Feather: Get started
To start working with Feather, you need to first install the Feather module in Sitefinity CMS or install the Feather NuGet package.
PREREQUISITES: Sitefinity CMS 7.3 or higher
Install Feather module in Sitefinity
- In Sitefinity CMS, navigate to Administration » Modules & Services.
- Click the Actions link next to the Feather module.
Click Install.
Install Feather latest version as NuGet package (optional)
PREREQUISITES: Visual Studio 2010 or higher
Feather is officially released as part of each Sitefinity CMS release. In addition, Feather has regular updates that you can optionally download the latest Feather update as a NuGet package from the Sitefinity CMS NuGet repository.
IMPORTANT:
Before updating to the latest Feather version, make sure to backup your frontend packages:
If you are working with Sitefinity CMS 7.3, you need to install Feather version 1.1.110.0
If you are working with Sitefinity CMS 8.0, you need to install Feather version 1.2.290.1
If you are working with Sitefinity CMS 8.1, you need to install the latest version, starting with 1.3.xx
- To install the latest Feather version as a NuGet package, follow the steps described in the procedure on the home of Sitefinity CMS NuGet repository.
- In the Install NuGet packages section, step 3, you must install the
Telerik.Sitefinity.Feather
package.
Verify Feather installation
- In Sitefinity CMS, go to Pages and then create a page.
- Click on the Select another template button.
In case Feather is successfully installed, you will see some additional page templates, organized in one of the categories:
- Bootstrap
- Semantic
- Foundation
Next steps
You can jump right into Feather by learning how to create Feather widgets. For details, see Feather: Create widgets.
You can start exploring the main Feather development areas:
Develop standalone components
To develop widgets in a non-Sitefinity CMS project, you must install the standalone Telerik.Sitefinity.Feather.Standalone
NuGet package. This package differs from the regular Telerik.Sitefinity.Feather
NuGet package because it contains dependencies to the Sitefinity Telerik.Sitefinity.All
package.
Thus, you can reuse the Telerik.Sitefinity.Feather.Standalone
NuGet package in more than one project.