{"id":23874,"date":"2020-06-26T11:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/?p=23874"},"modified":"2021-10-27T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:58:00","slug":"orchard-core-release-candidate-2-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/orchard-core-release-candidate-2-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchard Core Release Candidate 2 now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce that Orchard Core RC2 is now available.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Orchard Core?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orchardcore.net\/\">Orchard Core Framework<\/a> is a community-based application framework for building modular, multi-tenant applications on ASP.NET Core. It has been created by more than <strong>150 contributors<\/strong> and has over <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/orchardcms\/orchardcore\">4K stars on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Orchard Core also includes Orchard Core CMS, a Web Content Management System (CMS), that is built on top of the Orchard Core Framework. It allows you to build full websites, or headless websites using GraphQL.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<h3>Installing the templates<\/h3>\n<p>You can install the recommended templates by running:<\/p>\n<pre><code>dotnet new -i OrchardCore.ProjectTemplates::1.0.0-*\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>Creating a new modular application<\/h3>\n<p>Using the templates, a modular MVC application can be created by running:<\/p>\n<pre><code>dotnet new ocmvc -n MySite\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>And a module is created by running:<\/p>\n<pre><code>dotnet new ocmodulemvc -n MyModule\r\ndotnet add MySite reference MyModule\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>Creating an Orchard CMS website<\/h3>\n<p>To create a new site based on the Orchard Core CMS run:<\/p>\n<pre><code>dotnet new occms -n MySite\r\ndotnet run --project .\\MySite\\MySite.csproj\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>After going through the setup form you get a working Blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23879\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/blog.png\" alt=\"Image blog\" width=\"1058\" height=\"662\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s new<\/h2>\n<p>Some notable improvements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Content localization support, and pre-configured localized Setup experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23878\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/langswitch.gif\" alt=\"setup\" width=\"976\" height=\"616\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved block content management experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23880\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/blocks.gif\" alt=\"Blocks\" width=\"976\" height=\"616\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sitemaps management<\/li>\n<li>Azure support improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You can try Orchard Core by yourself on <a href=\"https:\/\/try.orchardcore.net\">try.orchardcore.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You will find guides to create new sites or modular applications on the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.orchardcore.net\/\">documentation website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Development plan<\/h2>\n<p>The Orchard Core source code is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/OrchardCMS\/OrchardCore\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are still many important pieces to add and you might want to check our <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/OrchardCMS\/OrchardCore\/wiki\/Roadmap\">roadmap<\/a>, but it&#8217;s also the best time to jump into the project and start contributing new modules, themes, improvements, or just ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to drop on our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/gitter.im\/OrchardCMS\/OrchardCore\">Gitter chat<\/a> and ask questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce that Orchard Core RC2 is now available. 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