What’s new in Sitefinity documentation – March 2012

With the 5.0 release we’ve been also publishing documentation for the new features, as well as rewriting some old articles. Here’s a summary of the latest resources you can find.

Developers Guide

• Sitefinity Thunder
• Forums API
• A new section on the Security API
  • Managing Users
  • Managing Roles
  • Managing Permissions
  • Developing for performance

User Guide

• Creating and editing Forums
• Configuring the change password widget
• Importing, exporting and deleting dynamic modules

Installation and Administration Guide

• Authentication and Single Sign-on

Designers Guide

• Displaying pages on mobile devices

ECommerce Guide

• Configuring the digital downloads widget

Blogging Highlights

• 5 practices to avoid when doing Sitefinity development
• Introducing Sitefinity Thunder
• How to view the Sitefinity API Reference in Visual Studio 2010
• Sitefinity 5.0 ECommerce features explained
• Using KendoUI with Sitefinity user controls
• The benefit of having a system built on the provider model
• Creating one-to-many relationships in dynamic modules
• Keyboard shortcuts for the Sitefinity backend

We are also working on some improvements for the documentation portal, which you can expect soon. If you want a peek at the new stuff coming in 5.1, the roadmap is already live. Any feedback is appreciated, as usual.