Select Out-of-the-Box Features

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Introduction

Before proceeding, ensure you have created your project, built, and run it.

Info: The instructions below assume your project uses the groupId org.example and the artifactId gogreen.

Define value for property 'groupId':  org.example: : 
Define value for property 'artifactId':  myproject: : gogreen
Define value for property 'version':  0.1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 
Define value for property 'package':  org.example: : 
Define value for property 'gitignore':  .gitignore: : 
Define value for property 'projectName':  My Project: : GoGreen
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: org.example
artifactId: gogreen
version: 0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: org.example
gitignore: .gitignore
projectName: GoGreen
 Y: : 

Add Out-of-the-Box Features

  1. Open the Essentials Setup Dashboard in your browser at http://localhost:8080/essentials/.

  2. On the Essentials Setup page, keep the default project settings.

    Essentials Setup page with project settings and notes

  3. In the Library section, add the following features:

    • Banners
    • News
    • Search
    • Simple Content

    Essentials installed features list with rebuild notices

  4. Rebuild your project.

  5. Restart the application.

  6. Verify that your website is available at http://localhost:8080/site/. The out-of-the-box features you selected provide initial functionality for your project. The site will not yet match the GoGreen design; you will customize the appearance in a later step.

    Default Bloomreach site homepage with navigation and placeholder text

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