Add modules to site and site collection scaffolding

Version: 10.4

Scaffolding lets you add modules to sites and tenants. SXA modules are stored in the Feature or Foundation folder:

  • /sitecore/System/Settings/Foundation/Experience Accelerator/

  • /sitecore/System/Settings/Feature/Experience Accelerator/

To define your new module, you must add the Site Setup, Site Collection Setup, or Grid Setup item to the module and add action types from the Scaffolding folder (sitecore/Templates/Foundation/Experience Accelerator/Scaffolding/).

Add a module scaffolding definition

To add your own module scaffolding definition:

  1. Navigate to /sitecore/System/Settings/Foundation/ or /sitecore/System/Settings/Feature/ and add a folder.

  2. Right-click the new folder, and click Insert from template.

  3. In the Insert from template dialog box, navigate to sitecore/Templates/Foundation/Experience Accelerator/Scaffolding/Roots and, depending on the type of module that you want to add, click Grid Setup, Site Setup, or Site Collection Setup, and then click Insert.

    Add new site setup.

  4. In the Data section, depending on the type of module that you want to install, fill in the following fields:

    Setup

    Field

    Descriptions

    Site Setup

    Name

    The name of the site module as you want it to display in the site creation wizard.

    Dependencies

    Specify the order in which the modules are installed.

    Include by default

    Select to enable the module by default in the site creation wizard.

    Include if installed

    Depending on whether the selected action was applied to the current site collection, the module will be automatically included.

    If the Selected field is empty, you can decide whether to install this module in the new-site creation wizard.

    Is system module

    Select to install the module automatically. In this case, the module does not appear in the dialog box.

    Site Collection Setup

    Name

    The name of the site collection module as you want it to display in the site collection creation wizard.

    Include by default

    Select to enable the module by default in the site collection creation wizard.

    Is system module

    Select to install the module automatically. In this case, the module does not appear in the site collection creation wizard.

    Grid Setup

    Name

    The name of the grid system as you want it to display in the site creation wizard.

    Dependencies

    Specify the order in which the modules are installed.

    Grid Definition

    Refers to the Grid Definition item. For example, for the Foundation grid system: Settings/Feature/Experience Accelerator/Foundation/Foundation

Add scaffolding actions

You can use various action types to define modules. You can add items, edit the template, and execute PowerShell scripts. The available actions are stored in the Actions folder (sitecore/Templates/Foundation/Experience Accelerator/Scaffolding/Actions):

Scaffolding actions

To add a scaffolding action:

  • Navigate to your new module and right-click the setup item that you added for your new module. For example, right-click the Site Setup item and insert the Add Site Item action.

    Add Site item

The following actions are available:

Action type

Field

Description

Add Site Collection Item

Location

Adds the new item under the site collection.

Template

Template used to create the new site collection item.

Name

Name of the item.

Fields

Field/value mapping to set the fields of the new item after creation.

Edit Site Collection Template

Template

Select the template to copy into site collection templates. The template is edited according to the defined settings.

Type of action

Select the action type.

Base templates or insert options templates

Select items to use as an argument for the action selected in the previous field.

Execute Site Collection Script

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to automate parts of the site/site collection creation process. For example:

RequestResponse
function Invoke-ModuleScriptBody {
[CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        # Depending on context could be a Site Collection or Site item
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0 )]
[Item]$Root,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1 )]        
        [Item[]]$TenantTemplates                
    )
begin {
Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-ModuleScriptBody - Begin"
}
process {
Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-ModuleScriptBody - Process"
        # Script body
        # Put your custom logic here
}
end {
Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-ModuleScriptBody - End"
}
}

Add Site Item

Location

Adds the new item under the site.

Template

Template used to create a new site item.

Name

Name of the new site item.

Fields

Field/value mapping to set the fields of the new item after creation.

Edit Site Item

Template

Edits Site items by adding additional insert options.

Type of action

Select the action type.

Insert options

Define the insert options for the item.

Execute Site Script

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to automate parts of the site/site collection creation process. For example:

RequestResponse
function Invoke-ModuleScriptBody {
[CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        # Depending on context could be a Site Collection or Site item
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0 )]
[Item]$Root,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1 )]        
        [Item[]]$TenantTemplates                
    )
begin {
Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-ModuleScriptBody - Begin"
}
process {
Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-ModuleScriptBody - Process"
        # Script body
        # Put your custom logic here
}
end {
Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-ModuleScriptBody - End"
}
}

Edit Editing Theme

Base Themes

List of base themes to add to an editing theme instance.

Edit Site Theme

Base Themes

List of base themes to add to an editing theme instance.

Post Setup Step

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to execute actions once the site is created.

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Step {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Sitecore.XA.Foundation.Scaffolding.Models.CreateNewSiteModel]$Model
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Process"
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - End"
    }
}

Input Validation Step

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to validate the model before the site is created. If the result returned by any of validation scripts is false, the New Site dialog box will display again so that you can correct some of the previously selected values.

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Validation {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Sitecore.XA.Foundation.Scaffolding.Models.CreateNewSiteModel]$Model
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Process"    
        # Return $true or $false as a result of validation
        $true
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - End"
    }

Post Setup Step

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to execute actions once the site collection is created.

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Step {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Sitecore.XA.Foundation.Scaffolding.Models.CreateNewTenantModel]$Model
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Process"
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - End"
    }
}

Input Validation Step

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to validate model before the site collection is created. If the result returned by any of validation scripts is false, the New Site Collection dialog box will display again so that you can correct some of the previously selected values.

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Validation {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Sitecore.XA.Foundation.Scaffolding.Models.CreateNewTenantModel]$Model
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Process"
        # Return $true or $false as a result of validation
        $true
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - End"
    }
}

Pre Delete Step

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to automate parts of the site/site collection removal process. This action will be executed when Remove-Tenant or Remove-Site cmdlet are invoked. You can use it to clean-up items created by custom modules because they are not removed by default removal processes (for example because the items are in different folders)

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Step {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Item]$Root
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Process"
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - End"
    }
}

Post Delete Step

Script

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to automate parts of the site/site collection removal process. This action will be executed when someone will invoke Remove-Tenant or Remove-Site cmdlet. You can use this to cleanup your items created by custom modules that would not be removed during standard removal (for example, if you stored items outside well-known folders such as site collection/site root item, site collection/site media library, site collection templates)

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Step {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Item]$Root
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-PostDeleteStep - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-PostDeleteStep - Process"
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-PostDeleteStep - End"
    }
}

Pre Delete Validation Step

Select the PowerShell script to execute. You can use scaffolding scripts to automate parts of the site/site collection removal process.

You can use scaffolding scripts to validate state before removing the site collection or site. If the result returned by any of validation scripts is false, the Delete operation will be canceled.

RequestResponse
function Invoke-Validation {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )]
        [Item]$Root
    )
    begin {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Begin"
    }
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - Process"
        # Return $true or $false as a result of validation
        $true
    }
    end {
        Write-Verbose "Cmdlet Invoke-Validation - End"
    }
}

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