1. Umair Tariq
Xavor Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

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

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

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

10. Thanks for your Time.