Creating page types and similar using the Optimizely CLI may be a new approach to many but when you get the basics it is very powerful. Here are some advices on how to script and setup content types and controllers a bit more automated.
Introduction
If you are new to the Optimizely CLI, begin by reading my blog post on getting started, https://www.herlitz.io/2022/05/03/optimizely-cms-12-cli-tools-getting-started/.
Creating content type and controller using CLI
This example would assume you are using some feature pattern and it will create a folder and place the contenttype and the controller in the folder you specify as name.
The commands used in this script is epi-cms-contenttype and epi-cms-pagecontroller where epi-cms-contenttype will accept three parameters
- -na for namespace, optional - MyAppNamespace is used as default
- -b for base, optional - PageData is used as default
- --name for name of the content type, optional - the name of the folder where the file is created is used as default
The dotnet new epi-cms-pagecontroller will accept three parameters
- -na for namespace, optional - MyAppNamespace is used as default
- -ct for content type, optional - PageData is used as default
- --name for the name of the controller, optional - the name of the folder where the file is created is used as default
As can be seen, all parameters are optional, this does however not mean it is intended to be used that way and I would recommend anyone to set ALL parameters.
PowerShell
$name = "ArticlePage"
$nameSpace = "MyWeb.Cms.Features"
$contentType = "${name}Type"
$controller = "${name}Controller"
mkdir $name
cd $name
dotnet new epi-cms-contenttype -na $nameSpace -b PageData --name $contentType
dotnet new epi-cms-pagecontroller -na $nameSpace -ct $contentType --name $controller
Bash
NAME="ArticlePage"
NAMESPACE="MyWeb.Cms.Features"
CONTENTTYPE="${NAME}Type"
CONTROLLER="${NAME}Controller"
mkdir $NAME
cd $NAME
dotnet new epi-cms-contenttype -na $NAMESPACE -b PageData --name $CONTENTTYPE
dotnet new epi-cms-pagecontroller -na $NAMESPACE -ct $CONTENTTYPE --name $CONTROLLER
This would create the following files
