Create a project

After you have downloaded and installed Sitefinity, you can create your own Sitefinity projects, using Sitefinity Project Manager.

You can open the Sitefinity Project Manager from your Windows Start menu.
The following screenshot shows Sitefinity Project Manager with three projects created:

For more information, see Functions of Sitefinity Project Manager.

The first time you create a project, you must complete the license installation procedure. For every additional project, you must choose from already installed licenses or install a new license. If you have already created projects with a previous Sitefinity version, you must first upgrade them after which the License activation screen appears automatically when you start the project.

Sitefinity licenses

You can use Sitefinity in the following ways:

• Purchase a Sitefinity license for one of the Sitefinity editions.
  You can use a licensed Sitefinity edition with and without having registered a domain. If you do not have a domain yet, you can still purchase a license and add your domain later via your Sitefinity account. A licensed version without a registered domain can run online but with a trial massage and a limitation on the number of content items you can create until you register a domain. When you register a domain, the trial message is removed and the limitation to the content items is according to your edition.
  If you have registered a domain, but you want to change it, contact Sitefinity Sales department.
• Use a free trial version for any of the editions.
  Sitefinity trial versions are for evaluation purposes only. You can run a trial only on local host. After the trial expires, the website redirects to the Sitefinity License activation page.
• Use the free Community edition.
  The community edition is for noncommercial use only, has limited functionality, and does not expire.

For more information about Sitefinity editions, see Sitefinity license comparison.

Section contents

• Functions of Sitefinity Project Manager
  Learn about the functions available in Sitefinity Project Manager.
• Create a project and install a license
  When you create your first Sitefinity project, you must also complete the license installation procedure.
• Create and run projects on IIS
  Use this procedure to create and run your projects on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), instead of using the Sitefinity integrated web server.
• Create additional projects
  For each project that you create, after the first one, you must choose to run it either with an installed license or install a new one.
• Configure and start a new project
  After you created a new project, you must configure its database and users.