Development

►ASP.NET Support

Get the full power of .NET Framework when rendering content or extending and customizing websites or C1 itself.

►Master Pages Support

Feel comfortable in Composite C1 with familiar technologies such as ASP.NET Master Pages and get more out of an ASP.NET-based CMS. Use Master Pages along with, or in place of XHTML-based page layout templates.

►Open Source

Use Composite C1's open source code to tailor to your specific needs. Employ Composite C1 API and open architecture to get a website of your dream.

►Razor Support

Transform and render content on your website using cutting-edge technologies such as Razor. Create and use Razor functions as you do with any other C1 functions.

►Rendering Functions

Use functions to render content on your web pages. Create rendering functions in any way you feel convenient about – Visual, C#, XSLT or SQL.

►SQL Support

Create and use SQL functions to render content on web pages. Use Microsoft SQL Server database as a data store for your website.

►XML Support

Create and use XSLT functions to render content on web pages. Directly edit XHTML in web pages and layout templates. Use XML flat files as a data store for your website.

►XSLT Support

Use XSLT to flexibly transform your XML data into the content and appearance you exactly expect on your website.

Editor Tools

►Content Reuse

Keep reusable information in one place. Use it in multiple places to reduce your work and ensure consistency of the information across your website.

►Content Styling

Apply various style classes to the elements on a web page such as paragraphs, headings, images, tables or links.

►Microsoft Word Support

Create your content in a Microsoft Word Document if you need to. Simply paste it in Composite C1 WYSIWYG Editor keeping original formatting and getting neat markup.

►Multiple Page Layouts

Use different layouts for pages with different content purposes. Experiment with layouts by switching them on the fly to see which layout fits a page best.

►Page Preview

Preview pages when a layout template is applied or dynamic content is rendered. See what the pages will look like before saving or publishing them.

►Publication Workflow

Arrange the process of content publication as a sequence of several steps and have people with different roles to take these steps in a specific order.

►SEO Assistant

Optimize your website for search engines. Improve its positions in the search results. Ensure more relevant visitors to your website.

►Structured Content

Some content such as product lists or news items can consists of a number of elements that share the same structure. Keep this content in a structured way, which is similar to how you can store and access your data in database tables.

►Undo Changes

Undo unwelcome changes in a web page to roll back to its latest published version.

►Visual Functions

Use visual functions to add globally available reusable content. Create the functions without programming skills or need for training.

►WYSIWYG Editor

Create and edit web pages without XHTML skills with Visual Editor. Ensure that edited and formatted content on a page will look exactly the same in the user's web browser.

►XHTML Validation

Miss no errors while editing the XHTML source code. Have your code compliant with XHTML standards.

Media

►Image Editor

Edit images stored in the Media Archive without leaving C1. Use it to make changes often required for images used on web pages such as cropping, scaling, flipping and rotating.

►Insert Images

Insert images with a couple of clicks from the Media Archive in C1 as well as from external resources. Upload images right when inserting.

►Media Archive

Store all your media files centrally in the Media Archive. Use the files in the Media Archive when creating websites to enhance their user experience.

Security

►Access Control

Distribute the responsibility for content management among different user groups. Control what content or features the user groups can access in C1.

►Global Permissions

Allow the users to do only specific tasks by assigning them permissions for operations valid across the entire system.

►Local Permissions

Allow users to do specific tasks by assigning them permissions locally for operations on individual items.

User Experience

►Context Help

Get quick information on what the field or control is for or what input is expected from you. Be guarded from wrong steps by user-friendly messages.

►Cross Browser Compliance

Work on your web design and content in the most commonly used web browsers: Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer.

►Familiar UI

Focus on the content you author working in a familiar word-processing environment rather than on the technologies used behind websites and web pages.

►GUI Localization

Have the Console GUI in your language or make it in your language.

►Instant Editing

Edit a page instantly while browsing your website.

►One Layer UI

Navigate and access most areas in C1 with a streamlined and intuitive user interface. Be always clear about what you can do and where exactly in the system.

►Page Based Overview

Get an instant overview of your website structure while creating web content. Build up the content hierarchy within your website in a simple and intuitive way.

►Web Based CMS

Use a web browser all the way to create and bring your websites online.

►Wizards

Get through all complex processes in website and content management with intelligent wizards.

Website Features

►Starter Sites

Save time and learn from examples by installing one of the Starter Site based on your favorite technology. Choose your flavor from simple HTML to XSLT to Master Pages to Razor.

►W3C Compliance

Enhance user experience of your websites and boost its search-engine friendliness with C1's out-of-the-box compliance with W3C standards.

►Website Localization

Increase your target audiences by localizing and translating your websites. Focus on the content of the localized website rather than its structure or appearance and usability.

►Windows Azure Support

Bring your website into the cloud. Deploy an existing or new Composite C1 website on Windows Azure and even have it handle load balancing and geo-targeting for you.