What is Umbraco?
Umbraco is an open source content management system (CMS) built on Microsoft .NET framework. It was first released in February 2005 and has since grown rapidly, now having more than 700,000 active installations. You can read more about Umbraco here.
Why use Umbraco?
Umbraco is highly extensible, which allows designers and developers to customize an Umbraco website depending on their specific business requirements, and integrate it with third-party systems such as ERP, CRM, PIM, inventory management systems, and mobile apps.
Using an open source CMS like Umbraco is also a cost-effective choice when developing websites or web applications as opposed to using a proprietary system, where you run the risk of getting into a vendor lock-in situation.
What can you do with Umbraco?
With ASP.NET as its foundation, Umbraco can be used as a platform for many applications, such as:
Designing Umbraco
You can choose between a theme or a custom design for your Umbraco website or webshop.
With a wide range of themes available in online marketplaces, you’re likely to find one that represents your brand. Using a theme also won’t cost as much as having your website designed and developed from scratch. We normally encourage customers to choose a theme and then we do modifications to the purchased theme to better fit your branding.
If the commercial themes available don’t suit you, our design team can create a custom design that meets your exact requirements. Or if you have your own designers, we can work with them as well.
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Umbraco extensions
Extending the functionalities of Umbraco is almost limitless. You can use off-the-shelf packages (Umbraco's version of extensions or plugins) for this, or—if you can’t find one that fits your specific requirements—we can develop a custom package for you.
There are currently more than 1,200 packages developed for Umbraco. Check out Our Umbraco to get an idea on the kind of packages available for Umbraco sites.
Umbraco hosting
Umbraco is supported by many hosting providers.
For smaller setups, a shared or dedicated server with a hosting provider that you’re already using will suffice. For bigger solutions, using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure may be a better option for scalability. Umbraco also offers their hosting solution through Umbraco Cloud.
When you use 1902 Software, we also help you choose the hosting solution that best suits you. Whatever you choose, we handle the setup, installation, and configuration of the system.