Before you start the installation, please make sure you have the following software installed. Other configurations may work too, but the system was not tested on them.

 

Server-side Requirements

 

•Windows XP, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, Windows Vista Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate or Windows 7 (both 32bit and 64bit)

•Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or higher

•Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) or Visual Studio/Visual Web Developer 2005/2008 built-in web server

•Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008 (including free SQL Server Express Edition)

 

Hosting Requirements

 

•ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 (or higher) and Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 support

•Medium-trust or full-trust permissions for the ASP.NET application

•If the server uses medium trust, ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 must be installed on the server.

•If the application uses .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and is hosted in a medium trust environment, it is necessary to have Microsoft Chart Controls installed on the server.

•It's recommended that your hosting plan comes with 125 MB or more memory and 100+ MB database.

 

You can use your favorite hosting provider or choose from our hosting partners.

 

Development Tools

 

If you want to create custom web parts or integrate custom code, you need Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 or Visual Web Developer 2005/2008/2010 Express Edition.

 

Supported Client Browsers for Content Editors

 

•Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9

•Firefox 3.6, 4.0, 5.0

•Chrome 12

•Safari 4.0, 5.0, 5.1

 

Supported Client Browsers for Site Visitors

 

•Internet Explorer 6.0+

•Firefox 3.6+

•Chrome 12+

•Safari 4.0+

•Opera 10.50+

 

(the visitor browser requirements depend on functionality used on the website)

 

Required experience

 

Although Kentico CMS allows you to create dynamic websites without programming, you may need to create custom web parts or add custom code when developing a more complex website. You should be able to create a simple application in ASP.NET 3.5 using Visual Studio 2005 and have some experience with relational databases and SQL, so that you can leverage the flexibility of Kentico CMS.