tutsplus.com/courses/search/Craft+CMS) — Not official but very good and low cost (most are $9).
* [Craft Straight Up Hangouts](https://straightupcraft.com/hangouts) — Hosted by Ben Parizek, these are live learning sessions with Ben and a member of the Craft team.
* [Studio 107 Blog](https://nystudio107.com/blog) — Andrew Welch is a prolific Craft developer and the creator of the [SEOMatic plugin](https://github.com/nystudio107/seomatic). He has some excellent developer-oriented posts on Craft that are worth reading.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Many thanks for your reply. I am finding it a challenge to get started, but will take a look at some of the resources that you have listed and see where that takes me. I might go with GRAV for now until I develop a good understanding of Craft CMS. I am hearing a lot of good things about it and would like to give it a try, but want to take my time to learn it well. I think that Craft CMS can significantly increase adoption of the technology by providing a really good Getting Started guide that connects all of the pieces together.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-11-24. Score: 1

Craft CMS offers scalable, secure content management and presentation platform. Craft CMS has ditched the traditional CMS systems that come with pre-built themes, CSS frameworks, and ready-to-go page templates In Craft CMS you can build anything on your own and customize solutions with a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

These are the main free resource links to learn about Craft CMS from beginner to expert level.

1. <https://craftcms.com/docs/getting-started-tutorial/#why-craft-cms>
2. <https://craftquest.io/lessons>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-10-22. Score: 1

I'm writing a "build a favorite board games library" in Craft CMS 3 tutorial.

Outline:  
Setting up local development, cover Craft's building blocks, import data, create front-end templates, style it with Tailwind CSS & deploy to a server.

The first 4 lessons are up:

1. [Craft CMS 3 Local Development with Lando Docker](https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/install-craft-cms-3-lando-docker)
2. [Create a Board Games section in Craft CMS](https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/create-board-games-section-craft-cms-tutorial)
3. [Import board game data into Craft CMS](https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/import-board-game-data-into-craft-cms-feed-me-tutorial)
4. [Style Board Game Cards with Tailwind CSS](https://www.eaglepeakweb.com/blog/style-board-game-cards-tailwind-css-craft-cms-tutorial)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-10-02. Score: 0

Jeroen Kenters' YouTube video called "Migrating a website to Craft CMS for Beginners" was extremely helpful for me. Assuming you know about the other languages involved (HTML and CSS), it's a great quick-start guide. He also goes over how/where to find things on the Craft and Twig documentation sites.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3BO5EP05qs>

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Note, as of 19 November, 2020, this video is set to private and cannot be viewed.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2024-07-28. Score: 0

Starting from basics to advanced, CraftQuest builds foundational to advanced knowledge about Craft CMS.

[CraftQuest](https://craftquest.io/)


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