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Can tell me if Ektron can do these things in SEO?

  • XHTML Compliant - Renders in XHTML compliant mark-up out of the box
  • Canonical URLs - Able to specific a canonical URL for a single page SEO
  • Friendly URLs - Able to create and configure SEO friendly URLs and formats
  • XML Site Map - Able to dynamically and automatically generate an XML Site Map Granular
  • Site Map Priorities - Able to set XML sitemap priorities in the page admin
  • Semantic Menu - A menu system that uses semantic mark-up
  • Google Analytics Integration - Full integration of the Google Analytics script
  • Search Engine Submission - Allows you to submit the website to a variety of search engines from an admin interface
  • XHTML Compatible Controls - All controls used (menus, grids, etc.) render XHTML compliant mark-up
+1  A: 

Yes. Ektron's CMS400 can do everything that you have listed there. It's all up to the developer to implement everything though (and it's a hell of a lot of work to get it all working correctly).

Justin Niessner
+3  A: 
  • XHTML Compliant - Renders in XHTML compliant mark-up out of the box

Not sure. You'll want to download the Developer starter site to check the control you are interested in. If you're concerned about accessibilty, I several controls have a 508 Compliance switch.

  • Canonical URLs - Able to specific a canonical URL for a single page SEO

In theory yes, in practise no.

  • Friendly URLs - Able to create and configure SEO friendly URLs and formats

Yes. Option for manual, regex and automatic aliasing.

  • XML Site Map - Able to dynamically and automatically generate an XML Site Map Granular
  • Site Map Priorities - Able to set XML sitemap priorities in the page admin

Don't think this is out of the box. You would need to look at a custom solution.

  • Semantic Menu - A menu system that uses semantic mark-up

Not out of the box. You would need to customise the mark-up via XSLT.

  • Google Analytics Integration - Full integration of the Google Analytics script

Yes, out of the box. See here for some help implimenting this.

  • Search Engine Submission - Allows you to submit the website to a variety of search engines from an admin interface

Not that I am aware of.

  • XHTML Compatible Controls - All controls used (menus, grids, etc.) render XHTML compliant mark-up

See my answer to question 1. Out of the box - no, but depends on which controls you are using.

As Justin Niessner mentions, there is the option to overcome any of this via custom work. To help with your evaluatation, I recommend downloading the Developer starter site and having a look at the default markup of the control.

Also, there is an Ektron forum which is quite vibrant.

Edit - To clarify, I am not employed nor speak for Ektron. Just a developer who is working on the platform.

Spongeboy
Thank you so much for your honest and thorough answer. The answer for any CMS is usually, "yes, but some work... yada, yada." One last question that I missed. Does it support HTTP 301 Redirects for pages that either moved, the URL changed, or no longer exist?
The Mighty Will
Spongeboy
Thanks, Spongeboy! You've been incredibly helpful! :)
The Mighty Will