Community Newsletter - September 2010

DotNetNuke :: Community Content Collaboration
    Founders Message
 
DotNetNuke, Your Best Defense!
Shaun Walker (Co-Founder/CTO)

Based on the sensational messages in mainstream media, I often hear the following question from consumers "Why does Microsoft have more security issues than other software platforms?". To this I typically respond "They don't... it is all relative" and "The bigger you are the larger the target you have on your back".

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    News Briefs
 
DotNetNuke 5.5.1 Released

Joe Brinkman's latest blog discusses DotNetNuke 5.5.1 and the increased attention paid to Quality Assurance in recent releases.  More...

 

 
DotNetNuke Wiki

The amount of great community-generated content and documentation in the DotNetNuke Wiki is growing day-by-day.  Check out all the recent changes -- then add your own updates!   More...

 
  DotNetNuke Mobile Hackathon

Earlier in September, the winner of the DotNetNuke Mobile Hackathon was announced.  If you haven't seen the entries yet - or know what a DotNetNuke Hackathon is - it's time to have a look!  More...

 

  Become a DotNetNuke Facebook Fan

Become a DotNetNuke Facebook Fan and enter to win DotNetNuke Training Webinar seats. Entry deadline is October 15th. Enter today

 
  Upcoming DotNetNuke Training

Check out our upcoming training classes! This month we’ve got Portal Administration and Configuration (10-12/13), Content Administration (10-14/15) and Module Development (10-19/22). You’ve got two weeks before the first course starts! Find out more information on our Training Page.

  Community Choice Awards

Over 150 web sites have been entered into this year's edition of the DotNetNuke Community Choice awards.  Community voting gets underway soon, so be sure to visit the site this week and make your top selections!  More...
 

 
 
ASP.Net Padding Oracle Vulnerability

Last week a vulnerability was exposed in the Microsoft ASP.NET framework. Cathal Connolly posted updates about the status of this vulnerability in the DotNetNuke Security blog. On 9/22, DotNetNuke 5.5.1 was released, which includes bug fixes for the most critical issues identified in DotNetNuke 5.5.0, but also adds additional checks and upgrade enhancements to patch the ASP.Net Padding Oracle Vulnerability. It is recommended that all users install the upgrade as soon as possible
 


 
 
DotNetNuke Professional Edition
 
 
    Recent Releases
 
DotNetNuke 5.5.1  

Download
Core Release (Sept 22/10)
 
DotNetNuke Xmerge

Download
Forge Release: Joe Brinkman (Sept 15/10)
 
 
Feedback 05.00.02

Download
Project Release: Sanjay Mehrotra (Sept 21/10)
 
 
WatchersNET.SiteMap

Download
Forge Release: Ingo Herbote (Sept 4/10)
 
    Project Spotlight
 

 


Showcasing DotNetNuke

Cala Menorca

www.calamenorca.com

BaByliss PRO
www.babylisspro.com

Fil'anthrope Broderies
www.filanthrope.com

Des Moines Public Schools
www.dmps.k12.ia.us



Security Focus

On the DotNetNuke Security Policy Page
at http://security.dotnetnuke.com you
can learn how to report issues, keep up
to date on bulletins, access documetation,
and find links to the Security blog.

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User Activity

Registered Membership
:  809,337

Total Forum Posts, August '10
: 4,472
Unique Forum Users, August '10:  1,038

Top Forum Posters, August '10
:  Sebastian Leupold, Matthias Schlomann, Cathal Connolly, Will Strohl, William Severance, Scott Willhite, Justin Jovic, Ken Grierson, Timo Breumelhof, Roger Selwyn, Timo Breumelhof, Nestor Sanchez, Ernst Peter Tamminga, Yael Kroy, dotcom


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    Community Focus
 
DotNetNuke Events and Meet-Ups

-  Join the DotNetNuke community on November 1-4 at The Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas for the fourth annual DotNetNuke Connections conference! Your registration at DotNetNuke Connections entitles you to full access to the concurrent DevConnection events which include ASP & Silverlight Connections, Visual Studios Connections, SharePoint Connections, SQL Server Connections, a bonus Windows Phone 7 track and more. 

Check out our special offers for this year's event -- and then register for DotNetNuke Connections!
 

DotNetNuke Connections '10 - Register Now and Save $100

-  Registration is now open for the annual SDN DotNetNuke Conference (or OpenForce Europe) which takes place on October 25-26th in Zeist, The Netherlands. Speakers at this year's event include Shaun Walker, Brandon Haynes, Vicenc Masanas, Ian Robinson, Cuong Dang, Stefan Kamphuis and Erik van Ballegoij.

-  The St. Louis and Chicago DotNetNuke User Groups have teamed up to present the second Day Of DotNetNuke® in the U.S. The Day of DotNetNuke® Chicago will be held in just over one week, on October 2nd.   

-  The following User Groups have meetings posted in the Events calendar Association DotNetNuke France, DotNetNuke Tampa, DNN Nova Scotia, Seattle DNNUG, Chicago Area DNN Users Group
 

  Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

Getting Started with DotNetNuke - Joe Brinkman
Cross Browser DotNetNuke Skins - Timo Breumelhof
DotNetNuke SEO: Broken Links, Deleted Pages, Redirection - Will Strohl
What to Consider Before Hosting Multiple Portals on a Single DotNetNuke Instance - Will Strohl
Testing Interfaces with MbUnit using the Factory Attribute - Charles Nurse
YouTube Movies In Normal Content - Stefan Kamphuis
DotNetNuke Skinning 101 (Pt 4) - Joe Brinkman
Clean out the tables from a DotNetNuke Database - Bruce Chapman
Great free Enhancements for DotNetNuke 5 - Sebastian Leupold
DotNetNuke Telerik “Loading the dialog…” - Chris Hammond
A Procedure to Flattening UDTs - Paul Scarlett
Leveraging XML Merge Scripts - Joe Brinkman


Careers


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

 
 

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