Quick Start

This page will run you through getting ZauberCMS up and running (Using either the .Net template or Nuget) and then creating your first page and getting data out the CMS.

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Using .Net Template

Fastest way to get started is using the .Net Template, firstly install the ZauberCMS template (--force just makes sure you install the latest one)

dotnet new install ZauberCMS.Template --force

Then simple create your solution using the below:

dotnet new zaubercms -n "YourSiteName"

Watch this website build tutorial for more information

Using Nuget

If you want to use the Nuget package manually you can follow this video - Please note: This video is from when we were using Blazor for the front end, but the same concept applies now for V3+. Just create a new .NET MVC app instead of a Blazor app.

Create a new .NET MVC project

Clear out everything, so you are left with just the wwwroot and an empty program.cs like below

Now install the ZauberCMS nuget package

dotnet add package ZauberCMS

In your Program.cs, update it to add the AddZauberCMS methods to the builder and the app and the correct namespaces

using ZauberCMS.Components;
using ZauberCMS.Core.Plugins;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.AddZauberCms();

var app = builder.Build();

app.AddZauberCms<App>();

app.Run();

Now build your solution, and the ZauberCMS appSettings.json default will be added to the solution,

Now just build and run the app and you'll see the install page with instructions to browse to /admin and create an account. The first account created will be made and admin, and it will redirect you to the admin.

Starter Site

Currently the repo for ZauberCMS on Github comes with the starter site out of the box and uses SQLite.

Get Up & Running

Clone the repo

Build and run the app

When the starter site loads

Go to /admin