Sitefinity hosting

Sitefinity is a web site development platform which lets the users develop and manage professional web sites, community portals, intranets etc. Sitefinity  hosting does not require any kind of additional learning and so setting up of web sites is easy thanks to the simple framework. It has been engineered for customization and extensibility, and lets the users personalize their web pages the way they want. Sitefinity hosting can help the users deliver compelling web applications in a relatively short span of time than expected.

Sitefinity content management system is extremely flexible and is based on ASP.NET content management platform which is usually used for the construction and management of commercial web sites. Sitefinity hosting also allows the users and the developers to integrate legacy applications as also use custom third party controls and modules. SiteFinity hosting offers a rich set of various features which are built-in, Web 2.0 interface, as also highly powerful development capabilities. It has been built with the award winning Telerik UI controls. It includes Lists, News, Polls, Blogs, Generic Content and other modules that are necessary in all the web sites.

Sitefinity hosting also provides advanced page caching capabilities which are extremely important for removing the performance bottlenecks. Caching is the most effective manner of enhancing the web pages speed delivery and also brings down the access time. Sitefinity content management system can be managed completely through a web browser and the end users can upload files as also manage the page content and the organization online.

Features for the Developers

1. SiteFinity hosting has an extensible architecture and fully exposed API.
2. It has integrated ASP.NET controls and custom modules.
3. It is completely customizable through the Visual Studio .NET.
4. It can provide support for multiple Databases.
5. It features the award winning suite of UI controls for the ASP.NET.

Features for the Users

1. Sitefinity hosting comes with a good environment for Content Editing
2. It includes various Search Engine Optimization Features for a better ranking across the search engines.
3. Integrated Modules such as Blogs, Polls, Lists, News etc.
4. Fast Drag and Drop Page Editing options are available.
5. Content Sharing and Branching is possible
6. It provides support for the Membership Subscription Services
7. It is absolutely user friendly and has a content editing environment as easy as word.

System Requirements for Sitefinity hosting:

Database Requirements necessary for the installation purposes:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft SQL Express
• Microsoft Access 2000+
• Oracle 10

MSSQL database is absolutely necessary because without the accessibility of the MSSQL database, the free installation of Sitefinity will fail to work and so the Sitefinity web site cannot be installed. SiteFinity hosting requires the Windows 2003 hosting to be IIS 6 hosting compatible and the Windows 2008 hosting to be IIS 7.0 hosting.

Server side Requirements

• Windows XP Professional
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2003 Server
• Windows 2008 Server

More info:
Official Sitefinity CMS website
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