A powerful and extensible .NET web content syndication framework for RSS, Atom, OPML, APML, BlogML, RSD and more. The Argotic Syndication Framework is a Microsoft .NET class library framework that enables developers to easily consume and/or generate syndicated content from within their own applications. The framework makes the reading and writing syndicated content in common formats such as RSS, Atom, OPML, APML, BlogML, and RSD very easy while still remaining extensible enough to support common/custom extensions to the syndication publishing formats. The framework includes out-of-the-box implementations of the most commonly used syndication extensions, network clients for sending and receiving peer-to-peer notification protocol messages; as well as HTTP handlers, modules, services and controls that provide rich syndication functionality to ASP.NET developers.

Microsoft has created an excellent starter kit, the Club Starter Kit, for individual clubs to host a variety of content. As an extension of the initial project, with the spirit of open source, we add additional value to the Club Starter Kit.

.communities is an AJAX-enabled, multi-user content management system that allows for an individual or an ISP to quickly create and administer a collaborative website such as a club site, a user group site, or a news site. Based on the popular source code of the original Community Starter Kit (CSK) released in 2003, it has a number of standard content modules and supports multiple site/url configurations via a single database. .communities contains all the features that you would expect to find in any other Web 2.0 application; HTML content, Wikis, Blogs, Discussions, Photo Galleries, RSS Newsfeeds etc. as well as a plethora of advanced configuration options and settings. Out of the box, .communities has everything you need to create and manage most types of site - its easy to use and runs on a core framework that can be fully customised if required.