The caching trap Dotnetnuke is able to improve performance by caching modules. Module caching can have a default value, set in the Settings applied to the Module Definition for the pertinent module.

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I found some time to start testing the next release of DotNetNuke. While the public has access to a Beta build (5.1.0.266), our team can benefit from the latest checked in bits (Currently 5.1.0.321). After grabbing it from our source control tool, I could not install DotNetNuke, and this was a good thing because I learnt, from the solving process and from my fellow members, that the next version automatically sets itself to use .NET 3.5 if available.

Currently, the install package includes the .net 2.0...

This is meant to be a series. Without ANY ado, let me introduce the first one:



This one mostly...

I needed to create a report in a DNN website to obtain the Total billable hours for a single case in Dynamics CRM. All my previous DotNetNuke modules for CRM had been done in VS2005, which lead me to miss a detail.

My code kept complaining about missing the Crmservice  type, which after instantiation is the very same web service needed to obtain information from Dynamics CRM. After going through MSDN documentation, posting at the CRM community and searching through the web I was almost giving up.

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Bill has checked in changes to Gallery and we are preparing a new public beta of the module. This beta includes security related changes, corrections to the Gallery menu styling, a new simpler theme and a few other minor changes.

Following the DNN move to Codeplex, this public beta will be made available for download from there. All other project resources will remain here at the DotnetNuke site. The release will be posted near the end of this month or beginning the next one and we expect that community...

I worked in broadcasting and journalism long before I got involved in technology and it is another passion of mine. While my love for DNN progressively increased, I would devour as much information as I could find. In the DNN 2.X days, most of the available information was at the asp.net forums where at first I was a lurker, then a question flooder and finally even became a moderator (I still am). I always wanted to get involved with DNN and my sources of information have been sprouting (and also dwindling)...

Slodge has posted a a C# code sample to change DNN’s password generation -which uses...

A couple of weeks ago I announced changes happening in the Gallery team. This time around I want to publicly thank those who contributed in the past to the project. At the same time I want to officially announce the lineup of team members that will be in charge of developing the next version of Gallery.

There will be a page with the profiles of all developers. So I will limit...

I received the book from Mitchell and went over the Table Of Contents and read a few chapters already. He’s done a great job! I briefly review at my asp.net weblog.

I could not help it, I had to use that phrase as a title. On Saturday, I posted an off-topic blog entry about wireless power. Today, a comment to that post lead me to another article in FastCompany about software quality. I guess that the conclusion about it is that perfect software IS possible… if given the right resources: a few hundred people and a few million per year. Well, OK, more than a few million. The fact is...

I have been sporadically following advancements on this technology for years. Now it seems it's about to boom. Check out what I am talking about in this interesting article from FastCompany magazine

Work has resumed on the Gallery front and I have a few project updates for the community.

As you may know, the Gallery project was submitted last year to the Release Tracker. A few weeks ago we were informed that it did not pass the security review and...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the availability of the first version of its Web Platform Installer. It's great to see that there are less hurdles to have DotNetNuke working on a server and/or development environment. Of course DotNetnuke is listed at the top of the supported applications when using the companion Web Application Installer....

I just posted a quick overview of my first day with Windows 7 over my blog at asp.net. I had anticipated to have more problems than I actually had with Internet Explorer 8. Overall, I experienced no compatibility problems with the DotNetNuke sites I visited. Have you already checked yours?

A productive bug-chasing meeting with Don Worthley of the Blog team ended up in a long winded conversation about children, losing money, life priorities and GTD. I don't want to bore anyone with details about these, but rather let you know that after reviewing some code from the Blog module, the bug that I talked about in a previous email...

When you use the Blog module in a site that is in a language other than English, be aware of a small problem with pages that use non-ASCII characters like á, é, ü, etc in the page name. If the Blog module is placed on a page that uses such characters or one that has any predecessors that use them, DotnetNuke will choke on the generated links for individual post showing a 404 error (Page Not Found). For a temporary workaround, simply make sure the page names do not use any of the mentioned characters.

That's...

While attention is centered around OpenForce Connections in Las Vegas, I want to provide a breather from news about that important event. I will soon have the pleasure of announcing the first release of the Gallery Module in the .NET 2.0 platform.

While all details about bug fixes and changes will be disclosed once the module passes the Release process, I can tell you that I have been reviewing the issues in our Bug Tracker and Change Management tool and it is evident that the team has done an exhaustive revision to provide improved stability and performance to the module.

Once comments for the release notes for all issues included in the release have been entered, the module will be officially ready for the Release Tracker which signals other DotnetNuke team members to evaluate several areas. When the module passes this evaluations, it is released to the public. Although the process does not have a specific timetable, it is probable that the module will be available before year's end.

If you have any questions or comments, make sure you visit our public forums.

 

I use Microsoft's OneNote heavily and have practically done away with notebooks. When Antonio Chagoury (the Blog Project Tean Lead) said in the Core Team chat today that it is possible to blog in DotNetNuke's Blog Module directly from this application there was no way I was going to wait, so this short entry is being posted as the chat continues. The truth is that any note you create...

When new modules are released by DotNetNuke teams there's a learning curve for the new features offered. You may have already seen that the Blog module announced its imminent release and before it is available to the general public and as part of the release process, it is installed at www.dotnetnuke.com. This post is my first using a feature that other blogging platforms have enjoyed for quite a while, and it is also my first attempt at learning the MetaWeblog...

In a chat a few months ago, Shaun Walker -the original DotNetNuke creator and maintainer and current DotNetNuke Corp. President and Chief Architect- mentioned a few strategic goals the project had on its path. These days, the word "project" seems oddly used, when you think about

 I was reading a blog post that suggested a solution to finding the page where a module is on (http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/09/15/dotnetnuke-modules-finding-the-page-a-module-is-on/) and while the method is sound, it is not appropriate to be used in all cases. Let's see why:

I want to share an interesting post I just read. Dion Hinchcliffe a ZDNet blogger elaborated a list of the Top Ten Platforms Used for Building Communities and, on "order of general industry popularity", DotNetNuke is seventh.

I am very pleased to announce that a talented professional has accepted an invitation to join the DNN project on two soon-to-be-visible fronts.

This is a brief note to let everyone know the Beta 2 fo the Gallery module is out. The team is doing an excellent job at killing bugs and taking notes of future areas for enhancements.

It is hard enough to keep up with all the stuff coming out of Microsoft for developers. Although I don't think there will be rush to upgrade to the newly released SQL 2008, the case for .Net 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is different. ASP.NET Dynamic Data, Script Combining and AJAX History alone are features that make it almost irrestible to upgrade the .Net Framework and the tool used to program against it.

I expect the second feature to be a strong one among DNN developers. Since scripts can be...

The steady growth in registered users (600.000+ and counting) and downloads for the platform produces not only a growing installed base of users. Lately, the wealth of resources related to Dotnetnuke is evident as well. Almost everyday I come accross blog posts and articles about DotNetNuke. Although most are code related, desining and user oriented content is found throughout the web.

It is not news that DotNetNuke brought the web to novice coders, non-developers and hobbyist from the very start. The...

As much as everyone, I've been expecting Gallery to go into Beta, if only because it means we are close to a release after all this time. Well, it's time to say we finally have the 4.3.0 Beta package ready to be posted. It will take a little while before it's at www.dotnetnuke.com. So if you are as impatient as our Team, you can cruise to download your copy from: www.dnnmediagallery.com

WARNING: Do not use the Beta...

Today Core Team member Vincenç Masanas gave a presentation about Localization in DotNetNuke. And it reminded me about the use of a Client API feature that has received little publicity.

Dotnetnuke is very lucky to have Jon Henning as part of the Core Team and the Client API is mainly a result of his work on the area. While my Gallery team mate Matthias Schlomann was doing work to make Gallery an XHTML compliant module, he also did extensive work to complete localization. One particular scenario where the usual method of localization requires an extra bit of work is related to string retrieval through Javascript.

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Two days ago I posted a link to a recent conversation between Michael Desmond from Redmond Magazine and DNN founder Shaun Walker. Today, a follow up blog post at the magazine's site expands on the Open Source On .Net topic and mentions Shaun's opinion about insufficient attention to DNN and its ecosystem by Microsoft.

Should we have a warmer embracement by the Redmondites? And exactly how should the framework team be treated to...

As time goes by, Dotnetnuke is making wider splashes in the Media. I remember an article by Jonathan Goodyear published in Asp.net Pro magazine a couple of years back. Now the Redmond Developer magazine has published a short interview with Shaun Walker. DNN is no longer a novelty framework and as it's typical of the second semester of every year since its launch, DNN will make the news again with the Cambrian release and the impact of...