EPiServer CMS

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EPiServer CMS
Marek Blotny Senior Software Developer Cognifide
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Agenda

• EPiServer Overview
• Our adventure with EPiServer
• EPiServer from Editors perspective
• EPiServer from Developers point of view
• QA

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EPiServer Overview
EPiServer CMS - the world's fastest growing
commercial CMS platform - is a fast, flexible and
robust Web Content Management system that is used
by thousands of organizations and companies
around the world for managing their Web sites and
intranets Over 6,000 Web sites worldwide are
based on EPiServer CMS http//episerver.com
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EPiServer Overview - History

• 1997
• The release of EPiServer 1.0
• The first EPiServer license was delivered
• 1999
• EPiServer installations passes 70 sites
• 2002
• EPiServer version 4.0 is released, based on
  .NET, written in C
• EPiServer installations passes 300 sites
• 2005
• Release of EPiServer version 4.50
• EPiServer installations passes 1,500 sites
• Over 25,000 editors, 700 customers and 600
  developers were working with EPiServer as their
  platform

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EPiServer Overview - History

• 2006
• EPiServer installations passes 2,000 sites
• Release of EPiServer version 4.61
• 2007
• EPiServer installations passes 3,000 sites
• Release of the new generation EPiServer CMS 5
  (.NET 3.0)
• 2008
• EPiServer installations passes 6,000 sites
• More than 110,000 editors
• Launch of EPiServer World, an EPiServer
  Community for developers and users of EPiServer
  products and modules

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EPiServer Overview Key Features

• Scalability and load balancing
• The separation of data, users and workflows
  allows better scalability and accessibility
• Incoming traffic can be spread over many servers
• Full control over the Web site
• Accessible Web sites according to the guiding
  principles of W3C/WAI and other standardization
  bodies
• Open and adjustable architecture
• Plug-ins
• Flexible file systems (Virtual Path Providers,
  WebDAV)
• ASP.NET Web Controls
• Authority and security
• Standard .NET membership and role providers

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EPiServer Overview Key Features

• Quick development
• The core of EPiServer CMS 5 is a large library
  of classes which can be extended by programmers
  and system developers.
• Well-documented API
• Tight integration with Visual Studio 2008/2005
• Connectors
• Integration with MS CRM and Salesforce
• Ability to publish content from SharePoint
  directly to EPiServer
• EPiServer Search Connector allows integration
  with major search products such as Google Search
  Appliance
• Microsoft Office Toolkit
• Editors can publish from Microsoft Office
  programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  directly to EPiServer CMS 5

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Agenda

• EPiServer Overview
• Our adventure with EPiServer
• EPiServer from Editors perspective
• EPiServer from Developers point of view
• QA

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Our adventure with EPiServer

• 03.2007
• first contact and investigation
• 08.2007
• first project delivered to the client
• 6 developers
• 02.2008
• three separate EPiServer projects
• 8 developers
• 08.2008
• six separate EPiServer projects
• 13 developers
• 4 certified EPiServer developers

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Agenda

• EPiServer Overview
• Our adventure with EPiServer
• EPiServer from Editors perspective
• EPiServer from Developers point of view
• QA

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EPiServer from Editors perspective
DEMO
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EPiServer from Editors perspective Key Take-Aways

• Interface is easy to use and intuitive
• Minimum or even no training is required to start
  working with EPiServer
• Multilingual support
• Easy File Management
• Content versioning

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Agenda

• EPiServer Overview
• Our adventure with EPiServer
• EPiServer from Editors perspective
• EPiServer from Developers point of view
• QA

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EPiServer from Developers point of view
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EPiServer from Developers point of view
DEMO
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EPiServer from Developers point of viewKey
Take-Aways

• Quick development
• Its easy to customize EPiServer and create new
  page types
• Developers can use all tools and technologies
  available on .Net platform
• Tight integration with Visual Studio speeds up
  development
• Well documented API

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Agenda

• EPiServer Overview
• Our adventure with EPiServer
• EPiServer from Editors perspective
• EPiServer from Developers point of view
• QA

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Marek Blotny Email marek.blotny_at_cognifide.com Sk
ype marek_bl Blog http//marekblotny.blogspot.co
m Links EPiServer http//www.episerver.com EP
iServer World http//episerverworld.com/ Cognifid
e http//cognifide.com