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Sitefinity CMS, Templates, Development & Managed Hosting

Sitefinity CMS

 

Sitefinity CMS & Custom Web Design Indianapolis

A content management system allows you to log into your company website and add and update text, pictures, and links – even create dynamic buttons in the sub-navigation. Sitefinity CMS allows you to update content quickly and easily.

BoxCrush is an experienced Indianapolis Sitefinity agency with a diverse portfolio that demonstrates our ability to customize a solution to meet the unique needs of our clients. 

Sitefinity for Enterprise-Level Companies

Some web design companies pitch custom or proprietary platforms as your only option for enterprise-level content management. While a custom content management system can be tailored to your specific business model, the cost is often prohibitive. A modular content management system allows you to add features that would normally exceed your budget for custom development.

Our experience with a wide variety of content management systems has convinced us that the most effective, scalable, customizable option for website development is Sitefinity – a full-featured enterprise CMS with unparalleled functionality and performance. Sitefinity supports custom development, custom templates, eCommerce, managed mobile apps, and more.

Sitefinity allows the addition of standard or customized widgets or modules for increased functionality. If your site needs a few unique features, we can customize Sitefinity to meet those specific needs. Modules may include but are not limited to:

  • In-site search

  • eCommerce

  • Event management, news, and blogs

  • Custom image rotators

  • Content personalization

  • Responsive design control

  • Photo galleries and file management

  • Sitefinity Customization

Sitefinity Templates

BoxCrush® can customize Progress Sitefinity templates based on our web design or work with your agency to incorporate your existing brand standards and design into your custom template.

Whether we deliver the entire package or partner with other agencies and design shops, BoxCrush guarantees a Sitefinity custom design that works. Our team of skilled developers can create MVC, Hybrid, or WebForms templates using Native or Fluent APIs.


Our Sitefinity Experience

BoxCrush has been building and managing websites in Sitefinity since 2009 – collectively, we have 40 years of experience working with this platform. We can build your custom Sitefinity templates, manage your security updates, and update your software as new versions are released.

Take a look at some of the Sitefinity custom designs in our portfolio.

 

Sitefinity Development

Sometimes you need to interface with your existing accounting software. Sometimes you need a custom Google Maps integration. Sometimes your needs are so special (you know who you are!) that open source hasn’t caught up with you yet. When custom functionality is necessary, you need a Sitefinity developer who can build a custom solution to integrate directly with your CMS.

At BoxCrush®, we develop every aspect of your online presence to support your brand and your business goals. We integrate creativity with digital marketing savvy and technical expertise to design websites, apps, and tools that get results.

Sitefinity Widgets and Custom Modules

As an experienced Sitefinity agency, BoxCrush creates custom widgets and modules that work seamlessly with the CMS to deliver unique or enhanced functionality to your website, eCommerce, or apps. You’ll notice a crisp and intuitive user experience as well as integrated functions that deliver results.

Sitefinity eCommerce

The Sitefinity eCommerce module makes it easy for you to manage the shopping experience from a single platform. A single fully integrated system for CMS and eCommerce allows you to sell items right next to blog posts, content pages, or news and event pages.

At BoxCrush®, we’re experts in Sitefinity eCommerce development. We’ve developed websites for both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) clients, and our eCommerce web designs get results. With effective eCommerce web design and calls to action, we can lead your website visitors to the point of sale.

Sitefinity eCommerce Website Integration

We can integrate with your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and import your existing product data. No matter how complex your needs might be, BoxCrush will ensure your website communicates properly with your existing inventory and order system.

Sitefinity eCommerce Development

BoxCrush can provide professional copywriting for product descriptions, including search-optimized content that helps improve your rankings for specific keywords. Already have great product descriptions or want to write your own? We'll teach you how to manage your eCommerce website content so you can add and update product information on your own.

Sitefinity Training

Most organizations want some degree of control over their website – when they need to make a quick change, they don’t want to “submit a ticket” to a support desk. Via video conference, we’ll show you how to use your CMS to add, remove, or edit content. And of course, if you need our help upgrading to the latest version of Sitefinity to improve your site's security, we can help you.

Sitefinity User Permissions

Maybe you don’t want your entire team to have access to every page on your website. We can show you how to manage user permissions and how to “lock” specific pages.

Sitefinity Upgrades

Sitefinity periodically issues security updates and new versions of its software. When that happens, BoxCrush can provide guidance on whether it’s time to update your site, and we can manage any updates for you. If any features or functions of the software have changed, we can provide additional training for you and your team.

Sitefinity Training for Large Organizations

Sometimes we find that onsite training works better than remote instruction, especially for large organizations. If you want to train your whole IT department or marketing team, or you have multiple network administrators, BoxCrush can provide onsite training and answer questions for your team.

Sitefinity Managed Hosting

BoxCrush creates and tailors hosting to your specific needs. When you need more than just a budget shared hosting space for your website, BoxCrush offers dedicated Sitefinity hosting for medium-sized and enterprise-level organizations. Our experienced Sitefinity development team offers 24/7 support – if your site is slow, or crashes, we’ll know about it immediately and begin troubleshooting. We can also help you identify and correct security vulnerabilities. 

When you turn your Sitefinity hosting over to BoxCrush, it means that you have the power of a dedicated server along with the personal touch of the BoxCrush team managing every aspect of your website hosting. Our hosting packages include:

Sitefinity Managed Hosting Features

Fully managed dedicated Sitefinity server instances

  • 24-hour/365 days monitoring and response

  • Uptime, CPU usage, and memory usage monitors

  • Virus protection

  • Scheduled database backups

  • Scheduled server instance snapshot

Available Compliance Scanning

Cloud-based intrusion detection

  • PCI compliance scanning

  • HIPAA compliance monitoring and reporting

  • Ongoing scanning, monitoring, and emerging threat detection

Talk to BoxCrush

Ready to see for yourself what Sitefinity can do for your business? Book a meeting or contact us using the form below. 

USRowing

Custom Sitefinity Development & Design

USRowing
Custom graphic design for USRowing News page design for USRowing US Rowing news module design Custom web design search box for USRowing

Overview

BoxCrush built USRowing’s existing enterprise-level website and was able to upgrade the website, incorporating responsive design (which provides an optimal web experience across all devices) and a major Sitefinity upgrade. BoxCrush also set up a comprehensive 301 redirect strategy to migrate more than 1,700 pages of content (preserving not only backlinks and bookmarks, but also the SEO ranking of pages currently indexed by Google), rebuilt many custom widgets, modules, and templates, and provided a number of custom design elements including the header, which resembles an oar.

Tags :
  • Design
  • Development
  • Nonprofit
  • Sitefinity CMS

Quick Facts

  • Migrated more than 1,700 pages of content from Sitefinity 3.5 to Sitefinity 7.2
    • News, blogs, events, pages, videos
    • Transfer/rebuild of custom widgets using Sitefinity Module Builder
    • Integration with third-party database
  • Brand redesign by BoxCrush®
  • Created and implemented new Sitefinity templates
  • Implemented responsive design
    • Used the Sitefinity Layout Builder to allow the client to manage layouts and responsive design capabilities
  • Implemented comprehensive 301 redirect strategy
  • Custom image rotator
  • Custom widget templates
  • Custom modules
  • Custom social media feeds

BACKGROUND

USRowing, the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States, had a Sitefinity website that its leadership wanted to update to the most recent version of Sitefinity. BoxCrush built USRowing’s existing enterprise-level website and was able to upgrade the website, incorporating responsive design (which provides an optimal web experience across all devices) and a major Sitefinity upgrade. 

CHALLENGE

USRowing begant their partnership with BoxCrush in 2010 when we implemented Sitefinity version 3.5 for them. After five years on the platform, the organization decided to upgrade to the latest version of Sitefinity. 

What made this upgrade a challenge was more than 1,700 pages of content, including news, blogs, pages, and video along with custom modules and a complex database integration that had been performed by a third party. Additionally, Sitefinity itself had been fully re-envisioned with version 4.0 and rebuilt from the ground up. The first step in the documented path to update Sitefinity was to upgrade to 3.7. Because of the way the earlier integration had been performed, this proved to be impossible.

SOLUTION

BoxCrush redesigned the USRowing site and then created and built custom Sitefinity templates incorporating the new brand. BoxCrush then built a custom migration tool to bring over all of the new content and map the fields from the old template design to the redesigned site.

With more than 1,700 pages of content to migrate, a comprehensive 301 redirect strategy was necessary to ensure that all of the Google Page Authority was passed on from the old site to the new site and so that users’ bookmarks and the thousands of inbound links from other websites would continue to function.

The Sitefinity Module Builder was used for the transfer and the rebuilding of custom widgets. The website was also re-integrated with the 3rd party database.  A custom image rotator was created as part of the new design, as well as custom widget templates for existing tools such as the Events and News controls. YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook feeds were added to the homepage of the site.  

The Sitefinity Layout Builder and Mobile Module were used to build a responsive design that catered to tablets and smartphones and was still highly customizable by the USRowing team. The client was given the full capability to manage layouts and responsive design capabilities without ever touching code.

BoxCrush Custom Sitefinity Development

Sitefinity services can give you the sleek, modern website you've always wanted. As a Sitefinity partner, we can make your website a leader in the digital world.

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