Guide to Enonic Market
Enonic Market has all the tools you need to create incredible digital experiences.
Apple has the App Store, Google has Google Play, and Enonic has the Enonic Market: a hub that brings together all the tools you need to create incredible digital experiences.
As well as offering developers the right tools, starter kits and libraries to build apps, the Market contains ready-made applications like extensions, dummy websites, and integrations with marketing tools.
In short, there’s a lot here to explore. So to help you find exactly what you’re looking for, here’s your guide to the Enonic Market.
What can you do with applications, libraries and starters?
Head to the Enonic Market, and you’ll see our products separated into three categories: Applications, libraries and starters. So what’s the difference?
Applications
An app is ready-made, meaning it can be installed and used out of the box to supercharge your digital experiences. These include tools like Google Analytics, Disqus, and HubSpot.
Libraries
Libraries are tools for developers that make it easier and faster to build apps and reuse code. These tools perform a load of useful functions. Take for instance the notifications lib, which can be added to your projects to help send push notifications.
Starters
Starter kits help developers to build applications faster and better, making them essential when developing your next application or website. Like a toolbox, starters kickstart a project with a pre-defined blueprint.
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Guide: Where do you find the Market?
On Enonic.com
1. Find Enonic Market by hitting the “Our sites” drop down menu in the upper right corner of the Enonic homepage.
2. Click on Enonic Market.
3. Now you’re on the Enonic Market home page! Start searching to find and download apps, starter packs and libraries.
PS: alternatively you can just write “market.enonic.com” in the URL.
On the Enonic platform
If you’re on the Enonic platform, you’ll find the Market in the top left menu on the home screen.
Guide: How do you navigate the Market?
Whether you’re just browsing or searching for something specific, we’ve made it super easy to navigate the Market.
Know exactly what you’re looking for? Search by tag or keyword to head straight there.
If you’re looking for inspiration, start exploring our three marketplace categories: Applications, libraries and starters.
Guide: How do you download and install stuff?
Just as all roads lead to Rome, there are several ways to download and install the goodies at the Enonic Market.
Most editors and marketers only want to get the all-important Google Analytics or Facebook Pixel running, so let’s start with installing apps on the Enonic platform.
How to install apps on the Enonic platform
- In Enonic, go to “Applications” in the upper right menu.
- Choose “Install” in the top left corner.
- Now you can search or scroll through the list of available apps.
Note: This only applies to applications, and not libs and starter kits. But let the developers worry about using these kind of things.
Downloading on the web
Although you probably want to plug and play with applications like Disqus or SEO meta fields, your organization may want to tailor a given solution. This is where the Enonic Market website comes into play.
Simply navigate to the desired app, lib or starter in the Market, and hit “Get started”, “Download” or “Clone”, respectively.
There are several ways to download an application here:
- You can download and install it directly in XP, as mentioned above.
- You can install it via Enonic CLI (read more of the technical stuff here).
- You can download the jar file.
To start working with libraries and starter kits, you can add some code or execute a command. All of these steps are thoroughly explained on each product page, so if you or a developer are interested, check it out on the libraries or starter kit sections.
How to install apps in the Enonic Cloud
If your Enonic instance is hosted in the cloud, the Enonic platform will be in “managed mode.”
This usually means that you have to contact your developer or administrator to install new apps, but we’ll show you how to do it anyway.
NB! This section assumes a certain familiarity with the Enonic Cloud console.
- On the solution dashboard, choose “Applications” from either the left hand menu or from the card.
- Choose “Install application.”
- Now choose a local file or an app directly from the Enonic Market!
User roles
As a site administrator or developer, you can control exactly who gets to download and install apps on your Enonic instance. An admin role is the only one with rights to download, and you can of course decide who will receive this responsibility.
You can manage users and roles in the right hand menu on the Enonic home screen.
Highlights from the Market
What exactly can you find on the Enonic Market? What can you do with the different applications? Here are some apps that are specially interesting to editors and marketers:
Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps turn insights in action, giving you all the contextual traffic data you need without ever leaving the Content Studio. The app also automatically adds GA tagging scripts to your site.
SEO Meta Fields
This Enonic XP app adds Open Graph, Twitter Cards, Google Search Console, and Canonical meta-tags to your site, boosting your SEO and social sharing presence.
Social macros
Take your marketing strategy up a notch by embedding Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram into your digital experiences.
HubSpot
The HubSpot app adds embed code for HubSpot tracking to your site, allowing you to capture analytics wherever you need to.
Facebook Pixel
Simply fill in the ID of your Facebook Pixel to automatically add the necessary JavaScript code to the end of your site’s <head> code.
Disqus
Encourage conversation by adding Disqus comments to your site.
Google Tag Manager
Make tag management a breeze with Google Tag Manager – just add it to your site and you’re ready to go.
Visual Web Optimizer
Create, manage and run A/B tests and targeted campaigns with the help of Visual Web Optimizer. It integrates with Enonic, allowing you to work straight from Content Studio.
Closing remarks
The Enonic Market features everything you need to supercharge your Enonic experience, all while creating incredible digital experiences. With easy browsing, navigation, downloads and a whole marketplace of applications to choose from, it couldn’t be easier to kickstart your new project.
First published 2 July 2018, updated 4 July 2022.