I’m pleased to announce that we have just released a Community Technology Preview of DotNetNuke 7.1.  We have many new features on the way that are sure to get you excited.  This CTP release will highlight a few of the key areas that we would like members of our community to test and provide feedback.  Keep reading to learn about the new features in DotNetNuke 7.1 CTP.

I'm pleased to announce the release of DotNetNuke 7!  Creating and managing content-rich websites, social intranets and online communities is easier than ever.  Keep reading to learn more about everything DotNetNuke 7 has to offer.

It’s hard to believe that it has only been two weeks since we released CTP 2 for DotNetNuke 7.0.  A tremendous amount of work has taken place in those two short weeks and DotNetNuke 7.0 Beta is ready for you to test.  We have been receiving a lot of great feedback over the past few weeks. Read more to learn about what we have been working on and what to expect with DotNetNuke 7.0 Beta.

Today we have released our second Community Technology Preview for DotNetNuke 7.0.  This release contains our new Control Panel, the new Edit Page menu, Drag-n-Drop module placement and the new Actions Menu. You will not want to miss this release!

I’m pleased to announce that the DotNetNuke 7.0 Community Technology Preview is now available for download.  The CTP release will allow us to collect valuable feedback on key functionality early in the release cycle so that we can incorporate that feedback into the final release.  We have several enhancements in the 7.0 CTP that are sure to catch your attention.  Keep reading to learn more.  

I’m pleased to announce that DotNetNuke 6.2.2 is officially released.  This maintenance release contains several updates which emphasizes our commitment to performance and overall quality of DotNetNuke.

I’m pleased to announce that DotNetNuke 6.2.1 and 5.6.8 are officially released.  These maintenance releases contain several updates which emphasize our commitment to security, performance and overall quality of DotNetNuke.

In case you haven’t heard, rumors are circulating that Microsoft is buying the Enterprise social networking company, Yammer.  While no one from Microsoft or Yammer has made any public comments about the deal, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that this not a rumor and will likely be announced shortly.  Until we see an official announcement, the question remains: Why would Microsoft buy Yammer?

In case you haven’t heard, DotNetNuke 6.2 was released a couple weeks ago.  DotNetNuke 6.2 is just the same as any other release from an upgrade perspective.  For this particular blog, I’m going to assume that you have been a good DotNetNuke user and have been keeping up-to-date with all the releases.  Upgrading to the latest version of DotNetNuke doesn't need to be hard, but you should always do a little planning.

I am pleased to announce the release of DotNetNuke 6.2!  This release marks a significant milestone as we continue to redefine CMS as Cloud, Mobile and Social.  Keep reading to learn about all the new features in DotNetNuke 6.2 that will help you quickly build applications to improve collaboration, communication and employee productivity.

The last beta for DotNetNuke 6.2 is now available.  That’s correct, this is the last beta.  That means we are feeling really good about where we are with the product.  The team is working hard to stabilize the release, but we still need your feedback!  We still have some issues to work through, but we are getting close to the public release of DotNetNuke 6.2.  Learn more about how to get started with DotNetNuke 6.2 today!

As I alluded to in the DotNetNuke 6.2 Beta announcement, we now have two popular modules that are integrated with some of the exciting new features in 6.2.  On Monday,  Chris Paterra announced the release of Blog 5.0 Beta.  Today, I’m pleased to announce the beta release of Active Forums 5.0.

It has been just a few short weeks since the release of CTP 2.  Today I’m pleased to announce the release of DotNetNuke 6.2 Beta 1.  This marks a tremendous milestone in the development cycle of DotNetNuke 6.2.   Beta 1 has a lot of new features and options that you won’t want to miss. 

Today we have released the second Community Technology Preview (CTP) for DotNetNuke 6.2.  It has been just about four weeks since the first CTP and a lot of work has been done.  We are still a couple months a way from a final release, but we want to take advantage of every CTP or Beta release we possibly can.  We really need you to download and install the CTP.  Not only to preview the new features, but we need your feedback.  We want to know what you like and don’t like.  Your feedback is important!

One of the key aspects behind successful collaboration is making sure that content is easy to find.  Thanks to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, people now expect to see content in an activity stream or content list.  If you look closely at Facebook, you will see that almost all of the site navigation is based on the news feed.  The majority of people have become comfortable with this type of information structure.  However, this doesn’t mean we can just throw various types of content into a long list, we need to make sure the content is easy to read, useful and relevant. 

The DotNetNuke Journal is made up of two main components.  The first component is the Journal API.  This is an API in the DotNetNuke core that is available to all developers.  The API is used for the creation and retrieval of Journal content.  The second component is the Journal module.  The Journal module...

I’m pleased to announce that the DotNetNuke 6.2 Community Technology Preview is now available for download.  If you aren’t quite sure what we mean by Community Technology Preview or CTP, I would suggest reading “What’s in a Name?” by DotNetNuke Co-Founder, Joe Brinkman.  Just to be clear, this is not a production quality release and only intended to be used for testing and evaluation purposes.  The CTP release will allow us to collect valuable feedback on key functionality early in the release cycle so that we can incorporate that feedback into the final release.  We want to encourage everyone to provide us with feedback.  We also want to have some fun at the same time.

One of my favorite features in DotNetNuke 6.1 is the new Client Resource Management capabilities.  This is a feature that I wanted to see as part of the core a few years ago.  As a commercial module developer and DotNetNuke website owner, I was constantly keeping track of overall page output with each DotNetNuke release. DotNetNuke 6.0 introduced several new components that greatly improved the user interface, but unfortunately also added more to the overall page size. We knew we needed to get better control over the number of resources needed for each page and we knew it needed to be done for DotNetNuke 6.1.

December has been an exciting month for the social collaboration market.  Jive Software went public, Telligent acquired Leverage Software and Facebook announced a new feature for Pages.  What does this tell us about social media and what does it mean to DotNetNuke?

I’m pleased to announce that DotNetNuke 6.1.2 and 5.6.6 are officially released.  These maintenance releases contain several updates which emphasize our commitment to security and overall quality of DotNetNuke 6.

I’m pleased to announce that DotNetNuke 6.1.1 and 5.6.5 are officially released.  These maintenance releases contain a couple of updates that emphasize our commitment to backwards compatibility.

I am pleased to announce the launch of DotNetNuke 6.1. This release marks the next milestone as we continue our journey to redefine C.M.S. as Cloud, Mobile and Social. Continue reading to learn more about the powerful tools in DotNetNuke 6.1 designed to help you build a mobile website.

It has been a little over three months since the official release of DotNetNuke 6.0.  While many of us were downloading, installing and upgrading our sites, the DotNetNuke team was already working hard on the next release.  DotNetNuke 6.0 was our first big step on the path towards redefining C.M.S. as Cloud, Mobile and Social. 

Once again Facebook has made changes that forces users to share their opinion.  Do you think Facebook really cares what you think?

Web Connections 2011 is just a few days away.  DotNetNuke events are always exciting and filled with great conversations.  This will be my first DotNetNuke event outside of the United States.  I’m really looking forward to meeting some of the people behind the DotNetNuke European community. 

If your interests include social media, communities or collaboration, then you will want to attend my sessions.  I have two sessions on Thursday, June 16th.  My session on “Building Modules with the DotNetNuke Profile” starts at 3:15 and will last 90 minutes. My second session starts at 5:00 and we will be discussing “How Social Media Can Help Your DotNetNuke Site”. 

You also won’t want to miss the sessions presented by other members of DotNetNuke Corp. ...

There are many different ways that Facebook could be your competition depending on your business model.  Quite often I hear site owners talk about how they are loosing users to Facebook.  I hate to tell you this, but you have already lost them.   Do you think you can provide users with a better reason to use your site over Facebook?  Possibly.  Do you think you can provide users with a reason to use your site in addition to Facebook?  Most likely, but you need to understand what you are up against.

According to Facebook.com, they now have more than 500 million active users.  More than half of those users log on to Facebook each day.  Obviously you can’t support that kind of traffic on a shared hosting account.  You need a massive infrastructure.  It is estimated that Facebook has over 30,000 servers worldwide.  On top of that, it takes over 2,000 employees to keep everything running and to continue to add new capabilities. 

Maybe competing with Facebook isn’t the greatest idea.  Does that mean you...