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https://github.com/alan-null/XA.Reference

SXA Reference is an example Sitecore project build on top of Sitecore Experience Accelerator.
https://github.com/alan-null/XA.Reference

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SXA Reference is an example Sitecore project build on top of Sitecore Experience Accelerator.

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# SXA Reference
**SXA Reference** is an example Sitecore project build on top of **Sitecore Experience Accelerator**.

The main goal of this reference project is to show **SXA** features and give guidelines on how to build/configure new sites.

# Installation
## Clone Repository
Open command line and run following command
```
clone https://github.com/alan-null/XA.Reference.git
```
## Install Sitecore & SXA
The next step is to create a new Sitecore instance and then install SXA package.

You can find an information about **Sitecore** and **SXA** version by looking at compatibility table for [latest release](https://github.com/alan-null/XA.Reference/releases/latest).
## Environment specific configs

1. Open repository root.
2. Make a copy of following files and remove `.example` from the file name:
* `publishsettings.targets.example`,
* `zzz.Sxa.Reference.config.example`
3. Fill file content of each file with your settings
* `publishsettings.targets` - set **publishUrl**. This is your site name (IIS site name),
* `zzz.Sxa.Reference.config` - set value of Sitecore variable named **sourceFolder**. Variable should point to the *src* folder from **XA.Reference** repository

## Build and publish
- Open *PowerShell Console* as **Administrator**
- Navigate to **XA.Reference** repository root
- Execute

```powershell
.\publish.ps1
```

**Alternative way:**

You can build whole solution using Visual Studio and publish selected projects using *WebPublish* (hit `Alt + B + H` and select publish).