Kentico CMS

Infobox Software
name = Kentico CMS



caption = Administration interface of Kentico CMS.
author = Kentico Software
developer = Kentico Software
latest release version = 3.1a
latest release date = release date|2008|08|11
programming language = C#
platform = ASP.NET
language = English, German, French,
Spanish, Italian, Dutch,
Slovak,Czech
genre = CMS, WCMS, E-commerce
license = Proprietary, Free Edition
website = [http://www.kentico.com/ www.kentico.com]

Kentico CMS is an content management system (CMS) for building web sites, on-line stores, intranets and Web 2.0 community sites. [ [http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix?func=viewDetail;listingId=1140 CMS Matrix - cmsmatrix.org] ] Kentico CMS utilizes the ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server.

History

Kentico CMS is developed by Kentico Software,company founded in 2004 by Petr Palas [ [http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx?mid=1492019 CodeProject: Who's Who at The Code Project.] ] and based in Brno, Czech Republic. [ [http://www.kentico.com/company.aspx Contact Kentico Software ] ]

Modules

The functionality of Kentico CMS covers three main areas: Content management, E-commerce and Social Networking.

* BizForm
* Blogs
* Booking system
* Content staging
* E-commerce [ [http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=49476&CategoryID=5 Kentico Combines .NET CMS with E-Commerce] ]
* Event calendar
* File import
* Forums
* GeoMapping
* Image Gallery
* Knowledge Base and FAQs
* News and RSS feeds
* Newsletters
* Messaging
* Polls
* Private messaging
* Reporting
* RSS Feeds
* User Contributions (Wiki)
* Web Analytics
* Web Farm Synchornization

Features

* Advanced content management system with workflow, versioning and permissions
* Ajax support
* Open API
* Membership and Secured areas
* Multilingual, UNICODE and RTL support
* Flexible design and navigation (drop-down, tree, UL list menu, tabs) [ [http://webscripts.softpedia.com/script/Content-Management/Kentico-CMS-29118.html Kentico at webscripts.softpedia.com] ]
* Friendly user interface
* Integration of ASP.NET standard controls and custom controls
* Supports Visual Studio .NET and ASP.NET versions 2.0 and 3.5 [ [http://www.devasp.net/net/search/display/category938.html DevASP.Net ASP.NET Content Management Applications and Tools] ]
* WYSIWYG editor included
* Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
* Web standards: XHTML, table or CSS layout, WAI
* Ready-to-use website templates (Corporate Site, E-commerce Site)
* 100+ web parts
* [http://www.kentico.com/cms-asp-net-features.aspx More features]

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