My Web Pages Starter Kit
The My Web Pages Starter Kit is a dynamic content management system (CMS). It is designed to meet the needs of computer enthusiasts who want to deploy and maintain their own website — and it is also easy to modify the look and feel or even extend the feature set.
The My Web Pages Site Starter Kit provides the following features:
- Dynamic Content Management System
- Easy UI for everyday content management
- Pre-built components: HTML, Events, Links, Guest Book, Contact Form, Downloads, RSS, Gallery
- Easily configurable localizations
- Prepared for localization right from the start. All required resources are to be found in just three files: one for the application and two for the manual.
- ASP.NET 2.0 based
- Themes, Masterpages, Data binding, Security, Navigation, Membership provider work as expected.
- File based
- No database is used to store data. All data is serialized into XML files within the "App_Data" folder. Of course do SQL Server databases offer great advantages, but we tried to focus on simplicity and decided to use a file based method to store the data.
- Complete source code available
- Permissive license and full source code offers flexibility to customize the kit to individual requirements
- Runs in medium trust
- No special privileges are required to run the kit in a hosted environment. Aligns with shared hosting environments.
- Security model
- Simple user management and access control is included (Custom ASP.NET 2.0 membership provider)