Telerik DotNetNuke Partnership

About DotNetNuke

DotNetNuke is a widely adopted open-source content management system and framework for building web sites and web applications for Microsoft .NET. Clients worldwide have delivered hundreds of thousands of quality applications using this platform. The DNN content management system is offered for free download with the Community Edition which does not come with the complete features that are available with the licensed Professional Edition of the platform. The Professional Edition delivers the comprehensive feature set, support and documentation to meet a wide array of needs and scenarios of web content management system users.

About the Partnership

Telerik and DotNetNuke form a strategic partnership to combine the expertise of the world renowned DotNetNuke platform and the industry leading RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. It aims at bringing together the comprehensive and rich ASP.NET AJAX toolset and the DotNetNuke framework to deliver a less time-consuming, more interactive and cost-effective web development solution. Telerik ASP.NET AJAX Controls are distributed with every DotNetNuke Community and Professional Edition download, exposing the RadControls technology to the large, growing community of DNN developers worldwide. For a visual representation of how Telerik AJAX controls enhance the DNN platform refer to the following diagram: 

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Benefits for DotNetNuke Developers

The successful collaboration between DotNetNuke and Telerik provides developers with powerful tools to extend the content management system and deliver engaging UI experiences for website visitors. The market leading RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX are integrated into both of DotNetNuke’s Community and Professional Edition downloads and bring unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity to DotNetNuke projects.

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Licensing

The Community and Professional Editions of the DNN platform are based on common core code base. The Professional Edition offers extended features and functionalities not available with the Community download. Consequently, users of DNN Community Edition will be able to develop only through standard RadControls extensions included in the core DNN platform. A subscription for the Professional Edition grants full development rights to Telerik RadControls for an unlimited number of developers and provides the benefits of Telerik's full-featured, interactive ASP.NET AJAX toolset.

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Developers Using Previous Versions of DotNetNuke

Following this partnership, RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX are integrated into the DotNetNuke 5.2 Community and Professional Editions. Users developing on previous editions of the DotNetNuke platform can easily incorporate all Telerik ASP.NET UI products into DNN.

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