Sitecore Small Business Starter Kit

Well, the title pretty much says it all.. Sitecore has, as of today (i think), released a version of the installer for v5.3.1 called Sitecore Small Business Starter kit and it is the kind of istaller that you'd love to have on you everywhere you go - and as soon as you get the question 'so, how great is it?', all you'll have to do from now on is to run the setup and show off the result..

weighting in at 238MB it's a big installer and could be argued that it's way to big to even consider downloading - but man it really does pull it off!

short version: there's now an installer that installs sitecore v5.3.1 just as it used to, but above that is the treat: a fully functioning, multi-purpose, highly customizable and easy to manage site that you can deploy to a customer in hours instead of days/weeks/months.

(i sure hope i can actually post the screenshots of this, because i really think it's something you all should download and try for yourselves.. and, if it turns out i'm not allowed to, well, then the screenshots will go away... )

what the heck am i talking about? i'm talking about this:

Your regular, out-of-the-box, fully functional sitecore installer..

.. that gives you your regular, out-of-the-box, fully functional sitecore cms..

but there's more! it also gives you your very own, ready-to-run, fully-functional website..

.. complete with your very own, not so standard, sample site to see how it all can come together..

.. and finally, your very own, just like you'd like to have it, fully functional help site that describes just about all there is to know and do about the Sitecore Small Business Startup Kit!

oh, don't get fooled by the resolution - all the screenshots are from my tablet-pc, and they just don't grant you the luxury of a fantastic screen size, so you'll have to live with that.

Ok, i'll admit it, i'm a 100% certified Sitecore fanatic, but man - this is really a installer that you can bring to the customer and prove the many benefits the product has - all without having to write a single line of code and it's all available there for you to grab and start using!

conclusion: an awesome job that really makes a tedious task incredibly easy & eye-catching!

and on that note i'll end this sitecore-praise post.

take care,

P.