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.  

Install Feather module in Sitefinity

1. In Sitefinity CMS, navigate to Administration » Modules & Services.
2. 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. 

1. 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.
2. In the Install NuGet packages section, step 3, you must install the Telerik.Sitefinity.Feather package.

Verify Feather installation

1. In Sitefinity CMS, go to Pages and then create a page.
2. Click on the Select another template button.

In case Feather is successfully installed, you will see some additional page templates, organized in the Bootstrap category.

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:

• Feather: Frontend packages
• Feather: Widget templates
• Feather: Develop widgets

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.