Umbraco is an Open Source CMS based on the ASP.NET framework with cross browser support and a rich feature set for developers, editors and designers.
Features of interest for editors:
* Beautiful, user-friendly interface
* Integrated WYSIWYG Editor
* Support for editing in Microsoft Word
* Versioned and scheduled publishing
Features of interest for developers:
* Full support for own .NET Controls
* Documented API
* Use any .NET Language like c# or VB.NET
* Full source code available (open source)
Features of interest for designers:
* No limits to design
* Super simple template engine
* Full support for web standards
* Full support for accessibility standards


Have been implementing umbraco since march 2007, from small websites to large multilingual web applications and community sites.
Using umbraco, development is faster and more fun!
For me, the greatest advantage of umbraco is it’s flexibility.
Umbraco rocks !
Umbraco just works and is very flexible regarding integrating with other sources
Very easy to set up and use.
Could have more built-in/available packages.
The best community support in history!
Done almost 60 Umbraco builds, and the platform goes from strength to strength. Takes a little bit to get up to speed, but after your first build, you’ll see the power of Umbraco
Getting quality training is a must!
I have been using umbraco since 2006 over 18 websites live and counting.
I stumbled across Umbraco while reviewing numerous opensource CMS’s (typo3, Mambo, plone). IAS as a company were looking for an opensource CMS for a particular target audience.
The winner for me was its easy of use and the active community support. Training courses with certification were available to quick start our Umbraco journey.
Its not called the friendly CMS for nothing!
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