Ever since the Relate+ package was released I have experienced that partners, customers and sometimes even EPiServer employees are a bit confused about what Relate+ really is from a technical point of view. Or maybe I should say that probably they are not confused, but they are using the Relate+ name in a confusing way. My idea here is to sort out once and for all what Relate+ is, and what Relate+ is not.
First thing first; Relate+ is not equal to EPiServer Community. This is the most common misinterpretation. With that said, it’s best to also say Relate+ is not equal to EPiServer CMS.
What is Relate+ then? From a technical point of view Relate+ is set of templates, pretty much like the public templates for EPiServer CMS, built on top of EPiServer Community and EPiServer CMS. The templates are then bundled together with EPiServer Community and EPiServer Mail and sold as an add-on package to EPiServer CMS. The idea is to show off the greater part – not all – of the functions in EPiServer Community. This means that you can run a community site without Relate+. It also means that there are more functions in EPiServer Community besides those implemented in Relate+.
To summarize, Relate+ is a template package and not a separate product.
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