We have an existing portal driven by database and based on ISAPI which we are contemplating to migrate to .Net technology. For the past two years all new components were build asp.net (C#) controls and displayed in the portal using i-frames. As can be imagined it is becoming bit of nightmare to maintain.
I believe Umbraco is perfect vehicle for taking this project forward and re-using the .net work but here are some of the uncertain areas:
- More than 20 clients and each client has individual stylesheet. Does this mean I have to use separate top nodes for each client and does that not become maintenance nightmare? At present depending on 'client' correct stylesheet is applied.
- My thinking is to use Umbraco as a 'shell' and to provide clients with access to CMS to control certain content such as homepage etc. Can CMS (content editing) be controlled to such detailed level?
- How is menus handled? If I were to require specific menu (let's assume some javascript menu) would this be build as a user control?
- No you can still have some logic that applies the correct stylesheet based on the client, no need to have a separate top node.
- Yes you can set permissions for each user
- A menu would be build using xslt but a usercontrol is also possible
Is Umbraco the right tool?
We have an existing portal driven by database and based on ISAPI which we are contemplating to migrate to .Net technology. For the past two years all new components were build asp.net (C#) controls and displayed in the portal using i-frames. As can be imagined it is becoming bit of nightmare to maintain.
I believe Umbraco is perfect vehicle for taking this project forward and re-using the .net work but here are some of the uncertain areas:
- More than 20 clients and each client has individual stylesheet. Does this mean I have to use separate top nodes for each client and does that not become maintenance nightmare? At present depending on 'client' correct stylesheet is applied.
- My thinking is to use Umbraco as a 'shell' and to provide clients with access to CMS to control certain content such as homepage etc. Can CMS (content editing) be controlled to such detailed level?
- How is menus handled? If I were to require specific menu (let's assume some javascript menu) would this be build as a user control?
Regards
DR
Hi Danier,
- No you can still have some logic that applies the correct stylesheet based on the client, no need to have a separate top node.
- Yes you can set permissions for each user
- A menu would be build using xslt but a usercontrol is also possible
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