Which one is the best option to start off a web project in?
I know Wordpress can be used from within WebMatrix as well, but can it independently function on its own and get the sites done?
WebMatrix is a free tool that allows you to create, customise and publish websites. To get started you can select an application from the built-in gallery such as DotNetNuke, Umbraco, WordPress and Joomla or you can create your own master piece from scratch.
Webmatrix makes it easy to install and develop for Drupal on Windows, bringing open source applications to a whole new audience. As Drupal is as much a framework as it is a CMS, including it in the package makes it possible for any kind of web application to be developed on Webmatrix.
Note: Microsoft has been active in the Drupal community for a few years, and the community is proud that Drupal has been recognised as one of the best CMS and development frameworks available and selected by Microsoft for inclusion in Webmatrix.
WordPress is a standalone Content Management System. WebMatrix is a web development tool which can be used to author PHP files (which is what WordPress uses). You would only do that if you wanted to customise your WordPress system, but most users do not need to do that.
You do not need WebMatrix to work with WordPress sites, but for a beginner, it provides a fairly hassle free way to get your WordPress site up and running. WebMatrix includes a web server and will configure your WordPress site to get up and running on that.
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I recently finished a personal web application I had created for my uni. It's mine now to do with as I want. I wrote it on Visual Studio using ASP.Net, CSS, and C#. (I had originally written the first few pages in HTML and PHP, but due to a problem with my computer's inability to run XAMPP, the PHP pages weren't running as required so I redid it on Visual Studio)
The project's initial functionalities (uploading media and documentation, and login and user registration) are there and the pages work, and I plan to proactively work on it to add more features and make it more dynamic and versatile.
However, I have a question, what can I do with it now? Is there a platform (maybe Stackoverflow itself?) that I can upload the project as a whole on to add it to my technical portfolio? or maybe another such action I could do to upload or publish it to add it to my list of things done as a reference for recruiters, or as part of my project history for graduate school?
i have existing asp.net web application it includes membership and roles and admin section,etc. Now i would like to integrate dotnetnuke journal module in my asp.net web application.
is it posible to integrate dotnetnuke module in my web app? i download dotnetnuke source and i compiled journal module.
can any one update me how to integrate dotnetnuke module in my web app..i don't want to switch to dotnetnuke for now.
Your best bet would be to utilize the APIs to access the journal from your custom application.
The module itself is dependent upon DNN and its context (users, pages, modules, etc) in order to function properly.
I am sure you could rip a lot of that out, but I am not exactly sure what you are trying to do.
is it posible to integrate dotnetnuke module in my web app?
No.
Your only way to succeed in your quest would be to convert your ASP.NET application into the DotNetNuke application. To do that, you're going to have to merge the authentication side of the two sites. This shouldn't be impossible since DNN uses the ASP.NET authentication provider.
If you can merge the user database into a DotNetNuke installation properly, you're halfway there. You could then use the DotNetNuke page management features to load your custom pages by linking to them directly, and gradually merge your existing application.
Otherwise, you have no hope of integrating the Journal module. And you're up for hundreds if not thousands of hours of coding to try and replicate it.
We need to select a CMS for our company's website which will allow the designers to make changes to the pages, add pages, view and publish them.
We r using Visual Studio 2010 for web development and includes Global.asax, Masterpages, User-/Custom-Controls, Security (FormsAuthentication, custom Membership-/RoleProvider). W ehave SQL server 2008 for the DB.
I have looked into various CMS like Sitefinity,N2CMS, Umbraco, DotNetnuke. We kinda liked playing with the demo of N2CMS. We don't want to start developing the site from scratch. We want to integrate some CMS into our application for the designers to use. However, I can't find any helpful documentation regarding the integration. Everyone starts talking building from sctrach. The documentation for N2CMS seems so outdated.
If anyone can guide me how to set a CMS into exsiting application, I will really appreciate it.
Thanks
In Visual Studio, I tried a project in both. But there appears to be no difference in the tools displayed in the tool box....
So what the real basic major difference.?
See these:
ASP.NET Web Site or ASP.NET Web Application?
Website is for internet based audience - in this case your concerns(security, etc) are different;
Web application is a software, just like a desktop application software, usually intended to be used for intranet environments. For instance, an HR software could be a web app - that is available on the intranet for all the departments to fill in their timesheets.
Though, a website may contain specific operations, tasks, or workflows.
Checkout: Web site project vs Web app project
WebSite project is compiled on the fly.
In a WebApplication, you need to build a page before you can debug.
However, WebApplication is the way to go, because with WebSite-project, you cannot create a setup project (and conversion from WebSite to WebApplication can lead to problems/bugs).
That's why I recommend WebApplication.
Simply put, a WebSite is worth nothing if the customer is too stupid to install it manually.
i am working on a web application that now requires a CMS.
Could you suggest me a product that grant integration with my existing application.
The latter is implemented using .Net framework 3.5 Linq to sql and SQL Server 2008
I may consider even not open source product (affordable price)
i want to create a Master page and allow the application's users to modify the content.
Ideally give them the ability to add controls such as image sliders (but this is not the main scope)
Main objective is the ability to modify the content usually text. Bu more is always better........
Thanks
http://n2cms.com/ is very powerful cms that can be integrated with your application.
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/ is a good open source choice.
Graffiti is now Open Source. I'm not sure how it integrates with an existing application.
SharePoint is the obvious answer, considering it's an ASP.NET application itself. It's free with Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
Umbraco is fantastic and free. Allowing you to integrate many plugins. If you are a developer you will probably fall in live as it offers a lot of integration.
DotNetNuke has a great (if not long winded) video intro and online demo so you can see how it works.