Using DotNetNuke has many benefits. Its ability to benefit everyone, from website developers and web designers, to content managers and organizations, makes it an ideal technology choice for any website.

• Easy to use
• Flexible
• Proven
• Supported
• 1000s of read-to-use functionalities
• 1000s of ready-to-use visual appearances

Easier and faster website development

DotNetNuke will make developing websites faster, whether you are using DotNetNuke as an instant website builder or as a web application framework. For more information, see our Developing with DNN section. 

Benefit from 1000s of ready-to-use functionalities

DotNetNuke comes with many built-in features that are ready to be used in your website. By using DotNetNuke, you will be able to add rich features to your website, for free, such as discussion forums, blogs, feedback forms and much more. You can also select from thousands of commercial extensions, that will allow you to include advanced functionalities, such as image galleries, image slideshows, opt-in email marketing and e-commerce. And if you can't find what you need, you still have the option to develop customized extensions, knowing that there is a community of over 700,000 users ready to assist.

Make more money developing websites

DotNetNuke will give you a competitive advantage to win website development contracts. By showing your potential clients the many advantages they will have if their website is built with DotNetNuke, you can more easily convince people to choose your services. Shorter delays to develop websites, fully featured websites, ability to manage content easily in-house, proven technology: these arguments will certainly help you sell your proposal.

Concentrate on design only -- even forget XHTML and CSS if you want

DotNetNuke uses a standard format for managing the visual appearance of the website, referred to as a "skin." This creates a clean separation between the visual appearance of the website and the content. It is possible to change the appearance of the entire website with a few clicks, by assigning a new skin to the website. Once your design is completed and approved, you can either create the skin yourself and do the CSS / XHTML integration or opt for a PSD to DNN service that will, for a variable fee, provide you with CSS / XHTML from the PSD design without you having to master all the necessary coding. This way, you can concentrate on designing and forget the technical integration stuff.

Create full featured websites without programming knowledge

Most web designers are not experts in programming (or can't program at all). When using other technologies, you most likely need a programmer to create the website functionalities. But when using DotNetNuke, you can easily add functionalities, such as discussion forums, blogs, contact forms and much more, for free, with just a few clicks. You can also choose to buy from 1000s of 3rd party functionalities for a small fee, which you will be able to easily install and that will enable advanced functionalities, with no programming required by you.

Sell your web designs for additional revenue and visibility

DotNetNuke has an official marketplace where you can sell your DotNetNuke skins. This can benefit you in 2 ways. First, you can get an additional income from selling your designs. Most of the skins are sold between $50 and $150. While this is not a huge amount, consider that the skins can be purchased by many users over many years. The amount of money you can expect depends on the quality of your design. If your designs are great, you will get noticed, increasing your visibility and leading to requests for custom designs.

Easily manage the website content by yourself -- without technical expertise

DotNetNuke makes it easy for anyone to modify a website's content, such as adding or removing text and images, adding news, adding new pages, managing picture galeries and slideshows, all of this, without requiring advanced technical knowledge. One of the tools that comes with DotNetNuke is a rich text editor that enables you to edit and format content as if you were using Microsoft Word. All content management is done with simple interfaces, requiring no advanced computer knowledge.

Reduce cost on website licensing, management and maintenance

Content Management Systems can cost up to $40,000 per website. DotNetNuke Community Edition offers enough functionalities for most websites and is available at absolutely no cost. If you want more advanced functionalities and more support, you can opt for the Profesionnal Edition of DotNetNuke which has a really affordable price of $2,000 per year. DotNetNuke provides the best value around.

DotNetNuke enables easy content management without requiring a technical expert. This means that you can do content management and updates in-house, without depending on an external technical expert, with lower costs and faster updates.

DotNetNuke allows changes to the entire look of a website with just a few clicks. This means that, when the visual appearance of your website gets to look outdated, you can change the appearance without creating a new website from scratch, reducing the cost of applying a new look.

Avoid vendor lockup by using a widely adopted technology

Many companies have developed their own proprietary content management systems and build websites on top of their technology. Investing in small proprietary technologies is never the best idea. The problems arise when for some reason, the company you are working with does not satisfy you anymore or cannot serve you for any reason. You are then stuck with a website built with a technology that no other company can work with and have to build a new website from scratch. DotNetNuke is the most widely adopted open-source content management system built on the .NET Framework and has a community of more than 700,000 developers available to help you with anything you may need.

Secure your technology investment by using a mature, supported technology

DotNetNuke was created in 2002 and its adoption and growth has never slowed down. The technology is now well established and proven: it is trusted by more than 700,000 websites, with a community of more than 700,000 developers. As for the future, DotNetNuke is always under development and has acquired funding to ensure that it can adapt to new needs and keep getting better. Using DotNetNuke is a good strategic technology investment.
 

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