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Sitefinity is a web content management system

Content management system

A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...

developed by Telerik, a vendor of developer tools and components for .NET. It is written in C#.

Overview

Sitefinity CMS is an ASP.NET

ASP.NET

ASP.NET is a Web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic Web sites, Web applications and Web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages ...

-based web content management system

Web content management system

A web content management system is a software system that provides website authoring, collaboration, and administration tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of web programming languages or markup languages to create and manage website content with relative ease...

that is used for the construction and management of commercial websites, community portals, intranets, etc. The product's architecture leverages the .NET development patterns, including Master Pages, templates, standard and user controls, themes and CSS. It also supports an array of database systems, unlimited page layout freedom and the ability to integrate custom external applications. These externally pluggable applications can vary in complexity from custom .NET controls to complete web applications. Sitefinity has been designed for both the developer and the end user, providing a comprehensive development platform.

History

The Telerik Sitefinity web content management system was first launched in September 2002 as the RadDesigner control. The product was rebranded in 2005 as Sitefinity. Sitefinity evolved in functionality and was continuously extended based on feedback and suggestions from customers and partners. Telerik, the manufacturer of Sitefinity, was awarded Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe Partner of the Year in the ISV category for the development of Sitefinity. Sitefinity's most recent version is 4.0, released in January of 2011.

Features

Here are some of the features available in Sitefinity:

Fully documented API
Native .NET support
Support for SQL Server
SQL Server
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2005 and 2008
XHTML
XHTML
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and WAI
Wai
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compliance
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
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-like editor
Multi-lingual content
Many built-in applications and out of the box functions (blogs, forums, events, wiki, polls, lists, search)
Telerik products integration – Built-in RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight Media Player
Role-based security

Recent version updates have seen the product focus on Analytics and Usability.

Customers

Sitefinity powers over 1,500 of the world's highest-trafficked websites across various industries, from Financial and Government Services to Communications, Retail, and Entertainment. Among Sitefinity's customers are organizations like Chevron Australia, Quaker Oats, and the Vancouver Airport.

About the vendor

Telerik is a vendor of ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight, WinForms and WPF controls and components, as well as .NET Reporting, .NET ORM, .NET CMS, Code Analysis, TFS and Web Application Testing tools. The company was founded in 2002 and in the beginning specialized in making UI components for ASP.NET, then a relatively new platform from Microsoft. Telerik was ranked the 61st fastest growing company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in the Deloitte Technology 2009 Technology Fast 500TM EMEA ranking.

External links

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