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Agenda CMS (Content Management System) Common Features Popular CMS Orchard CMS Features (out of the box) Orchard – Demo How do I get Orchard Setup Site Exploration Extending Orchard Extensions and Theme Development

Content Management System A Content Management System (CMS) is a platform for building build websites that facilitates the creation, publication and editing of web pages by multiple users; typically without requiring any coding or understanding of HTML. Common Features: Content Publishing WYSIWYG Editor Create/Update Publish/Unpublish User Roles and Permissions Administrator Editor Business User Media Gallery Upload Images/Videos Theme Layouts

Popular CMS WordPress Open Source/Free Blogging Engine PHP/MySql Magento eCommerce DNN (DotNetNuke) Open Source/Free/Paid Content/Customers .NET C#/WebForms/SQL Server SiteFinity Paid Customers Important Factors: Core Specialty/Vertical Customization ease Technology Stack Cost

Orchard CMS Content-driven Websites Open Source (.NET) Free Microsoft support (Outercurve Foundation) Active and growing community Built on Web Stack of LOVE (latest technologies) ASP.NET MVC Razor C# NuGet SQL CE / MySql / SqlLite / PostGreSql WebMatrix Azure Framework (modules, plug-ins) Highly scalable/Loosely coupled Exchangeable/reusable components.

Orchard CMS - Features Core Features: Content publishing Workflows Search Theme Multi Tenancy Dynamic Forms Roles and Permissions Recipe (Import/Export) Other Features: Blog Media Localization Gallery Taxonomies Tags

Demo - How do I get Orchard CodePlex: http://orchardproject.net/download Versions available: Published Web Source Code Other Options: Web Platform Installer Web Matrix Demo – Setup Site Three Recipes: Core Blog Default

Demo – Features Exploration Core Features: Content publishing Workflows Search Theme Multi Tenancy Custom Forms Roles and Permissions Recipe (Import/Export)

Extending Orchard Download: Orchard Source Modules/Extensions: Field Part Widget Content Type Migration Theme: Document Layout Alternates Placement Extending Orchard guide: http://docs.orchardproject.net/

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