I bet the majority of you thought this project was dead along with myself, or maybe wished for the latter half of that...

If you are hosting your site on a shared server, your hosting company might provide you with a shared SSL site to use with your normal site. Up until now, there was no way to make this work with DNN as the user would need to start on the shared SSL site to keep the SSL experience. The only option people had was to purchase their own SSL certificate and have it installed on their site.

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As I sit in my hotel room watching "Deadliest Catch" (I love that show), pondering all that I have seen over the last few days, I wonder what was the most memorible part for me. There has been so many great things that have been annouced, shown, and / or discussed. I have had the opportunity to meet so many interesting people it is unreal. Most people that know me, know that I am an freak about reading blogs. I even go so far as to require that the developers...

It is not often I blog about non-DNN subject matter, so allow me a little leeway in this posting. I am often allowed to travel to industry conferences so that I can keep abreast with what is going on in the world of .NET. This week I will be attending Mix 07 with several people from CrystalTech Web Hosting as well as a few fellow DNNer's. On the way here today, I had one of the most interesting opportunities to sit next to someone who I think is one of the most profound supports of .NET, Scott Cate from myKB.com....

It is my pleasure to announce the release of version 03.03.07 of the Links Module has been released. You will find the latest version at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/125/default.aspx#3366. I would like to thank the following people for their help through this whole process: Matt Kellogg Scott Willhite Michael Washington without their help it would not have been possible. The following changes are included in the release: enabled nowrap to be set as a setting for the module....

Today we are going to look at improvements to the Compression Module for DotNetNuke 4.5. These were confirmed using DNN 4.5 RC2. Let's start with a little history. Early versions of DotNetNuke had no provisions for page compression. There were options, such as the Blowery HttpCompressionModule, but they generally required the user to modify the default installation of DNN. In addition to modifying the application, you also had to manually exclude paths and mime types. If you wanted to upgrade your site, you had to modify the web.config to remove the compression. If you did not, hold on it is gonna be a long night. ...

Well after much trial and error, version 03.03.06 of the Links Module has been released. You will find the latest version at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/125/default.aspx#3366. I would like to thank the following people for their help through this whole process: Scott Willhite Michael Washington Steve...

Ok well here it is as promised. First off I would like to thank Michael Washington for taking the time to help me with this. His insight into DNN as well as his ability to listen and help are invaluable to me. We had a wonderful conversation on Saturday and discussed a wide range of topics as well as what direction the project is going to take. Without any further ado here is the plan. Overall  Project Goals The main goal for this project is to be an easy to use links module that provide some advanced features....

Well 2006 is almost over and I thought I would share what I have learned this year as a project lead as well as give you a sneak peak at the future.         First off - this project is not dead, not at all. We have not moved as quickly as I had hoped. I feel that this is my fault and one that can and does plague the Open Source community in general. One of the reasons this happens is because we are volunteers. It is very easy to say "I will do it tomorrow" after a long day at work. Why is this you ask? Because...

I would like to take the time to welcome a new team member, Matt Kellogg. Matt is a .net programmer for CrystalTech Web Hosting and I have had the pleasesure of working daily with him for over a year. He is very bright and brings many new and innovative ideas to the table. Please help me welcome him to the Links family.

Well it is almost here, I just delivered the latest version of the links module to the Release Tracker. This is the start of the release process which culminates with the release being given the platinum benefactors, then released the the community. This version has actually been done for several weeks, but due to some mis-communication on my part with my Core Team Liason it was delayed.

This release is considered a maintenance release as it provides only bug fixes. The one enhancement is actually the...

Sorry for the delay but my work schedule has been somewhat hectic. There are two outstanding issues with the links module at this time. They are:

Checking to see if the username exists when selecting a user as a link Re-working of the Export / Import function. This function currently does not export enough info to properly import a link. The information it is missing is related to updating a link via the URLController. So if you have "new window" checked, it will import that setting properly, but will...

Well it would appear that our first release is right around the corner. This is a maintenance release that addresses issues that were logged in Gemini. There are a few still left to complete, but they will be wrapped up this weekend. If you have an issue and it has not been logged into gemini, then this is your last chance to get it in before the code base is locked.

After this release we will start programming new features into the module. Please see the forum for the road map and vision for the project....

Quick fix for issue [LNK-3916] - Cannot edit links when database owner is not 'dbo'

As of right now, I am wrapping up a side project for a client. Unfortunately while I was waiting for approval as the project lead, I took on a couple of side projects so this has lead to the slow start. This project will go completely crazy with activity starting Aug 19th. All is set for the last client to be wrapped up on the 18th so we will be rocking and rolling. I do plan on listing the daily progress of the module in the project forums for it. As bugs are fixed, they will be linked in the forum post so that all can see them. Some of the bugs date as far back as 2004, while others date only a few weeks.

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So what have I been up to lately? Well there has been plenty. Take a look at a typical day for a .NET developer.

Today the DNN 3.3+ installation guide was released. This covers installing DNN on shared hosts using version 3.3 and higher (except for 4.X versions). You can see the guide here:

Install Guide

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Well it would seem my blog got a little messed up there and I had to clean it up. In the process I deleted the post about the game plan. So here we go again.Game PlanThe way I see it, this module is in need of a serious kick in the pants. Bugs have been reported and not officially addressed or have been corrected, but not taken out of Gemini. Due to this, the first order of business once I am familiar with the development process here, is to address all of the reported bugs. We currently have 7 bugs reported...

    I wanted to take the time to briefly introduce myself to the DotNetNuke community. My name is Alec Whittington and I have recently been appointed the Project Lead for the Links module. Now I must admit, when I first heard of DNN, it was via a customer who was ironically having trouble getting it to work in our shared environment (I work for CrystalTech Web Hosting). After posting in the forums at ASP.NET, well posting is a rather...