Rip Rowan has recently published a great post outlining the improvements the blog module underwent with respect to the "Permalink" link in an effort to improve SEO for the Blog Module.

Take a look at comprehensive post and let us know what you think. This is a great opportunity for you to chime in and to let us know your thoughts about the whole URL Friendliness charade before we begin...

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I just wanted to drop you all a quick note to let you know that I have figured out a great way to stream live videos from OpenForce...

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Last call! If you have not already registered, it's not too late!

Seriously, if you work with DotNetNuke, or are even planning to use it for your enterprise then you cannot miss this opportunity. All the people that make DotNetNuke happen are going to be available to educate you, and support you with every question or concern that you may have on the platform. Great sessions...

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It's finally here, version 03.50.00, chock full of new and exciting features and bug fixes.

I wanted to take a moment to personally thank every member of the DotNetNuke team. Without their hard work and dedication, all this free software would not be possible.

Well, what are you are waiting for? Go Download it here: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/125/default.aspx

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Recently, while working on the next version of the Blog module, we looked into an issue that many were reporting but one that we just could not simply reproduce. A localized string that I was absolutely certain I had personally fixed in 03.04.00 was coming back to haunt me, like a villain from a bad horror movie.

Today I posted a blog post about how and why the issue eluded us for so long, and of course, the fact that it was no issue at all.

All I can say is that it's really interesting...

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I am excited to join this great group of people in Las Vegas for this year OpenForce / DevConnections conference, and most of all honored for the opportunity to give a talk on extending the DotNetNuke Membership Provider. 

Here are the details (more to come soon):

Done in 60 minutes: Build a Custom Membership Provider

Weighing in at 8lbs and 13oz and measuring 21 inches long the Worthley family welcomes little baby Anna Grace Wortley.

Mom and little one are doing great!

Congratulation! (By the way, when can she start coding?)

Hello Everyone,

After much anticipation, hard work and dedication (from this extraordinary team of professionals) I am pleased to announce that we are "code-complete" and that the Blog module was submitted to the release tracker just moments ago.

I would also like to take a few moments to thank each and every team member without whom this would not have been such a memorable release:

Don Worthley Dario Rossa Rip Rowan Jim Bonnie Eoghan O'Neill We will now take...

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Identification Icons Identification icons are quickly becoming a popular way for bloggers to encourage responsible use of blog comments.  A variety of solutions are available, all of which aim to provide useful benefits to the blog reader.

Identification icons allow blog readers to personalize their posts just like a forum avatar.  The additional personalization may encourage responsible posting as well as increased commenting and discussion.  Identification icons prevent users from impersonating one...

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Blog Friendly URLs An established best practice for SEO is for keywords relating to the content of a web page to appear in the page's URL (what is often called a "Human Friendly" URL).  Among several established blog platforms this is put into practice by taking the title of the blog entry (which is often a semantically strong indicator of what the page is about) and putting it into the entry's URL. Version 03.04.01 introduces this functionality and it is activated via the "Module Options" screen. 

After...

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