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I have over 10 high-profile websites with each one based out of a different county (imagine Widget USA, Widget France, Widget UK, Widget Germany, etc.). With that said, we have multiple languages. Some will just have one language while others will support multiple languages.
The websites are developed in ASP.NET 3.5 and use Microsoft SQL Server. The CMS will have to live in the same hosting environment. It would also be nice if it's written in ASP.NET and we have the option of modifying the CMS.
Each website will make use of sitemap.xml so I want the CMS to automatically update the sitemap.xml each time a static page is created, edited or deleted. The user should not be bothered with updating this file manually.
The CMS has to support many different users in different geographic locations. This can't be a client-side solution. I need something that is completely server side. Given the different languages, some content authors may not know English so it would be nice if the CMS itself would support languages for things like instructions, help, etc. This may not be a requirement.
Each website will have a custom and unique look. We're not using any pre-designed template so I need to be able to implement whatever editable page regions I want.
I'm not that concerned with price. Cost is secondary to the above requirements.
I have been browsing this forum and heard recommendations for Umbraco and DotNetNuke. For those with experience with these CMS options, will either work for me? Thanks for your help.
I know that most of the stuff you ask for would be available in a lot of CMS, but I just don't know the ones you mention.
BTW, when you say you're not concerned with cost, I suspect you haven't priced some of the big enterprise systems like Red Dot which can be a few hundred thousand dollars to deploy over many sites (and based on what I've seen where my wife works, I'd still rather have Drupal than Red Dot any day).
