Compatibility of Alfresco With ASP.Net Web forms

[sajidpc_06]

Hi,
           I'm new to Alfresco and searching for a best WCM system for our new web project that manages online Articles, Journals, Blogs, News etc.
The environment of project is: ASP.Net with C#.Net and Oracle server as back end.

I want to know the compatibility of Alfresco with ASP.net web forms and IIS web server.

Detailed reply is appreciated,

Thanks in advance,
Sajid PC

[rdanner]

Hi,
           I'm new to Alfresco and searching for a best WCM system for our new web project that manages online Articles, Journals, Blogs, News etc.
The environment of project is: ASP.Net with C#.Net and Oracle server as back end.

I want to know the compatibility of Alfresco with ASP.net web forms and IIS web server.

Detailed reply is appreciated,

Thanks in advance,
Sajid PC

Hi,

Alfresco WCM is at its core agnostic to the delivery platform.  If you look closely (with the exception of preview) its feature set is entirely geared for management of content.  You can use web forms to create XML documents, Renditions/Templates to create ASPs, HTMLS, XMLS and whatever other automated output formats you need.
Deployment, sandboxes, locking, versioning,workflow, deployment, Shared Drive access etc should can all be used to help manage your project.

The incontext preview out of the box from alfresco is based on a special tomcat server which only works really well for JSP based sites.  There are really two other options available for preview:
* make sure your own application can virtualize itself by looking at the server name or the querystring
* use preview servers that can be allocated to a sandbox.

Creating a virtualizable application IMO is the best option if the site has many editors (lots of sandboxes) and / or a lot of activity.  The ability to make an edit via the CIFS drive or webform and simply click refresh on your browser and see the change instantly within the safety of your own sandbox is a fantastic capability for the product and a quality of life issue for your editorial / design team.

You will need the following if you decide to create a virtualizable application:
In 2.2.1 enterprise you now have control over the PREVIEW ICON URLs so it is possible to point to a allocated preview server instance or a .NET application that is smart enough to virtualize itself based on the storeId (Sandbox name)

https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ETWOTWO-542