Essentials Setup

This web application helps you setting up a new Bloomreach CMS or Bloomreach Experience project. You can browse the Essentials feature library, install features into your Bloomreach CMS or Bloomreach Experience project and configure them. To get some basic understanding of Essentials and how to use it, check out our documentation.

Important Notes

Please note that while you are using this application, it will be necessary to rebuild your project once in a while. This is caused by the fact that the plugins need to be integrated both into this web application and into your project. For the installation of certain plugins, it will be necessary to rebuild your project twice. The Rebuild indicator will show this need, and the Rebuild page tells you which plugins require a rebuild of the project.
Make sure that you publish your changes in the CMS Channel Manager. Otherwise, these changes, which are stored in the preview HST configuration, will be deleted automatically by Essentials, and you will lose any pending changes.

Project Settings

Essentials will apply several settings by default. You can set the desired values below.

When using Freemarker templates, which reside in the repository, the CMS Channel Manager allows you to choose the component template from different variants.

If you want to be able to adjust above settings on a per-feature basis, check this box. This will, however, result in more user interaction needed during the setup process.

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