Force.com Sites lets you create public web applications and web sites that run natively on Force.com - under your own domain. This lets you easily extend the reach of your existing applications to new, external audiences - and your site visitors don't need to authenticate to view your pages. In fact, if you're already using Visualforce to create your user interfaces, it's a simple matter of bundling them into a Force.com Site to create a public web application. Here are the key features of Force.com Sites:

  • The Force.com Sites technology utilizes Visualforce, the platform framework for building and deploying custom user interfaces.
  • The URL for each site can use your unique Force.com domain or your own branded domain.
  • Force.com Sites can easily generate Atom syndication feeds based on SOQL queries.
  • Public access settings control which database objects and fields are accessible to visitors.
  • You can easily use the built in content distribution network integration to cache pages.

This page points to articles, screencasts, documentation and code samples to help you develop with Force.com Sites.


Force.com Sites has just gone GA! You can now use this technology in your production applications.

Technical Articles

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Code

Check out Code Share for projects based on Visualforce. The following project is specific to Force.com Sites:

  • Survey Shark - a survey application built on Force.com Sites

Webinars and Screencasts

If you'd like to learn about Force.com Sites by watching screencasts and videos, check out the following:


Resources

Here are pointers to additional resources to help you start coding:

Discussion Board
Documentation
Force.com AppExchange
Tutorials, Cookbook Recipes and Books

Force.com Sites Gallery

You can find a sampling of other websites that are taking advantage of Force.com Sites at the Sites Gallery

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