Organizations around the world use DotNetNuke to build and manage rich and powerful websites. At DNN World 2012, DotNetNuke customers will showcase their sites and present case studies describing best practices and pitfalls to avoid when deploying major web properties. Included in this year’s lineup are:

DNN 7.0 is simply beautiful and simply powerful. It has a beautiful new design that makes it easy to get started and even easier to manage content with features like drag & drop and a new control panel. DNN 7.0 frees you to design spectacular web sites and develop powerful modules that take advantage of our latest and most innovative user interface advances with a completely rewritten default.css.

But DNN 7.0 also has a beautiful mind. It’s the most powerful version of our Social CMS and development platform to date. It gives in house and commercial module developers the ability to develop web services through the DNN Service Framework which is now based on Microsoft’s Web API. That means that web sites can now communicate and interoperate with any kind of device, application or web site that operates over the web. With the included jQuery, jQueryUI and Knockout.js libraries developers now have even more power to create dynamic client-side applications.

We are also extending DNN 7.0 to work better in the enterprise by providing  support for Active Directory and SharePoint Lists.

The DNN 7.0 Community Technology Preview is already available to the community and we are receiving a ton of great feedback. The DNN 7.0 beta is right around the corner. So this year, at DNN World there will be a DNN 7.0 Genius Bar where you can bring your computer and get help from the engineers who are designing and developing our next major product release. One of the most compelling reasons to make the trip to DNN World is to be able to speak directly to the members of the team who spend their days and sleepless nights working to bring you the most useful and compelling new features.

Our theme for this year’s DNN After Dark party (Sponsored by PowerDNN) is “DNN Super Heroes”. So we have decided to hold a costume contest for the most impressive Super Hero costume! The winner will receive a DNN branded Xbox 360.

When I told Chris Hammond that I was thinking of going as Nick Furry, he told me that  “he’s not a real super hero,  he just kind of organizes and manages the real heroes”.  So Nick Furry it is! (And how could I pass up the chance to get a super bad floor length leather coat)

So which Super Hero will you be? I think we know who Ryan and Sabrina from Arrow will be…

For DNN World 2012, we have a very limited number of hotel rooms at the Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa left at the low $135/night rate. The Buena Vista is the site of the conference and a beautiful property located close to downtown Disney. So if you are planning to attend the biggest DotNetNuke event of the year and would like to simply roll out of bed and take the elevator to all of the sessions, training and fun,  do not wait. Make that hotel reservation today!

The complete DNN World 2012 conference schedule is now live! There will be three days of events, including a full day of class room training, four keynotes, Ignite sessions,  36 breakout sessions and our DNN After Dark party and awards celebration.  So, start planning your personal conference schedule because we’re going to have a jam backed three days of learning, sharing and all around fun times.

I am very happy to announce that Les Benito, Director of Public Web for the Department of Defense will deliver a keynote address at our DNN World conference in October.

As the Director of Public Web for the Defense Media Activity, Les oversees the day-to-day operations of the DoD Public Web program. This program consists of over 500 of DoD's public websites, including defense.gov, pentagonchannel.mil, af.mil, navy.mil, jcs.mil, marines.mil and dodlive.mil a blogging platform for the Department of Defense. With over 1 million visitors per day, the DoD sites under his management are some of the most popular and influential government sites on the internet. Before joining the Department of Defense, Les was the Chief of the Air Force Public Web program. There he led the most aggressive Website consolidation effort ever attempted in the government. Les holds a BFA in Visual Communications and is a graduate of the Military Photojournalism program from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

Please consider attending DNN World where Les will join Navin Nagiah, Shaun Walker and Scott Hunter as keynote presenters. If you would like to attend, make sure to register before August 31st when summer discounts expire.

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DNN Super Heroes

Don’t miss the DNN After Dark party and awards celebration this year at DNN World. The theme of the party is “DNN Super Heroes” So what is a “DNN Super Hero”? Well in addition to all of the delicious food, drinks, music and entertainment, we’ll be giving out awards for:

• DotNetNuke SUPER FAN
• DNN Site of the Year
• DNN MVPs
• Much, much more...

I am very happy to announce that 9 new sponsors have signed on to support DNN World 2012! Without the support of our sponsors it would be impossible to to put on such a fun and educational event each year. And one of the main reasons that so many organizations that are interested in the using the DotNetNuke platform come to the conference is to meet face to face with the leaders of businesses that provide products and services for DNN.

I am happy to announce that registration for DNN World 2012 is now open! DNN World is the one event of the year where the world wide DNN community gathers to: hear the latest DotNetNuke product announcements; learn the latest in DNN software design and development; network with customers and prospects;  reconnect with old friends and well… just to have an all around amazing time. (Follow the conversation: #dnnworld)

I am happy to announce that we will webcast the DNN 6.2 launch event which will take place at our worldwide partner advisory council meeting in Sonoma, California on May 30, 2012 at 9am PDT.  During the broadcast, DotNetNuke Corp. CTO and Co-Founder, Shaun Walker will present the DotNetNuke vision and roadmap for merging social collaboration with web content management. Shaun will be joined by Will Morgenweck, DotNetNuke Corp, Director of Product Management. Morgenweck will demonstrate how the new social collaboration features can be used to deploy online social communities that help turn prospects into customer and customers into brand advocates.