SheerCMS

SheerCMS, the free ASP.Net Content Management System. It's easy, it's simple and you can get your own web site up and running in just minutes!

SheerCMS is an easy to configure and simple to maintain open-source content management system (CMS).

SheerCMS is built using C# and Microsoft's ASP.Net 2 Framework, giving you access to all the power and in built functionality of the .NET framework. SheerCMS controls are built using standards based XHTML and CSS, which makes it easier to get the same look and feel accross many different web browsers.

SheerCMS uses an XML file to hold site content, so NO need to configure any databases. This very feature will make SheerCMS easy to get running within just a few minutes.

Here are some key features of "SheerCMS":

￭ Fully XHTML and CSS compatible - The controls are created using XHTML, compliant with the W3C XHTML 1.0 standard, and are fully configurable using CSS. This allows the look and feel of the design to be easily changed without having to modifying any back end code.

￭ Simple to maintain - SheerCMS has an online administration console that allows addition, modification and deletion of all content, uploading images and configuring site settings from anywhere in the world.

￭ Multiple template pages - SheerCMS allows the content editor to select from multiple page templates allowing the page layout to be specially configure for the content being displayed.

￭ No hard HTML coding - SheerCMS comes with a fully functioning WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) HTML editor for easy managing your site content.

￭ Many in built controls - SheerCMS comes with a number of fully integrated controls that can be added to your page templates to provide menu functionality, simple, page content searching, a guestbook and much more.

￭ Extensible - SheerCMS is built using Microsoft's .NET 2.0 Framework. This allows for a website built using SheerCMS to take advantage of all the features and controls that are part of ASP.Net.

Requirements:

￭ Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or greater ￭ Microsoft IIS 5.0 or greater