* Orchard CMS Command Line Workflows

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 4:39:25 PM

Last tested on 15 May 2014

First Steps

All these commands run from Orchard.Web\bin and require running orchard.exe first.
If you cannot find orchard.exe, build Orchard.Web first.

Setup Orchard for First Time Use

Quick and Dirty

setup /SiteName:SITE /AdminUsername:USER /AdminPassword:PASS /DatabaseProvider:SQLCE

Complete Syntax

setup 
  /SiteName:<siteName> 
  /AdminUsername:<username> 
  /AdminPassword:<password> 
  /DatabaseProvider:<SqlCe|SQLServer> 
  /DatabaseConnectionString:<connectionstring> 
  /DatabaseTablePrefix:<tableprefix> 
  /EnabledFeatures:<feature1,feature2,...> 
  /Recipe:<recipe>

Notes

You can only run setup once, after which the command is no longer available.
You must run setup before any further orchard.exe commands are available.

Create and Activate a New Theme & Turn on Shape Tracing

feature enable Orchard.CodeGeneration
codegen theme My.FirstTheme /CreateProject:true /IncludeInSolution:true /BasedOn:TheThemeMachine
theme activate My.FirstTheme
feature enable Orchard.DesignerTools

If you want to add C# to the theme, be sure to use the CreateProject:true flag.

Package a Theme

package create My_FirstTheme C:\Temp

The theme name is the name of the folder that contains your theme.

Package a Module

package create My_FirstModule C:\Temp

Create and Enable a New Module

feature enable Orchard.CodeGeneration 
codegen module My.FirstModule /IncludeInSolution:true
feature enable My.FirstModule

Add a Data Migration to a Module

codegen datamigration My.FirstModuleTurn on Shape Tracing
feature enable Orchard.DesignerTools