Kentico releases a Free Edition of Kentico CMS 3.1a for ASP.NET – a complete, easy-to-use content management system for web sites, on-line stores, community sites and intranets.

The Free Edition supports:

• WYSIWYG editing
•  Rapid web site development without complex programming
•  SEO-friendly URLs
•  News with RSS feeds
•  Blogs
•  Forums
• Polls
  

The new version of Kentico CMS enables rapid development of on-line stores. It comes with new E-commerce starter site and step-by-step guide for ASP.NET developers.

The revamped E-commerce module now supports:

• Product and inventory management
• Shopping cart
• Customizable checkout process
• PayPal, Authorize.NET and custom payment gateways
• Product options and configuration (e.g. t-shirt sizes and colors)
• Wish list
• Configurable taxes, shipping and discounts
• Multiple currencies
• Easy integration into web site through built-in web parts
• Sales reports

 ... and other great features.

Download a free trial at http://www.kentico.com/ecommerce.aspx 

Kentico has just
released a free, instant web site solution for .NET User Groups based on
Kentico CMS for ASP.NET allowing them to manage meeting information and registrations,
send newsletters, conduct surveys, share files and write articles and blogs.
Applied Innovations offers a free hosting for Kentico powered .NET User Group
sites. More details at Kentico.com

The
new version of Kentico CMS for ASP.NET now supports Visual Studio 2008 and .NET
Framework 3.5. It also comes with new Booking system and Geomapping modules.

Kentico
CMS is a full-featured web content management system for creating Web 2.0 web
sites. It's used by customers in 50+ countries. It provides:

• Full-featured content management system with workflow, versioning and
  permissions
• Friendly user interface
• Flexible design and navigation
• Easy integration of custom code and modules
• Multilingual, UNICODE and RTL support
• Full-text search
• On-line forms
• Newsletters
• Discussion forums
• E-commerce
• Search Engine Optimization and web standards support
• ... and other great features