Evaluating Sitefinity

Welcome to the Sitefinity family. We are excited that you’ve decided to evaluate the only Web Content Management System that’s equally loved by developers and business users. The evaluation guide provides you with all the HowTos to explore the Sitefinity features and functionality and build your website prototype in no time.

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We have numerous resources which will facilitate your evaluation. To help you along the way and to make sure you get the best evaluation experience, we’ve summarized the process in 6 easy steps. We encourage you to contact us at any time so that we can help you make the most out of your evaluation.

Review the Showcase Gallery

Sitefinity powers more than 6000 websites worldwide. You can see more than 1000 of them in our showcase gallery and get an idea of the quality of typical Sitefinity websites. You can filter the showcases by industry to find websites more relevant to you. Some of the showcases include case studies explaining the business challenges behind these projects and how they were tackled with the help of Sitefinity.

Watch the Sitefinity Overview Video and Review the Features List

Sitefinity is a powerful development platform, and the product's architecture leverages the .NET development patterns, including Master Pages, templates, standard and user controls, themes and CSS. To understand more about the functionality, you can review the features overview page.

Sign-up for Weekly Webinars

The 30 minute online demonstration is a great way to explore Sitefinity, see the different features in action and get your questions answered. The webinar will cover topics like product overview, creating pages, editing content, working with modules and many others.

Explore Product Videos

The videos cover various basic functionalities and are invaluable in the initial process of getting familiar with Sitefinity.

Experiment with the Online Sample Site

The sample website – Telerik University Demo gives you the perfect opportunity to experiment with Sitefinity without even downloading the product. The online demo allows you to edit the sample website and try out everything you’ve learned from the weekly webinar and video tutorials.

Install Sitefinity

You can download the fully functional trial version from your account. The installation guide provides a walk-through for installing Sitefinity in 9 easy steps. Once you have installed Sitefinity in your environment, you will be able to experiment with the product and create your project prototype. You can check the System Requirements here.

Done! Create your Sitefinity website!

If you have any specific questions on the software architecture, or uncertainties on how to implement Sitefinity in your unique scenario, our team will be pleased to help you.

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Basic Developer Resources

Advanced Resources

With Sitefinity we provide you with a code base and API which you can use to create your own controls interacting with the content, modules and services. To learn more about the customizations that could be done with Sitefinity, review the following resources:

Sitefinity Marketplace

This site offers a variety of useful resources, including ready-to-use controls, modules, and templates that can save you a lot of development time, so be sure to check this resource as well.

RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX

This Award winning toolset is available as part of Sitefinity and you can use the controls for the user interface or integrate them with your custom modules. We are regularly posting code examples with them in our blogs and forums.

The Support Service

It is important to mention that you are getting support from the people developing the product as well. The main support channels though which you could receive support are: