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Kentico CMS for ASP.NET Flexible Web Content Management System for All Your Needs
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Content Management System - I What is a content management system? Software that allows you to edit text and images on your web site without calling your web designer. Why should I use a content management system? You can edit your web site anywhere, anytime, through your web browser.
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Content Management System - II I can use Frontpage to create HTML pages, why should I use a content management system? With a content management system, you can create interactive web sites and communicate with your visitors through on-line forms, newsletters, blogs, forums or polls. You can add a shopping cart and sell your products on-line.
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Content Management System - III Do I need a web designer if I use a content management system? The web designer needs to prepare the design and structure of your web site and create page templates. Then you can easily create new pages by yourself using the templates.
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Kentico CMS Overview I
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Kentico CMS Overview II Out-of-the-box solution for: Corporate web sites On-line stores Community sites Intranets Extranets Built on the Microsoft.NET platform
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Kentico CMS Overview III Main benefits All-in-one solution for your Web site Easy-to-use Browser-based editing High value for a reasonable price SEO friendly Manage multiple sites from one place
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Editing Features - I Easily edit web site content Browser-based user interface You can publish: Pages Articles News Products Blogs Office locations Job openings Knowledge base ... and any number of custom content types
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Editing
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Editing Features - II WYSIWYG editor similar to Microsoft Word Workflow, versioning and rollback Multiple languages Multiple sites Upload files, images, video, music Built-in browser-based image editor for resizing, cropping, rotating and converting images Taxonomy (tree hierarchy, categories, tags)
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Editing – WYSIWYG editor
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Web Site Features Flexible navigation and web site structure End users can create and edit new pages without developers New pages are automatically displayed in the navigation Full-text search in both text and uploaded documents
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Full-text Search Full-text search helps visitors to find information on your web site The search can be limited to particular site section, content type and fields The search results are ordered by relevancy (rank) and they can show a preview of the documents.
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Full-text Search
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Modules BizForms (on-line forms) Newsletters Image gallery E-commerce (on-line store) Forums Blogs Polls Event Calendar Booking system Private Messaging Geo Mapping (Google Maps integration) Web Analytics User Contributions (Wiki) Reporting Content and Object Staging Web Farm Support Message Boards Groups Friends Message Boards Content Rating Taxonomy (Tags and Categories) Media Library
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BizForms (On-line Forms) Create on-line forms without programming Publish forms on the web site Capture data from web site visitors Review data and export them to Excel Send data to specified e-mail Flexible form options: custom layout wide variety of fields (textbox, checkbox, drop-down list,...) custom field types
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BizForms (On-line Forms)
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Newsletters You can manage multiple e-mail newsletters Subscribers subscribe to one or more newsletters (mailing list) You can author new newsletter issues based on templates created by web designer Personalization – Dear John,... Scheduling – send newsletter on Tuesday morning The subscribers can subscribe on the web and unsubscribe using the link in the newsletter e-mail Automatic newsletters – send out specified page to subscribers on a regular basis.
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Newsletters – Editing
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Newsletters – E-mail
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Image Gallery You can quickly publish an on-line gallery of images The thumbnails are generated automatically, you do not need to resize them manually Bulk import of images You can rename the images and add descriptions
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Image Gallery
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E-commerce - I Sell products on-line Shopping cart and checkout process Custom product fields Configurable shipping options Configurable payment methods Configurable taxes for every country/state Discount coupons Discount levels for partners Volume discounts Multiple currencies Wishlist Inventory status Reports Support for integration with existing systems Product options/product configuration Customer credit (e.g. customer loyalty points)
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E-commerce - II Built-in gateways for credit card payments: PayPal Authorize.NET You can also customize the behavior using custom providers like: Custom product provider that allows you to use your existing product database Custom shipping calculator Custom tax calculator Custom invoice generator and others.
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E-commerce - Products
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E-commerce - Cart
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E-commerce – Orders
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Taxonomy 3 ways how to categorize and organize content: Tree hierarchy of repository with document links that enable placing single document at multiple places (categories) Tagging and tag clouds Categories (additional system of categories)
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Taxonomy
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Event Calendar Display events, news, articles or any other content in a calendar format Optionally combine with event registration in the Booking system module.
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Event Calendar
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Booking System Manage bookings for on-line or off-line events, such as community meetings or webinars Limit the capacity of the event Manage the registered attendees Send e-mails with event updates to all attendees Export event information to Outlook
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Booking System
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Geo Mapping Display content on the map – e.g.: office locations stores partners real estates points of interest in the city Uses Google Maps
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Geo Mapping
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User Contributions (Wiki) Enable visitors to create content on your web site without access the administration interface Typical scenarios: Community sites – members share knowledge Partner directory – partners manage their profiles Local business directory – business owners manage the profiles of their companies Flexible security model: Any visitor Only site members Only document owners Only users with appropriate permissions
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User Contributions (Wiki)
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Web Analytics Track visitors, on-line campaigns and conversions: Visits Page views Most visited pages Referring web sites File downloads Countries Campaigns Conversions (orders, registrations, newsletter subscriptions, etc.)
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Web analytics
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Reporting Create reports from data stored in the Kentico CMS database Examples: Created/modified documents Site member reports Sales Customizable layout of the reports You can use: bar chart pie chart table value Create custom filters Print or save reports
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Reporting
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Content and Object Staging Synchronize development, testing and live web sites Create and test content, design and functionality on the staging (development/QA) server and then publish it on the live server over a secured web service With staging, the document life cycle looks like this: 1.Document is created 2.Document is approved in the workflow process 3.Document is published on the staging server 4.Review and approval by site manager -> synchronization 5.Document is published on the live server
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Content and Object Staging
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Security Granular security model: Users Roles Module permissions Content permissions – all content/site section/single document Secured site areas for site members Personalized content (e.g. for “clients”, “silver partners” and “gold partners”) SSL (HTTPS) can be configured for chosen site sections or pages Secured against SQL injection attacks and cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgery (XSRF)
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Security
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Performance Kentico CMS can be used for web sites with large number of visitors and large number of documents – e.g.: www.gibson.com www.ireland.ie www.medibank.com.au www.yachtbooker.com Flexible caching options: single web part caching CMS content caching full page caching image caching Support for web farms
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Development Browser-based development without programming (for web designers) You can also create ASPX page templates in Visual Studio 2005/2008 with your own code Support for.NET 2.0 and 3.5 Easily extensible with your own: user controls (ASCX) web parts (ASCX) server controls modules event handlers providers Easily integrate data from external systems
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Portal Engine Full control over page layout, design and HTML code Fully browser-based development, very easy to use without deep.NET knowledge Easily extensible with your own user controls (ASCX) and web parts developed in Visual Studio 2005/2008 (C# or VB.NET) 200 built-in web parts Web parts are also user controls (ASCX), but with standardized interface Master page concept allows you to share header, main menu and footer for all pages
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Portal Engine
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ASPX Page Templates Standard ASP.NET (.ASPX) pages Editable in Visual Studio 2005/2008 You can add any custom code and controls to the page template Support for ASP.NET master pages (.master) Add any custom controls and code in C# or VB.NET
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ASPX Page Templates
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Social Networking Features I Kentico CMS provides a complete and flexible framework for social networks and on-line communities Why on-line communities? Engage customers and increase their loyalty Start more personal and open communication Present and test new ideas Get feedback from clients Identify and eliminate sources of negative PR early Market research, polls and focus groups Decrease support costs – let customers help each other
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Social Networking Features II Available features User registration and management Forums Blogs Message Boards Groups Friends Polls Private messaging Media Libraries Ready-to-use Community Starter Site Community points and user badges
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Forums II Create on-line communities Main features: Moderation Access rights for posting (anonymous/registered/chosen roles) E-mail subscriptions Full-text search WYSIWYG editing (optional) Signatures and user images (avatars) Threaded/flat/tree view modes
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Forums II Main features - continued: CAPTCHA verification (optional) Document-related forums (e.g. article comments) Lock forum Post attachments BB-editor text formatting Inserting images Quoting Question & Answers mode – Mark post as answer
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Forums
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Blogs Any number of blogs authored Each blog authored by one of more people (enterprise blogging) Integrates with standard content management and security features (workflow, friendly URLs, search, etc.) Tagging, tag cloud and categories Moderated comments RSS feeds Fully customizable design Rating Trackbacks and Pings
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Blogs
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Message Boards Flat list of messages from users Customizable permissions (anybody can post/only registered members/only chosen roles) E-mail subscriptions Moderation (optional) Can be used for article or product comments
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Message Boards
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Groups Create groups of members who share similar interests – such as users of some product or fans of some music band Groups can share ideas and create content: Message boards Forums Pages (Wiki) Polls Media libraries for sharing pictures and videos
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Groups
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Friends Build personal or professional social networks
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Polls Get visitor opinions and feedback Any number of answers Single-choice or multiple-choice voting Choose who can vote (anonymous/registered/chosen roles)
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Polls
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Private Messaging Enable site members to send private messages to other members. Useful for community sites. Inbox/outbox/contact list/blocked users
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Private Messaging
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Media Libraries Create media libraries and upload documents, images, music or video Support for user-created content – visitors can upload their own content
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Media Libraries
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Licensing 1 Web Site (unlimited users) 1 Server (unlimited web sites on a single machine) 1 Server with Source Code Editions (different feature sets): Free Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Social Networking Edition Feature matrix available at http://www.kentico.com/cms-asp-net- features/Feature-Matrix.aspx http://www.kentico.com/cms-asp-net- features/Feature-Matrix.aspx
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System Requirements Server: Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0/3.0/3.5 Microsoft IIS Server 5.0/6.0/7.0 Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 (including Express Editions) Client (for editors): Internet Explorer 6.0/7.0 FireFox 2.0 Safari 3.0 Client (for visitors): Generally any browser, depends on the used web parts, all major browsers supported (IE, FF, Safari, Opera) Developers Visual Studio Professional 2005/2008 or Visual Web Developer 2005/2008 Express Edition (if you need to write your own code)
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About Kentico Software Founded in 2004 in the Czech Republic (European Union) U.S. office since 2008 Privately held, no external funding Named fastest growing Czech young company in 2008 by Deloitte Focused only on Kentico CMS 1600+ clients in 83 countries Kentico Solutions Partner network – over 600 active partners More than 4000 web sites running on Kentico CMS, clients include: Mazda Gibson Musical Instruments Bayer Ireland.IE Guinness Air Jamaica ESPN More at http://www.kentico.com/Showcase.aspxhttp://www.kentico.com/Showcase.aspx
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