Kentico CMS 5.0Full-featured Flexible Web Content Management System for All Your Needs

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.

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.

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.

Kentico CMS Overview I

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

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

The most important features∙ On-line forms (BizForms)∙ On-line users∙ PayPal support∙ Personalized content∙ Personalized editor∙ Polls∙ Portal engine∙ Preview before publish∙ Recycle Bin∙ Report Abuse∙ Reporting∙ Re-use content on several pages∙ Roles and Users∙ RSS feeds∙ SEO∙ Scheduled Tasks∙ Spell-checker∙ Starter Sites∙ Taxonomy - Categories, Tagging∙ Time-zones support∙ URL aliases∙ User contributions∙ User management∙ User registration and secured pages∙ Web analytics∙ Web farm support∙ Widgets∙ Windows authentication∙ Windows Live ID authentication∙ Workflow∙ WYSIWYG, browser-based editing∙ XHTML, CSS layouts, W3C WAI∙ Youtube integration

∙ 200 built-in web parts∙ Active Directory integration∙ AJAX support∙ Approving documents∙ Authorize.NET∙ Avatars∙ Bad words∙ Badges∙ Banned IP addresses∙ Blogs∙ Booking System∙ Branding∙ Complete documentation of the CMS∙ Content and object staging∙ Content locking (check-in/check-out)∙ Content Rating∙ Content/design separation∙ Controls caching∙ Custom document types∙ Custom document types with∙ Custom event handlers∙ Custom fields∙ Custom tables∙ Custom web parts in C# and VB.NET∙ Customizable Menu∙ Customizable page templates∙ Customizable permissions∙ Customizable settings∙ Deployment on shared hosting∙ Document-level permissions∙ Drag-drop development∙ Dynamic site map∙ Easy deployment

∙ E-commerce (on-line store)∙ E-mail queue∙ Event Calendar∙ Event Log∙ Export/import web sites or selected∙ Flexible content hierarchy∙ Flexible navigation∙ Forms authentication∙ Forums∙ Friendly (smart) URLs∙ Friends∙ Full source code∙ Full-text search∙ Fully customizable∙ Geo mapping (Google Maps)∙ Google sitemap∙ Groups∙ IE 6.0, IE 7.0 FireFox 1.0.5+, Mozilla

7.1+, Netscape 7.1+, Opera 7.52+ support

∙ Image gallery∙ Incremental deployment of site changes∙ installation and database∙ Integration with custom user and role

database, external authentication∙ Linked documents∙ Management and publishing of∙ Media library∙ Memory management∙ Message boards∙ Messaging∙ Multiple languages∙ Multiple sites using single code∙ Newsletters∙ Notifications

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

Editing

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)

Editing – WYSIWYG editor

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

Multi-cultures web sites

Multi-lingual Admin UI

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.

Full-text Search

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

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

BizForms (On-line Forms)

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.

Newsletters – Editing

Newsletters – E-mail

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

Image Gallery

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 Wish list Inventory status Reports

E-commerce II Support for integration with existing systems Product options/product configuration Customer credit (e.g. customer loyalty points) 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.

E-commerce - Products

E-commerce - Cart

E-commerce – Orders

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)

Taxonomy

Event Calendar

Display events, news, articles or any other content in a calendar format

Optionally combine with event registration in the Booking system module.

Event Calendar

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

Booking System

Geo Mapping

Display content on the map – e.g.: office locations stores partners real estates points of interest in the city

Uses Google Maps

Geo Mapping

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

User Contributions (Wiki)

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.)

Web analytics

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

Reporting

Reporting

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: Document is created Document is approved in the workflow process Document is published on the staging server Review and approval by site manager -> synchronization Document is published on the live server

Content and Object Staging

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)

Security

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 Support for SQL Replications

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

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

Portal Engine

Web parts

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

ASPX Page Templates

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

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

Forums I

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

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

Forums

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

Blogs

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

Message Boards

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

Groups

Friends

Build personal or professional social networks

Polls

Get visitor opinions and feedback Any number of answers Single-choice or multiple-choice voting Choose who can vote (anonymous/registered/chosen

roles)

Polls

Private Messaging

Enable site members to send private messages to other members.

Useful for community sites. Inbox/outbox/contact list/blocked users

Media Libraries

Create media libraries and upload documents, images, music or video

Support for user-created content – visitors can upload their own content

Media Libraries

Widgets

Allows the editor / group administrator / site visitor to personalize specific parts of the page

Every Web part can be set as the Widget There are separate groups of Widgets for

Group administrators Content editors Web site visitors

Widgets

UI Personalization

Customization of available features for Administration tools and WYSIWYG Editor per given role

The administrator can enable different features for each role E.g. web designers will have available only web-design

based features Authorized users can access only My Desk etc.

UI Personalization

SharePoint integration

Kentico CMS Connector for the WSS/MOSS shows on public web from the SharePoint Lists Files Document libraries Picture libraries

Hosting

Kentico CMS is running in: Shared Hosting Medium trust Mosso Cloud hosting Preparing for the Windows Azure platform Special Cloud hosting licensing

Licensing

1 Web Site (single web site) 1 Server (unlimited web sites for a single organization on a

single machine) Editions:

Free Edition (available for the commercial usage) Base license (features based on selected additional packages)

E-commerce package Social networking package Advanced package

Ultimate license includes all packages

Source Code available for the Ultimate license Feature matrix available at http://www.kentico.com/cms-

asp-net-features/Feature-Matrix.aspx

Maintenance

Each license contains 1-year maintenance Support New Kentico CMS releases 7 days bug fixing policy

Each license contains unlimited developer, testing and stage server licenses

Available paid Consulting services and Remote Assitance

System Requirements Server:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2008R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate or Windows 7 (both 32bit and 64bit)

Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 and higher Microsoft IIS Server 5.0/6.0/7.0 Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 (including Express Editions)

Client (for editors): Internet Explorer 7.0/8.0 FireFox 3.5 Safari 4.0 or FireFox 3.5 on Mac OS

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)

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

2008/2009 by Deloitte Focused only on Kentico CMS 1700+ clients in 83 countries Kentico Solutions Partner network – over 700 active

partners More than 4000 web sites running on Kentico CMS,

clients include: Microsoft Mazda Gibson Musical Instruments Bayer ESPN CTV Vodafone

More at http://www.kentico.com/Showcase.aspx

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