C# CMS - Umbraco

[Raithlin]

I've been looking around for a .Net equivalent of Drupal for my own website - which is currently static. Which brings me this site:

www.umbraco.org

Looks good. Any thoughts?

My thoughts:

Positive:

• Open Source (MIT license)
• Extensible (using .Net Controls)
• Web Standards
• Easy to setup
• SEO friendly

Negative:

• ?

 

[Necuno]

I've been looking around for a .Net equivalent of Drupal for my own website - which is currently static. Which brings me this site:

www.umbraco.org

Looks good. Any thoughts?

My thoughts:

Positive:

• Open Source (MIT license)
• Extensible (using .Net Controls)
• Web Standards
• Easy to setup
• SEO friendly

Negative:

• ?

Negative:

• Animal abuse

i mean just look at that poor fish whois about to die

 

[Raithlin]

I assume you mean their logo?

 

[Bule]

You need to register to download. Not that open. Try http://www.opensourcecms.com/ there is quite few ASP.NET CMS packages.

 

[Raithlin]

No you don't. Underneath their newsletter registration is a link that says:

"If you prefer, you can also go straight to the download page without registrering." (Their spelling mistake)

 

[Raithlin]

You need to register to download. Not that open. Try http://www.opensourcecms.com/ there is quite few ASP.NET CMS packages.

I've tried most of them - nice collection, but none that make me feel at home.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Have you tried Oxite yet? It's supposed to be the MS equivalent of Joomla, AFAIK...

 

[Raithlin]

Have you tried Oxite yet? It's supposed to be the MS equivalent of Joomla, AFAIK...

Can't say I have. However, if it's really like Joomla, I may not go near it - last time I worked with Joomla I got quite frustrated with the limitations the skinning placed on me. Joomla is good for beginners, but Drupal allows you far more flexibility.

My 0.02 ZAR.

[Update]
I've checked up on Oxite, and it seems to be another MVC Storefront app - and still a Developer Preview. Too many design issues to use as production code at present.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Apparently there are a few websites running on Oxite already... When I last checked it looked pretty good.

 

[Raithlin]

Which sites? Are they Blog sites, or something more? I know MIXOnline will be one, but I need something solid that I can use, and relax knowing that another upgrade isn't going to come out every week. I'm tired of using DPs, Betas and the like for production sites.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Well, can't find the (unofficial) list of websites now. Had a look at it a few weeks (maybe months?) ago... But yes, MIX is online already. It doesn't look TOO bad though...

 

[Raithlin]

Thanks, but I'm gonna give Umbraco a go. It uses XSLT, has SEO-friendly output in whatever format you want, and I should be up rather quickly. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Thanks, but I'm gonna give Umbraco a go. It uses XSLT, has SEO-friendly output in whatever format you want, and I should be up rather quickly. I'll let you know how it goes.

Please do. I checked out their website and it looks pretty powerful. I'm also looking for a decent C# CMS, as I have a few websites in the pipeline that will require constant maintenance from the client's side...

 

[Raithlin]

Run a search in Google (local only) for "Powered By Umbraco".

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Hmmm... I see many of the Umbraco websites are done by QuarteX.

 

[Raithlin]

Yep, they use it as one of their open source CRM solutions.
http://www.quartex.co.za/services/open-source.aspx