Orchard Core Site Boilerplate

Site boilerplate is our starting point for building Orchard Core sites.

Build Status

Orchard Core Reference

This template is referencing a stable build of Orchard Core (1.7.2).

Prerequisities

.NET Core

Orchard Core runs on the .NET Core. Download the latest version from https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core.

Getting Started

To create a new site using the boilerplate it's quickest to use the dotnet new command. First you'll need to install the template, which is hosted on NuGet.

dotnet new -i Etch.OrchardCore.SiteBoilerplate --nuget-source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

Once installed successfully, run the command below, which demonstrates all the possible parameters that are available.

dotnet new orchardcore-siteboilerplate -n Example.OrchardCore.Site -o Example.OrchardCore.Site -p "Your Site Name" -pd "Project description for your site"

Parameters

Below are the different parameters that can be included in the dotnet new command. These parameters will be used in the .csproj and readme. -n & -o are parameters required by dotnet new.

-n/--name

Namespace and name of the .Net project e.g. Example.OrchardCore.Site

-o/--output

Location to place the generated output.

-p/--pname

Project name displayed in the read me.

-pd/--pdescription

Project description displayed in the read me.

Packaging Template

This template has been made available on NuGet. To create the .nupkg file that can be published to NuGet, run the command shown below.

nuget pack ./Etch.OrchardCore.SiteBoilerplate.nuspec