Choosing a .NET 4 Content Management System

Utilize, Learn & Contribute to an Open Source, Microsoft .NET based Content Management System

My justification for the project is primarily to learn, and at the same time investigate ways to use the CMS to better manage my expanding list of websites and content.  I have used a lot of Open Source software and felt that it would be a good time to give back to the community and contribute to an Open Source project.

Some of the personal self-improvement goals I had in mind

• Become more proficient in the latest Microsoft .NET technologies, in particular ASP.NET MVC, LINQ data access, XSLT and Workflow Foundation.
• Experience contributing to an Open Source Project.
• Better understand content management systems.

The main factors used in making my final decision on which content management system to use

• Microsoft .NET based, preferably MVC
• Ideally using the .NET 4 Framework
• Utilizing cutting edge technologies
• A relatively active developer community
• An impressive product, one that I’d be proud to be a part of and one I felt could grow to be one of the leading CMS’s

The list of content management systems that I considered

• BlogEngine.Net
• DasBlog
• Orchard
• AtomSite
• N2 CMS 2.0 MVC Edition
• Umbraco CMS
• Composite C1

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