Welcome to Community Server!
BottomLine Hosting plans all come with a
control panel installation available of a free
version of Community Server. Community Server is the award winning
platform for rapidly enabling online
communities. Community Server hosting includes
all the integrated tools you need to create your
community site.
- Designed for performance -
Community Server is the platform of choice
by small and large organizations; For
example, Microsoft uses Community Server for
running many of its community oriented
sites (such as
blogs.msdn.com)
- Designed to be secure - From its
SQL Server backend to its ASP.NET front-end
and all the components in-between, Community
Server has designed to be secure "out of the
box", but also a platform upon which
companies can confidently share secure and
private information.
- Unrivaled Permissions - Community
Server presents the site manager with an
unrivaled set of options via a robust
permissions system for controlling all user
actions within the application. Coupled with
auditing capabilities you know what is
happening in your applications at all times.
- Extensible - With a skinning and
theming system adopted by many other .NET
applications Community Server allows for
unparalleled flexibility with the end user
interface (for example,
www.gearlog.com and
www.microsoftgadgets.com). Now with the
addition of Community Server modules you can
now also use a rich set of extensible
components and add-ons to do even more with
your Community Server system.
- Reference Application - With the
core source code published (code.communityserver.org)
many imitations are available, but none can
keep up with the rapid pace of innovation of
Community Server. Community Server source is
an often referred to reference used by
thousands of .NET developers daily.
- RSS, Email, and News Server support
- With features such as RSS and Secure RSS
Community Server information is easily
delivered in a variety of ways. Additionally
through the News Server add-on and Email
add-on your Community Server system is
easily accessible on-line or off-line with
any email client or news reader client.
- Constant innovation - In July of
2004 Community Server combined the first
.NET forums, blogging, and photo gallery
solutions into one cohesive platform.
Bringing together a combined total of nearly
9 years of software and community creation
experience. In September of 2005, Telligent
acquired Dozing Dogs (a popular .NET Content
Management System) and will begin to
blend its functionality with Community
Server as well.
