Ideas for OpenSource CMS in ASP.NET MVC
- by rajesh pillai
I am in the process of collecting ideas for building an opensource CMS based on ASP.net framework.
I have choosen ASP.NET MVC with Jquery as the tool to develop this.
I have made this as community wiki.
Background:
Most of the good CMS that is available is built on PHP, though off late CMS built on ASP.net framework seems to be cropping up. I would like to collect ideas/suggestion/expectations from an opensource CMS system for ASP.net platform. I am looking for expectation from technology and features that you wish could find in a modern CMS and any other thoughts/ideas that comes to your mind.
Your input would be of great help in this direction.
Meanwhile I am also reviewing many opensource CMS system built on ASP.net as well as MS Office Sharepoint to get ideas and I would update my findings here for your reference.
The following are some of the opensource CMS/BlogEngines that I am in the process of reviewing.
-Oxite (ASP.net MVC) : This is the new kid on the block
-Wordpress
-BlogEngine.net
-Umbraco
Some of the features that I can think of is noted below
Simplified content creation
Support Multiple content author
Metadata feature
Workflow engine
Simplified deployment
List based contents (sharepoint like)
Customizable URL's
Support content Caching
Roles (contenauthor, contentpublisher etc)
Support different types of content (like html, txt, document, image, videos)
Skinnable (support extensible themes)
Localization & Globalization
Unlimited nesting of categories
Readymade template for blog, forums,survey.
Good documentation
You can add your points or add some depth to any of the above feature.
