Q: What is COR?
A: COR is software that helps power users to become Web gurus by letting them build and maintain Web Sites. Users, with only browser, can log on to the Web Site to modify or create pages. Pages employ templates that support the placement and editing of web parts by the user (shown below – notice the 'Edit' and 'Delete" controls).

Q: How is COR different from web pages built using Microsoft ASP.net?
A: COR is a small layer of management software that is built directly on top of ASP.net 2.0. It takes full advantage of ASP.net Web Parts to implement its functionality. You get the full power of ASP.net 2.0 without requiring a software programmer for all, but the most complicated web pages.

Q: What Web Parts come with COR?
A: COR comes with a Library of 30 Web Parts. One notable inclusion in the library is a Word Web Part. It allows users to update content using Microsoft Word. Tables, formatting, and pictures in the Word document are automatically converted to HTML by the Word Web Part.

Q: What are some of the other key features of COR?
A: COR directly supports a menu bar across the top of the page and a menu bars on either the side of the page. COR also keeps track of the user's location in the WEB site by displaying "bread crumbs".

Q: What does COR stand for?
A: COR stands for Controls On the Right. This is because when a user is editing a page the controls are displayed on the right hand side of the page. The example below shows the 'controls on right' being employed to add a web part to the header area of the page.

Q: Why did you build COR?
A: We built COR because we needed something to build our own WEB sites. We started by building our Web sites using just ASP.net pages and eventually evolved to COR. We also use COR to build Jetfire Workflow solutions.

Q: Why not just use SharePoint?
A: Microsoft SharePoint is a wonderful product. Many of the features of COR look very similar to SharePoint. COR; however is a much lighter product that is focused on building Web sites.

Q: How much does COR cost?
A: COR is free. The source code is available and does not have any restrictive licensing requirements (BSD license). See COR-Why make it free? and Open Source License Favorites for more details.

Q: How can I extend COR or add a new WEB Part?
A: COR is well documented and uses standard Microsoft programming patterns. An experienced programmer should have no trouble extending COR or adding a Web Part. Naturally, we can be contracted to add new features or build new Web Parts (contact us).

Q: Where can I download COR?
A: www.codeplex.com/cor

Q: What is the difference between DotNetNuke and COR?
A: DotNetNuke employs Web controls and is based on .Net 1.1. Pages in DotNetNuke are built by programmers. COR uses Web Parts and is based on .net 2.0. Pages in COR are built by privileged user(s).

Q: What is required get a Web site running using COR?
A: COR can use, as the server, any Windows or Vista PC that supports Internet Information Services and Forms authentication. Many ISPs support this configuration. The ISP we use is LFC Hosting.

Q: Are there some examples of sites that use COR?
A: yes.

Jetfire
Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association
National Capital Wrestling Club
Ottawa Wrestling Festival
Canada Cup
Arbutus Associates

See Also
COR-Why make it free?
Open Source License Favorites
Download COR from CodePlex