ASP.NET 3.5 CMS Development

Build, Manage, and Extend your own Content Management System

Key Features

• Create your own Content Management System with the understanding needed to expand it and add new functionality as your needs grow
• Learn to build a fully functional application with very little code and set up users and groups within your application
• Manage the layout of your site using Master Pages, Content Placeholders, Themes, Regions, and Zones
• A step-by-step guide with plenty of code snippets and screen images

Book Description

What you will learn

• Set up your programming environment and jump right into coding a completely functional Content Management System
• Install and configure a database and connect it to your Content Management System
• Learn all about n-tier architecture and how it can work within Content Management Systems
• Set up users and groups within your application and learn about the management tools
• Create and manage valuable content within your site for the users and learn how to make it available beyond the browser
• Learn all about Master Pages, Content Placeholders, Themes/Skins, and managing the layout of your site
• Begin digging into site navigation and looking into the concepts of inheritance
• Use Administrator privileges to manage your site from a single point

Who this book is for

This book is for beginner to intermediate ASP.NET users who have managed to learn Visual Web Developer and want to take on their first real-world application. It will help those who have used SQL Server Express, completed a few sample projects, and now wish to explore a Content Management System.