The document discusses Orchard, an open source content management system (CMS). It provides an overview of Orchard including its history and basic concepts. Key points include that Orchard focuses on content (C) management through content types and parts. Modules and themes can be used to extend its functionality and change its appearance. Installation options through Codeplex, WebPI and WebMatrix are mentioned. The presenter invites questions and provides resources for learning more about Orchard.

1. The new CMS in town: Orchard
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2. Your presenter
 Kris van der Mast
 blog.krisvandermast.com
 @KvdM
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3. agenda
 what
 some history
 installation
 basic concepts
 themes
 modules
 questions
 and…some announcement
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5. some history
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6. installation
 Codeplex.com
 WebPI
 WebMatrix
 Mercurial
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7. Demo
Installation via Webmatrix
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8. basic concepts: it’s all about the C in CMS
 Content item : single piece of content (blog post, product)
 Content type : class for content item
 Content part : combined make up a content type
 Content field : piece of information which can be added to a
content type
 Module : all kinds of possible extensions (gallery)
 Features : logical grouping of functionality contained by modules
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9. basic concepts: UI composition
layer { group of widgets, activated by rules, when to show
widgets { small fragment of UI
zone { defines where to place a widget
placement { place a shape in a zone
shape { information for the template
template { formats data + transforms into html
layout { general organization of zones
theme { packaged look and feel
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10. themes
 Gallery
 http://tuning.bind.pt/Home.aspx
 Create your own (can be based on another theme!)
- Install + enable module code generation
- Open Orchard console
- Codegen theme MyTheme [/BasedOn:TheThemeMachine]
- Set MyTheme as current theme in dashboard
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11. modules
 Gallery
 Create your own
- codegen module MyBingMaps
- codegen datamigration MyBingMaps
- feature enable MyBingMaps
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12. summary
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 mailto:join-orchard-discuss@lists.outercurve.org
 http://orchard.codeplex.com/discussions
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13. questions
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14. resources
 http://orchardproject.net/
 http://orchardproject.net/gallery/
 http://blog.krisvandermast.com
 http://www.davidhayden.me/blog
 http://www.szmyd.com.pl/blog
 http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/
 http://www.showorchard.com/ (upcoming)
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15. webcamps
 Monday December 5th 2011
 Wednesday January 11th 2012
 Monday February 6th 2012
 Tuesday March 20th 2012
@ Microsoft Belgium (Zaventem)
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16. Thanks for watching!
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