What is the best open source .NET content management system (CMS)?

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What is the best open source .NET content management system (CMS)?

I'm trying to find a decent (ie cheap / free) .NET content management system. DotNetNuke is not an option as far as I am concerned.

Wish list:

Works out of the box
Easy to install
Simple clean interface
Skinable / template driven
Free or cheap
Open source preferred

Or is is just better to PHP for this kind of thing? If so, what should I be checking out?

Thanks :D

+8 A:

I don't think you can beat DotNetNuke.

It ticks all of the boxes you mentioned - why is it not an option?

DilbertDave 2008-10-28 15:07:57

I too highly recommend DotNetNuke, it might take a little getting used to but it is powerful and the price is right.

Mitchel Sellers 2008-10-28 15:09:19

I used an early incarnation and found it to be pretty unusable, maybe it has improved....

DrG 2008-10-28 15:14:21

I have no experience with the other suggestions but I have found DNN easy to use our of the box and easy to extend as well. My opinion but if you are going to compare various systems then I would not discount DNN.

DilbertDave 2008-10-28 15:18:34

I think you should reconsider DotNetNuke. It has made huge strides with each new release and there's a module out there for just about anything not already "in the box" for relatively cheap.

cowgod 2008-10-28 15:30:41

I will second the recommendation you take another look. They have consistently made large improvements on each major version and it might be a lot different than you remember. Cool fact (as I've been told): When DNN needs to test, MS shares test labs and people so DNN can make big improvements.

Chris Porter 2008-10-28 19:25:05

+1 A:

I really like joomla (http://www.joomla.org/).

It's written in PHP.

jonnii 2008-10-28 15:08:25

Why are you voting this down? He also asked for alternatives in PHP.

jonnii 2008-10-28 15:18:04

As a followup, I took a look at Joomla! and I'm pretty impressed. It may not do as much straight out of the box as DNN but there are so many extensions for Joomla it looks like it can turn it's hand to almost anything. Upvoting!

DilbertDave 2009-01-23 18:24:57

+3 A:

Graffiti CMS is simple and relatively cheap, based on your needs. It's written in .NET as well.

I'm with you on DotNetNuke, steer clear of that mess.

Todd 2008-10-28 15:08:55

Honestly,

Having worked with DotNetNuke and Drupal. If you have the time - go with Drupal. The learning curve is on the steep side but in the end you get a clean looking site accompanied with clean code.

toddk 2008-10-28 15:10:40

+2 A:

Umbraco

Or look at this list.

Marcin K 2008-10-28 15:11:47

You might check this post and this post for answers to similar questions about CMS options.

itsmatt 2008-10-28 15:12:52

+1 A:

You might give Telerik's Sitefinity ASP.NET CMS a quick look. It isn't open source but it is pretty cheap. The community version is free & fully functional; although it does display a "Powered by Sitefinity" logo.

Sitefinity is really easy to customize & extend using normal ASP.NET technologies. For example, normal UserControls become web-based drag & drop tools in Sitefinity. You can visually style Sitefinity using normal Master Templates and Themes.

Best of luck!

Gabe 2009-02-20 21:42:34

I did not yet have the time to check it out, but AxCMS.net is on my list. It's not open source, but free.

M4N 2009-02-20 21:56:50

Hey,

I had to turn down .net nuke when it came to hosting it. It has problems working with the Medium Trust permissions level. Apart from that, it still has a few downsides - such as one when you have to restore the installation from a backup it fails at any time. Joomla is much easier, simpler and friendlier CMS but written in php. Would be nice to get a .net based cms similar to Joomla. Anyone knows of such?

Nikolay

2009-06-25 16:24:54

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/639316/content-management-asp-net-recommendations/640413#640413 Has a fairly good list, along with hints on finding more answers to the same question...

Zhaph - Ben Duguid 2009-06-25 23:27:27

AxCMS is open source if you check it out properly.

Cheers,

Ed Bishop 2010-05-11 10:31:27

All I could advise would be to definitely not use Umbraco, at least the 4.0.2.1 version. The user interface is horrible and unless you pay for Courier, development -> testing -> production is an insanely painful process.

Recently, I've also come across many problems with the DB becoming corrupt when updating master pages and CSS.

I wish I could suggest a better open source alternative, but as yet, none of the .Net CMS's really seems to stand out.

2010-08-20 16:19:59

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