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AEM Site Template Builder

This repository contains scripts for building AEM Site Templates.

Installation

Required dependencies: node, npm, mvn

cd your-aem-site-template
npm install @adobe/aem-site-template-builder --save-dev

Usage

To build your AEM Site Template just go into its folder and run command:

npx aem-site-template-builder

Expected structure of the repository

files/                  Optional, folder with the UI kit XD file and possibly other files.
    design.xd
previews/               Folder with screenshots of the site template.
    buttons.png
    navigation.png
    teaser.png
site/                   Content module that contains the templates and policies.
theme/                  Theme sources (CSS, JS). It's a npm package with dev-dependency to aem-site-theme-builder.
package.json            Includes meta informations.
    - version           The version of the Site Template.
    - name              Unique name to help AEM to only contain a Site Template once.
    - title             Name of Site Template displayed in AEM UI.
    - description       Free-formed text that can contain some HTML like paragraphs, lists, links.
    - createdBy         Author or vendor.
    - useCases          List of strings that describe the purpose of the site template.
    - docsUrl
    - showcaseUrl
    - sourceRepositoryUrl
    - license

NPM scripts in your template

Template Builder assumes that your AEM Site Template will contain npm run build npm script in the /theme folder which will compile the theme sources into production ready compiled code available in /theme/dist folder.

Compiled site template artifact

files/                  Optional, folder with the UI kit XD file and possibly other files.
    design.xd
previews/               Folder with screenshots of the site template.
    buttons.png
    navigation.png
    teaser.png
site.zip                Content package that contains the templates and policies.
theme.zip               Contains compiled theme.
theme-sources.zip       Zipped theme sources folder.

Local development

For development purposes you can build local npm package which will provide aem-site-template-builder command. You need access to AEM Site Template Builder repository.

Clone AEM Site Template Builder repository.
cd aem-site-template-builder
npm link

Now you should have aem-site-template-builder command available globally as a command line. All changes that you will provide for the aem-site-template-builder script sources will get automatically applied to the linked command.

Release and publish

Run the "Release and publish" GitHub workflow and provide the semantic version you're about to release.

Contributing

Contributions are welcomed! Read the Contributing Guide for more information.

Licensing

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Usage no npm install needed!