ASP.NET Portal Starter Kit

The ASP.NET Portal Starter Kit demonstrates how you can use ASP.NET and the .NET Framework to build a dynamic portal application. The ASP.NET Portal Starter Kit offers all the functionality of typical portal applications.
It's developed in c# 3.0 \ .NET 3.5.

http://www.codeplex.com/ASPNETPortal

Project Scope

Re-engineering the original project using up-to-date technologies

Features

• Dynamic Portal Infrastructure
• 10 basic portal modules for common types of content
• 2 extra portal modules: RSS Feed and Wiki (postponed)
• A "pluggable" framework that is simple to extend with custom portal modules
• Online administration of portal layout, content and security
• XML based definition of portal layout
• Database based definition of portal layout
• Roles-based security for viewing content, editing content, and administering the portal
• Full mobile support using the ASP.NET Mobile Controls
• Multiple database support easily extensible to support more databases
• Web service layer ASMX and WCF
• Smart Client to support Admins and power users

Technologies and Design Approaches Demonstrated

• .NET 2.0 \ .NET 3.5
• Web Client Software Factory
• Object Builder
• Smart Client Software Factory
• ASP.NET Mobile Controls
• Three-tier architecture with ASP.NET
• Role Based Security
• Layered architecture
  • Vertical: Data\Business\Presentation
  • Horizontal: Services, Framework
• Design Patterns
• NUnit Tests
• Master Pages, SiteMaps & Themes