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http://www.kentico.com
http://www.webdesignmagic.com.auPhone: 1300 308 210
Kentico CMS Major Clients
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 Main benefits
All-in-one solution for your Web site 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
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
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, Bing,
Yahoo 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, Bing Maps, Yahoo 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
External Authentication
Kentico CMS contains fully customizable authentication system
Kentico CMS supports out-of-the-box integration with: Live ID Open ID FaceBook Connect
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 2005/2008/2010 with your own code Support for .NET 2.0/3.5 and 4.0 Easily extensible with your own:
user controls (ASCX) web parts (ASCX) server controls modules event handlers providers
Easily integrate data from external systems
Web parts
ASPX Page Templates
Standard ASP.NET (.ASPX) pages Editable in Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 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 Integration with LiveID, OpenID and FaceBook Connect
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
Mobile devices support
Kentico CMS allows to create websites optimized for mobile devices
The mobile websites can use formatting and navigation optimized for smaller screens and less capable mobile browsers.
They can also re-use existing content from your main website so you don't have to copy it and keep it updated manually.
When the CMS recognizes a mobile device, it can automatically redirect the visitor to the optimized mobile site.
Mobile part of the website
RSS/ATOM/XML Syndication
Kentico CMS supports RSS/ATOM/XML syndication for any content stored on the website
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 2005/2008/2010 or Visual Web Developer 2005/2008/2010 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