Sitefinity CMS 4.0
The world has welcomed the unveiling of the release of Sitefinity 4.0. This milestone marks the ongoing quest for the continued enhancement of web content management by focusing on usability and production. Sitefinity 4.0 allows users an opportunity to witness the evolution of the platform Sitefinity itself. An enhanced API delivery and architecture also allows for a more expansive and flexible framework which in turn allows users the ease of enhancing it even further.
Sitefinity CMS aims to make system production much more prolific and also makes the platform Sitefinity itself more flexible and agreeable to work with. By using it, developers can also make use of its new Project Manager which allows ease of access in regard to quick installation, upgrade processes and deployment as well. Users can also be more productive since its new Fluent API gives them the option of creating codes that are easy to manage and read. Other than that, the Sitefinity SDK, or software development kit, also consists of some of the Telerik developer production tools as well as Silverlight UI control suites, the ASP.NET AJAX and an Open Access ORM for a fast website outsource.
Sitefinity CMS boasts of a new user interface which allows for efficient user interaction since it is very task oriented and simplifies usage with the system. Its taxonomy or advanced content classification and numerous operations make organizing and editing a large amount of content very easy to deal with and increases productivity for business users. Sitefinity’s drag and drop editing style now also comes equipped with page layout editing and web form creation which has proven to upgrade usability.
The new Sitefinity 4.0 platform also boasts the following features:
* Creating complex web forms has never been easier by its Forms module which allows users to do so by dragging, dropping and modifying different form elements.
* It is an innovative management platform for digital asset management which can be used with images, document, video and data files.
* It also comes with enhanced version compare and version control.
* A new, improved analytics module consists of numerous reports.
* The new release also has an upgraded RSS and Atom syndication for its Blogs.
* Improves user productivity with the help of the enhanced API system.
Sitefinity’s lead developer Ivan Osmak had this to say:
“Not long after the premier of Sitefinity 4.0 with the CTP version released in April, we are excited about this next milestone release of the . With the Sitefinity 4.0 we want to show our progress and invite the Sitefinity community to review the new functionality and start working with the real-life projects. We are always dedicated to involving the community at every stage of the development process, so we would like to hear your feedback as we progress towards the official release of Sitefinity 4.0.”
A developer can rest easy with the Sitefinity SDK which provides them with easy to use articles and sample codes for the creation of website templates, modules and widgets. It also includes the acclaimed Telerik RadControls for AJAX, CMS ASP.Net, Silverlight product suites and also OpenAccess- the Telerik enterprise-grad .Net Orm. These resources and user friendly development tools are always available at (http://www.sitefinity.com/4.0/SDK) where you can download Sitefinity 4.0 SDK.
You can start on your projects by working with Sitefinity 4.0 today. You will be able to upgrade your existing version platform to the Sitefinity 4.0 CMS after its release expected to come to stores later this year (2010). Telerik will also keep providing previews of the product development by releasing regular internal builds.
If you want to know more you can go to the Sitefinity 4 web site (http://www.sitefinity.com/4.0/asp-net-features.aspx).
