How to create a Blog with Umbraco CMS and the Starter Kit in 5 minutes. Get started with Umbraco CMS and start blogging today.
"Umbraco, the world's leading open-source content management system built on the latest .NET (ASP.NET Core) technology, offers all you need to create a powerful, user-friendly website." To read more about them you can visit their site: https://umbraco.com/products/umbraco-cms/
Umbraco 9 and upwards is cross-platform so you can run it on MacOS and Linux, very happy about that.
Setting up Umbraco
The easiest way is to use CLI, don't be scared CLI is your friend.
- Open Command Prompt/Terminal and run the following command which will install Umbraco templates that will enable you to create Umbraco CMS projects on your local machine: dotnet new install Umbraco.Templates
- To create a new project: dotnet new umbraco --name Starterkit
- Enter the project folder Starterkit: cd Starterkit
- You can install Umbraco.TheStarterkit NuGet package: dotnet add package Umbraco.TheStarterKit --version 11.0.0
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With those installed, you can now build and run your project:
- Run the following command to build your project: dotnet build
- To run the project use this command: dotnet run
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When it is up and running you can simply run through the installation and there you have it. You have successfully created a blog with Umbraco CMS and the Umbraco Starterkit.
Go ahead and edit the rest of your site.