WCMS for ASP and ASP.NET

[satheesh]

Hi,
we are looking for web content management solution for ASP and ASP.NET applications. I have few doubts in Alfresco
1. Shall we use this product for ASP and ASP.NET webforms?
2. Will it provide environment for editing the ASP and ASP.NET webforms?
3. Once it is published, we want flat files on the live server, Will this product supports?

Please advice

Thanks,
Satheesh

[pmonks]

Alfresco can be used to manage content for any webapp, no matter which technology it's implemented in.  At a bare minimum the webapp will need to be able to read or include files stored on disk, but ideally should have XML handling capabilities as well as a decent HTTP client library so that more complex dynamic content retrieval scenarios involving Alfresco Runtimes (ASRs) can be implemented.  Neither of these should be a problem with ASP.NET.

If all you want are flat files on the live server (which will preclude most dynamic content retrieval scenarios), you can use a FileSystem Receiver (FSR) to deploy some or all of the files managed inside Alfresco out to the live server (to either a docroot or some other directory from which the ASP.NET application reads them).  More information on deployment is at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Deployment.

Cheers,
Peter