Telerik Sitefinity CMS

Infobox Software
name = Telerik Sitefinity CMS



caption = Sitefinity.com home page
developer = Telerik
latest_release_version = Sitefinity 3.2
latest_release_date = March 4 2008
platform = ASP.NET / Microsoft SQL Server, Server 2000/2005, Express, Oracle 8+, MySQL
genre = CMS, Blog software, Forum Software, Photo Gallery
license = [http://www.sitefinity.com/purchase/buy-now.aspx proprietary]
website = http://www.sitefinity.com

Telerik Sitefinity CMS is a web-based development platform for construction and management of websites, community portals, forums, blog, and intranets. Sitefinity offers an open architecture that allows easy integration and of third-party ASP.NET controls and pluggable modules. Sitefinity CMS is developed by Telerik and built with ASP.NET, C# and Microsoft SQL Server. Besides Microsoft SQL Server, Sitefinity also works under Oracle 8+ and MySQL. The most recent version is Sitefinity 3.2 [ [http://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=291724 Telerik Sitefinity (exe), from telerik - Software Downloads - TechRepublic ] ] . There are two editions and they are both available as downloadable software at http://www.sitefinity.com.

Sitefinity Standard Edition offers advanced CMS capabilities, such as workflow, versioning, multilingual support, unlimited CMS user accounts. [ [http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix?func=viewDetail;listingId=iEEq8_Jwcgq_FslCOs8R1w CMS Matrix - cmsmatrix.org - The Content Management Comparison Tool ] ]

Sitefinity Community Edition is a scaled down version of the Standard Edition which is developed for building online communities, blogs, and forums. [ [http://aspnetforums.com/community/control-gallery/item.aspx?i=1777 ASP.NET Control Gallery - Sitefinity 3.0 Community Edition ] ]

History

Sitefinity is a product of Telerik, a leading vendor of User Interface (UI) components and development tools for ASP.NET and Windows Forms, Microsoft's WPF and Silverlight frameworks and .NET Reporting solutions. [ [http://www.devreach.com/About/Sponsors.aspx Sponsors ] ] It is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and has over 130 employees. Telerik was founded in 2002 by Svetozar Georgiev, Vassil Terziev, Boyko Iaramov and Hristo Kosev and is a privately-held company with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Sofia, Bulgaria. [ [http://www.telerik.com/corporate/contact-us.aspx Contact telerik ] ]

Releases

* Sitefinity 1.0
* Sitefinity 1.1
* Sitefinity 2.0
* Sitefinity 2.5
* Sitefinity 2.5.2
* Sitefinity 2.5.3
* Sitefinity 2.6
* Sitefinity 2.7
* Sitefinity 3.0 [ [http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/sitefinity-cms-strives-for-sweet-developer-manager-balance-001297.php Sitefinity CMS Strives for Sweet Developer, Manager Balance ] ]
* Sitefinity 3.1 [ [http://www.programmersheaven.com/app/news/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=4891&ZoneID=0 Display News ] ]
* Last stable release – Sitefinity 3.2 [ [http://telerikwatch.com/2008/01/sitefinity-32-delayed-due-mid-february.html Telerik Watch: Sitefinity 3.2 delayed, due mid February ] ]

Features

* Extensible architecture, fully-exposed API
* Integration of ASP.NET controls and custom modules
* Customizable through Visual Studio .NET
* Featuring Telerik RadControls UI suite
* WYSIWYG HTML editing
* Unlimited layout freedom to create website templates by using tables, DIV, and CSS
* Workflow, versioning, content reuse
* Ready-to-use modules such as Blogs, Forums, News, Polls, Images& Documents Gallery, Events, etc.
* Customizable search service
* Search Engine Optimization capabilities
* Ready-to-use website templates
* [http://www.sitefinity.com/product/features/overview.aspx More features]

ee also

* Telerik
* Blog software
* Forum Software
* Online community
* CMS
* ASP.NET

External links

* [http://www.sitefinity.com Official Telerik Sitefinity CMS Home Page]
* [http://www.sitefinity.com/support/documentation.aspx Telerik Sitefinity Documentation]
* [http://www.sitefinity.com/support/videos.aspx Telerik Sitefinity Videos]
* [http://www.telerik.com Telerik Website]

References