Microsoft released a beta version of its first open source content management system (CMS) on December 5. This free and open source CMS from Microsoft can be used to create powerful blogs and even large websites.
The development code name of Microsoft's first open source CMS is Oxite. Its origin is the MIX Online site established by Microsoft for Web developers, which provides learning examples for developers who want to learn ASP.NET MVC technology. It was then integrated into a development framework.
According to the developers, it will be a content management platform that is compatible with Web standards and highly scalable. Microsoft said that Oxite includes some important blogging functions, can perform complex operations, and has blog publishing, trackback citation notices, anonymous comments and comment review and other functions that blogging systems usually have. In addition, it can also manage comments and add any page to the system. Output as an RSS feed and comes with a web management panel.
Oxite is also suitable for ordinary users and can be used to easily add new pages or secondary pages to the website.
At first glance, Oxite appears to compete with the blogging product offered by the well-established Six Apart. However, Microsoft said that Oxite is designed for developers, not netizens who are not technical and just want to set up a personal blog. Its official website also states, "Oxite is created for developers who want to learn ASP.NET MVC technology. However, if the development community decides to develop it into a CMS platform suitable for ordinary users, we will not interfere."
Microsoft is currently releasing the Oxite website as an Alpha test version. All source codes will be released last Friday. As of this Monday (December 9), it has been downloaded more than 300 times. MIX Online is the only website so far that uses Oxite code.
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