The Charity starter kit (Telerik Charity) can be used to quickly create an interactive and engaging non-profit website. Originally inspired by the Microsoft GiveCamp charity events, the Charity starter kit contains a suite of useful custom widgets and helps educate developers about Sitefinity CMS.

Using the Charity starter kit, you can create:

• Social media widgets - including Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr
• Donation widget with PayPal integration
• Maps widget - with Bing Maps integration
• iCal reminder and feeds for events
• Custom templates and themes
• Sample contact form
• Volunteer and job opportunity pages

• Sitefinity CMS license
• .NET Framework 4.5
• Visual Studio 2012
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 or later versions

Clear the NuGet cache files. To do this:

1. In Windows Explorer, open the %localappdata%\NuGet\Cache folder.
2. Select all files and delete them.

The solution in this repository relies on NuGet packages with automatic package restore while the build procedure takes place.
For a full list of the referenced packages and their versions see the packages.config file.
For a history and additional information related to package versions on different releases of this repository, see the Releases page.

1. In Solution Explorer, navigate to SitefinityWebApp » App_Data » Sitefinity » Configuration and select the StartupConfig.config file.
2. Modify the dbType, sqlInstance and dbName values to match your server settings.
3. Build the solution.

For version-specific details about the required Sitefinity CMS NuGet packages for this sample application, click on Releases.

To login into the Sitefinity CMS backend, use the following credentials:
Username: admin
Password: password