Lorraine Young

Customizing Your FCKeditor

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:18:00 GMT

The FCKeditor is used extensively throughout DNN enabling Module and Page Editors and Administrators to create, format and manage content for modules such as the Text/HTML and Announcements module, as well as compose newsletters, notification messages and more. Whilst the standard layout and functionality of the FCKeditor (pictured below) will suit most needs, Administrators have the ability customize one or more instances of the FCKeditor.

Feedback removed from DNN Online Help

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:17:00 GMT

In May I added a Feedback module to the DNN Online Help page requesting feedback on how to improve the online help experience, and to enable content errors or omissions to be reported.

Firstly, many thanks to those community members who did provide feedback and report errors – it is great to get an outsiders perspective. Unfortunately, after a one month trial I found that I was receiving around 60 questions on how to complete tasks each week. I included a large notice on the module advising that questions should be posted to the forums, however the emails kept coming and so I have reluctantly removed the module.

In the future, please post your Online Help content suggestions or error reports to the Help project forum.

Reflecting on the evolution of DotNetNuke Help Documentation

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:49:00 GMT

The next major release of DotNetNuke, DNN 5 or DNN Cambrian, is well on its way with Beta 5 currently in testing stage. Over the past few weeks I have spent many hours excitedly learning and documenting the numerous changes to the way Administrators and Hosts use the core functionality. At this point I’m guessing that this bevy of fabulous changes will to require the largest rewrite and expansion of the DNN Online Help to date.

DotNetNuke 4.8 Online Help now published

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:48:00 GMT

DotNetNuke Online Help for DNN 4.8 is now live at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/About/DotNetNukeOnlineHelp/tabid/787/Default.aspx. I have also added a Feedback module for anyone who is interested in providing suggestions on how to improve this resource, or is able to report an error or omission. As always I am keen for feedback from the community as I am dedicated to continually improving this resource. Looking forward to your valuable thoughts.

DNN User Manual for DNN 04.08 now on sale

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:46:00 GMT

The latest release of the DNN User Manual has gone on sale today from the DNN Marketplace. The complete Table of Contents can be viewed at http://www.dnnangel.com/Default.aspx?tabid=153. I will post again as soon as the DotNetNuke Online Help page has been updated. The content has been submitted and should be live soon. Stay tuned...

DNN User Manual for DNN 04.07.00 now available

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:02:00 GMT

A slightly belated announcement that the latest DNN user manual for DNN 04.07.00 went up for sale from the DotNetNuke Marketplace on March 3rd, 2007.The PDF version is available from the DotNetNuke Marketplace at http://marketplace.dotnetnuke.com/ps-339-11-dotnetnuke-user-manualdnn-040700.aspx.

I have provided the update to the DNN webmaster and am currently waiting for this version to go up on the DotNetNuke Online Help page at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/About/DotNetNukeOnlineHelp/tabid/787/Default.aspx. I will blog again as soon as it goes live.

This latest manual includes documentation of DNN Core Framework Version 04.07.00 including documentation for the following modules (which were the latest releases at the time of DNN 04.07.00 being released:

- Account Login (01.00.00)
- Announcements (03.04.00)
- Banners (01.00.00)
- Blog (03.03.01)
- Documents (03.01.06)
- Events (03.03.07)
- FAQs (04.04.00)
- Feedback (04.04.01)
- Feed Explorer (01.00.00)
- Forum (04.04.03)
- Google Adsense (01.00.00)
- IFrame (03.02.03)
- Gallery (03.01.12)
- Help (03.00.01)
- Links (03.03.07)
- Media (03.02.03)
- News Feeds (03.01.01)
- Reports (04.05.02)
- Repository (03.01.13)
- Search Input (01.00.00)
- Search Results (01.00.00)
- Store (02.01.00)
- Survey (04.01.10)
- Text/HTML (04.06.00)
- User Account (01.00.00)
- User Defined Table (03.04.00)
- Users Online (03.01.00)
- Wiki (04.00.01)
- XML/XSL (04.03.03)

Stay tuned as DNN User Manual 04.08.00 should be available this month. Then it's onto Cambrian!

DotNetNuke Help in PDF format is now available from DNN Marketplace

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:26:58 GMT

DNN Online Help for DNN 4.6.2 is now for sale from the MarketPlace. View the Table of Contents or Buy DotNetNuke Online Help! At over 680 pages this is the biggest and best edition to date.

DotNetNuke OpenForce 07 - Closing Panel Discussion: DNN - The Road Ahead

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:43:04 GMT

I've just left the final session for OpenForce where all of the DotNetNuke Corporation members joined the DotNetRocks crew to discuss the road ahead for DNN.

As I mentioned yesterday - Cambrian is the name for the next major DNN release (DNN 5) - and here is the overview of what Cambrian will focus upon delivering over the next year:

Social Networking & widgets
Workflow
Core Modue Suites - CRM and Social Networking
Dynamic content localization (multi-language)
Enhanced Administration User Interface
Enhanced Skinning Engine

The goal of the project for the coming year will be to:

Increase DNN adoption
Use strategic services to increase business confidence in DNN
Grow ecosystems through innovative programs for vendors and parties.

One final thought which may be of interest to any module developers out there, during question time at the end of the presentation the major request from module purchaser was that they wanted more modules to be verified by the DNN core as there major gripe was poor quality modules, or modules without an upgrade path. They universally agreed that they would prefer to pay a much higher price for modules and hoped the future of the DNN MarketPlace would offer them high cost and high quality modules. So if you are a module vendor - this should give you a prompt to consider certification as well as the confidence to charge a 'real' price for your work and then include documentation and other more professional support.

More from OpenForce 07 - The upcoming DNN Menu V2

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:00:57 GMT

Last day of OpenForce 07 today and I have just come out of Peter Schotman's session on menu controls for DNN skins. Although I don't do much skinning, it was still interesting to hear from an experienced skinner an overview of the range of menus available for DNN as well as the features, pro's and cons of each. Of special interest to skin designers was learning about the capabilities of the upcoming DNN Menu version 2 (dnn:NAV 2.0). This menu is being developed by Jon Henning and is currently in beta stage - testers are encourages to get involved to help speed up the release. Cool features include the ability to use different colors for each parent tab, to apply a background image to each group of child tabs, as wellas a number of cool animations.

Still Waiting for DNN 4.6.0 on the MarketPlace

lorraine.young@dotnetnuke.com — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:18:27 GMT

Sorry for the delay, I will post here as soon as it is online in the DNN Marketplace.

As I mentioned previously, I have submitted it to the Marketplace, however I am still waiting for it to go live.

I spoke to Joe yesterday and I do not expect it will not be available until after the conference as everyone who can get it live is busy here.

Apologies and thanks for your patience.