Added installer step to choose rendering engine but have left it disabled, might make a dashboard instead for that.

src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs

@@ -1214,6 +1214,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
 				}
 				return _defaultRenderingEngine.Value;
 			}
+            //internal set
+            //{
+            //    _defaultRenderingEngine = value;
+            //    var node = UmbracoSettingsXmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("/settings/templates/defaultRenderingEngine");
+            //    node.InnerText = value.ToString();
+            //}
 		}
 
 

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj

@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\Renaming.ascx.designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>renaming.ascx</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Install\Steps\RenderingEngine.ascx.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>RenderingEngine.ascx</DependentUpon>
+      <SubType>ASPXCodeBehind</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Install\Steps\RenderingEngine.ascx.designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>RenderingEngine.ascx</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\Skinning\loadStarterKitDesigns.ascx.designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>loadStarterKitDesigns.ascx</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -536,6 +543,7 @@
       <DependentUpon>UI.xml</DependentUpon>
     </None>
     <Content Include="Global.asax" />
+    <Content Include="Install\Steps\RenderingEngine.ascx" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Config\Lang\en_us.xml" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Config\Lang\he.xml" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Config\Lang\ja.xml" />

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/install/steps/RenderingEngine.ascx

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="RenderingEngine.ascx.cs" Inherits="Umbraco.Web.UI.Install.Steps.RenderingEngine" %>
+
+<div class="tab main-tabinfo">
+	<div class="container">
+		<h1>
+			Chose how you like to work with Templates</h1>
+		<p>
+		    Umbraco works with both ASP.NET WebForms (also known as MasterPages) and ASP.NET MVC (called Views). If you're not sure, we recommend using the MVC templates. You can of course use both but let's select a default one to get started.
+		</p>		
+	</div>
+    <div class="step rendering-engine">
+        <div class="container">
+            <p>
+                <strong>Choose a default template type:</strong>
+            </p>
+            <asp:RadioButtonList runat="server" ID="EngineSelection" RepeatLayout="Flow">
+                <asp:ListItem Selected="True">MVC</asp:ListItem>
+                <asp:ListItem>Web forms</asp:ListItem>
+            </asp:RadioButtonList>                            
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <!-- btn box -->
+	<footer class="btn-box">
+		<div class="t">&nbsp;</div>
+        <asp:LinkButton ID="btnNext" CssClass="btn btn-continue" runat="server" OnClick="GotoNextStep"><span>Continue</span></asp:LinkButton>
+	</footer>	
+</div>

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/install/steps/RenderingEngine.ascx.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.UI;
+using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Install.Steps
+{
+    public partial class RenderingEngine : StepUserControl
+    {
+        protected override void GotoNextStep(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            ////set the default engine
+            //UmbracoSettings.DefaultRenderingEngine = Core.RenderingEngine.Mvc;
+            //UmbracoSettings.Save();
+
+            base.GotoNextStep(sender, e);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/install/steps/RenderingEngine.ascx.designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated by a tool.
+//
+//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+//     the code is regenerated. 
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Install.Steps {
+    
+    
+    public partial class RenderingEngine {
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// EngineSelection control.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Auto-generated field.
+        /// To modify move field declaration from designer file to code-behind file.
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected global::System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList EngineSelection;
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// btnNext control.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Auto-generated field.
+        /// To modify move field declaration from designer file to code-behind file.
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected global::System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton btnNext;
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/install/steps/StepUserControl.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Install.Steps
             return defaultPage.step.Value;
         }
 
-        protected void GotoNextStep(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        protected virtual void GotoNextStep(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             InstallHelper.RedirectToNextStep(Page, GetCurrentStep());
         }

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Installer/css/all.css

@@ -1166,7 +1166,16 @@ figure{display: block;}
 {
     display:none;
 }
-.custom
-{
-    display:
+
+.database-hold{
+	width:100%;
+	overflow:hidden;
+}
+
+.step.rendering-engine input[type="radio"] {
+    margin: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
+}
+
+.step.rendering-engine > div {
+    line-height: 25px;
 }

src/Umbraco.Web/Install/InstallHelper.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Install
                 new Steps.FilePermissions(),
                 new Steps.Database(),
                 new Steps.DefaultUser(),
+                //new Steps.RenderingEngine(),
                 new Steps.Skinning(),
                 new Steps.WebPi(),
                 new Steps.TheEnd()

src/Umbraco.Web/Install/Steps/RenderingEngine.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+using System;
+using Umbraco.Core.IO;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Install.Steps
+{
+    internal class RenderingEngine : InstallerStep
+    {
+        public RenderingEngine()
+        {
+            _moveToNextStepAutomaticly = true;
+        }
+
+        private bool _moveToNextStepAutomaticly;
+
+        public override string Alias
+        {
+            get { return "renderingEngine"; }
+        }
+
+        public override string Name
+        {
+            get { return "Default Rendering Engine"; }
+        }
+
+        public override string UserControl
+        {
+            get { return SystemDirectories.Install + "/steps/renderingengine.ascx"; }
+        }
+
+        public override bool Completed()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public override bool HideFromNavigation
+        {
+            get { return true; }
+        }
+
+        public override bool MoveToNextStepAutomaticly
+        {
+            get { return _moveToNextStepAutomaticly; }
+            set { _moveToNextStepAutomaticly = value; }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj

@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\DefaultUser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\FilePermissions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\License.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Install\Steps\RenderingEngine.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\Skinning.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\TheEnd.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Install\Steps\WebPi.cs" />