What alternatives exist in C # OS projects like Joomla / Mambo / Drupal?

Question

I am starting a project with a client to create a web application, and I'm a little fixated on which solution to go with.

I have used Joomla for many clients in the past, but this client has specific requests that I KNOW that I will have to build on my own.

The problem that I am facing is that I work full time within the .NET spectrum, and although I am a beginner PHP developer and I have been studying Joomla architecture for about a month, I’m much more comfortable creating something in ASP.NET than in PHP.

My question is, what OS projects exist that have a similar community, the following as Joomla / Mambo / Drupal, as well as a plug-in architecture that is somewhat similar to Joomla?

I actually do not have time to create a fully running CMS system in ASP.NET, but if something already exists, it can give me X% (25%, 50%, something) of what Joomla has at least catch me on the right track. Joomla just has too many extensions and too much community support for me to pass on if there was nothing comparable in ASP.NET.

Answer 1

I am using (and struggling with) DotNetNuke .

Answer 2

N2 looks good, I haven't used it yet: http://n2cms.com/

Answer 3

in addition to the N2 mentioned above (of which I am a big fan), there is an option (for really brave souls!) to run Drupal on top of .Net using the Phalanger compiler - for Phalanger it needs several patches and at least one fix for Drupal itself (more specifically, session cookie handling). As a reward, you will receive compensation for performance and all the useful .Net development tools.

Answer 4

There is also Umbraco , which I heard good things about :)

Answer 5

Departure Cuyahoga

Answer 6

Maybe you should take a look at Graffiti.

Although it is not open source, it is based on .NET and has a simple theme engine and plug-in architecture. It doesn’t have as many as Drupal, but it’s pretty easy to set up and matches your current skill set when it comes to expanding it.

Update . Graffiti is now open source.

Answer 7

There mojoPortal .

It doesn't seem to be as big as DotNetNuke (for example), but it has quite a few features:

• Blogs, Forums, Event Calendar, Google Maps, Photo Galleries, E-Commerce, Secure File Sharing, Newsletter, Polls, Polls,

Answer 8

Telerik has a consolidated version of SiteFinity CMS. Although I have had extensive experience with RadControls, I cannot vouch for SiteFinity. It might be worth checking out, as Telerik has excellent support for its products.

It may be an even larger site, but Rob Connery (SubSonic guy) MVC StoreFront has a good ability to publish CMS / content, which has a plug-in architecture. He has published a series of screencasts that revolve around their capabilities. Rob gave a preview of the MIX features.

Answer 9

Umbraco is excellent. It uses the simular node structure for drupal and is very easily distributed through user controls or XSLT. I also found that my client, which is not the most computer literate, found the umbraco interface easy to use.