Community Newsletter - April 2011

DotNetNuke :: Community Content Collaboration
    Founders Message
 
Summer’s Getting Hot, Hot, Hot!
Scott Willhite (Co-Founder/Director Community Relations)

Wow! It may be cold outside, but summer at DotNetNuke is seriously heating up! And we’ve just made available a number of sizzling desktop backgrounds to keep you fired up until the thermometer catches on! From our first excellent hires in The Netherlands and China to free mobile skins for your site and hints of a huge UI makeover in the latest 6.0 CTP (due any day!)… the blistering pace of progress means big wins for your DotNetNuke website!

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    News Briefs
 
DotNetNuke Design Challenge

Community voting has now opened in the DotNetNuke Design Challenge 2011. Vote for your favorite skins once per day until May 9th and be automatically entered for a chance to win our daily prizes including Wacom Tablet, Balsamiq license, and books.  More...
  

 
Extensions Forge Updated

A completely redesigned version of the DotNetNuke Extensions Forge has been unveiled. The updated Forge provides users with a variety of improved search options and the ability to locate valuable additional information such as reviews, ratings, screenshots and DotNetNuke versions supported.  More... 
 

 
  DotNetNuke at CMS Expo

DotNetNuke is a featured CMS at this week's 2011 CMS Expo in Chicago.  A team from DotNetNuke Corp will be in attendance to present a series of sessions on DotNetNuke and provide a wealth of good information (and prizes) at the exhibit booth. More...

 

  Upcoming Training Schedule

Several DotNetNuke Webinars are coming up soon, including DotNetNuke Portal Administration and Configuration (June 1-2) and a variety of new training subscription webinars in May. Check the Training page for full details now.  More...

 

 
  Webinar: Richmond Virginia Public Schools Unify Communications and Collaboration with DotNetNuke

Join us May 24th at 10 am PDT as Nicole Stewart, Manager of Data Systems and Decision Support Services, will describe how her district uses DotNetNuke. Learn how they cost-effectively build and manage web sites for their district administration and each of their schools using DotNetNuke. 

Register now... 
 

 
  DotNetNuke Professional Edition
 
 
    Recent Releases
 
DNN LocalizationEditor   

Download
Forge: Peter Donker (Apr 4/11)
 
RTP Tooltip

Download
Forge: Roger Selwyn (Apr 21/11)
 
 
WatchersNET CKEditor™ Provider

Download
Forge: Ingo Herbote (Apr 8/11)

  
 
WillStrohl.LightboxGallery Module

Download
Forge: Will Strohl (Apr 8/11)
 
    Project Spotlight
 

 


Showcasing DotNetNuke

DotNetNuke Site of the Month Winner for  March

Matthew Mifsud - Artist (Malta)
www.matthewmifsud.com.mt

MatthewMifsud.com.mt is the web site for artist Matthew Mifsud. Matthew has built a very promising reputation both locally and abroad, and he has jointly exhibited with other local and foreign artists.

The site was designed by DotNetMushroom and submitted by Justin Mifsud.  For full details, see here...

 
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DotNetNuke 6.0 - A Look Ahead

In a recent blog post, Joe Brinkman announced that there will be a new core menu provider and additional UI changes coming in the DotNetNuke 6.0 release.  Be sure to look for the latest Community Technology Preview on the Beta Download page.


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    Community Focus
 
DotNetNuke Events and Meet-Ups

- Web Connections, a two-day DotNetNuke conference, takes place this June 16th-17th in Hamburg, Germany. The event is hosted by DNN-Europe (European Network of DotNetNuke Professionals) and DNN user groups of Germany and France.

- Upcoming DotNetNuke User Group meetings:  DotNetNuke Boston User Group (5/10); DNN Nova Scotia (5/13); Seattle DotNetNuke User Group (5/24).  Check the Calendar of Events for full details and listings.

- This spring, be sure to visit us at the following industry events: CMS Expo, May 2-4, Hilton Orrington Hotel, Chicago; TechEd North America 2011, May 16-19, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta.

- Day of DotNetNuke 2011 Nova Scotia is scheduled for June 11, 2011. Interested in attending or speaking? Visit the site to pre-register now.

 

  Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

The Forge Tour: Searching for Extensions - Chris Paterra
DotNetNuke, Telerik and IE9 - Joe Brinkman
LightSwitch and DotNetNuke - Michael Washington
Razor and DotNetNuke - Ian Robinson
DNN Database Model Diagram & Changes - Chris Chodnicki
Shibboleth Authentication Provider for DotNetNuke - Will Strohl
DotNetNuke Scheduled Jobs Using the API -
Mitch Sellers


Careers


Be sure to check the Careers page on dotnetnuke.com for a listing of current opportunities.

 
 

DotNetNuke Corporation

DotNetNuke Corp. is the steward of the DotNetNuke open source project, the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft. Organizations use DotNetNuke to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites, intranets, extranets and web applications. The DotNetNuke platform is available in a free Community and subscription-based Professional and Enterprise Editions with an Elite Support option. DotNetNuke Corp. also operates the DotNetNuke Store where users purchase third party apps for the platform.