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Getting Started

• Installing Orchard
• Manually Installing Orchard Using a .zip File
• Working with Orchard in WebMatrix
• Getting Around the Dashboard
• Building Your First Orchard Site
• Navigation and Menus
• Adding a Blog to Your Site
• Adding and Managing Media Content
• Managing Widgets
• Organizing Content Using Tags
• Create Custom Forms

About the Project

• Orchard Concept Definitions
• A guide to all the built-in modules and features of Orchard
• What's Happening Now?
• Frequently Asked Questions

Tutorial Videos

• Tutorial videos about Orchard

Documentation

• Authoring Websites

  • Blogging with LiveWriter
  • Creating Global-Ready Applications
  • Search and Indexing
  • Saving, Scheduling, and Publishing Drafts
  • Creating Custom Content Types

• Customizing Websites

  • Previewing and Applying a Theme
  • Installing Themes
  • Customizing Themes

• Using the Orchard Gallery

  • Gallery Overview
  • Installing Modules and Themes from the Gallery
  • Browsing the Gallery Web Site
  • Contributing a Module or Theme to the Gallery
  • Registering Additional Gallery Feeds

• Managing Websites

  • Enabling and Disabling Features
  • Using the Command-Line Interface
  • Installing and Upgrading Modules
  • Modifying Site Settings
  • Moderating Comments
  • Managing Users and Roles
  • Understanding Permissions
  • Making a Website Recipe

• Hosting and Deploying Websites

  • Upgrading a Site to a New Version of Orchard
  • Optimizing Server Performance of Orchard Applications
  • What's New for Windows Azure in Orchard 1.7.1
  • Deploying Orchard to Windows Azure
  • Using Windows Azure Blob Storage
  • Using Windows Azure Cache
  • Running Orchard on Mono
  • Setting Up a Multi-Tenant Orchard Site
  • Setting up a Machine Key

• Extending Orchard

  • First Steps into Orchard
  • How Orchard Works
  • Command-Line Code Generation
  • Building a Hello World module
  • Creating a Module with a Simple Text Editor
  • Writing a Content Part
  • Writing a Content Field
  • Packaging and Sharing a Module