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Posted by:
Chris Hammond
12/25/2006 7:36 AM
Just in time for Christmas a new version of DotNetNuke has been released. On it's 4 year anniversary of the first release, DotNetNuke released version 4.4.
"On December 24th, 2002, the code which was to become the DotNetNuke web application framework was first released to the community. On the fourth anniversary of this date, DotNetNuke version 4.4.0 - a release with significant performance enhancements - has now been made available for download"
If you've never used DotNetNuke before, do yourself a favor and try it out, there are no licensing fees to download it, use it, or even modify it. It's open source, free, and a great way to easily start building a website via an intuitive web based UI.
Version 4.4 marks the first ASP.NET 2.0 only release, prior to this release DNN was maintaining two sets of code, one for .Net 1.1 and one for .Net 2.0. 4.4 marks significant improvements in performance over previous versions as this version was heavily tested and tweaked in a full scale performance lab.
Here's an edited list of changes from the change log available at http://support.dotnetnuke.com/project/ChangeLog.aspx?PROJID=2
Component Issue Type Summary
Admin / Host Functions Bug Page Head tags are not properly processed
Admin / Host Functions Bug Action Menu with Module Specific Permissions is not displayed
Admin / Host Functions Bug Cannot use icon from module directory in action buttons
Admin / Host Functions Bug ModuleTitle in multi definition modules
Admin / Host Functions Enhancement Improve Delete Portal Functionality
Admin / Host Functions Enhancement Convert Site Wizard to use .NET Framework classes
Admin / Host Functions New Feature Add Page Quotas
Admin / Host Functions New Feature Add User Quota
Admin / Host Functions New Feature Improve Portal Management
Admin / Host Functions New Feature Add a new Delete Expired Portals action
Localization / ML Bug Pop-up calendar localized date format bug
Localization / ML Bug Popup calendar
Localization / ML Bug Localized images break when using the "ShowMissingKeys" app setting.
Localization / ML Bug Collation issue with Event Log
Localization / ML New Feature Force a specific language for first visitors
Performance Bug Performance: ClientAPICaps.config caching
Performance Bug Performance: XmlSerializer
Performance Bug Performance : TabCache
Performance Bug Performance ; Menu providers
Performance Bug Performance: XPathDocument vs XmlDocument
Performance Bug Performance: Reduce Database Calls
Performance Bug Performance: CBO and Reflection
Performance Enhancement Imporve Startup performance
Performance Enhancement Implement HTTP compression
Security Bug Exception when deleting role groups
Originally posted to http://weblogs.asp.net/christoc/
5 comment(s) so far...
Re: A new version of DotNetNuke today!
I snuck out from family Christmas do, downloaded and installed 4.4, all worked beautifully! 1st impressions on a remote install/shared server were a much faster load time altho I can't say I really tested it fully. Congrats as usual to all the team - Merry Christmas!
By nickclements on
12/25/2006 11:20 AM
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Re: A new version of DotNetNuke today!
Congrates!
Keep on the good spirit!
By shaieden on
12/26/2006 10:35 PM
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Re: A new version of DotNetNuke today!
Chris, in looking for an update on the Wiki project by going to your Wiki project blog, I caught your blog posting about the release of DNN 4.4. So, that told me that you're back from Costa Rica (congrats on getting married)!
Would you be able to post more regular updates on where things are with the Wiki project? There just aren't many alternatives in the DNN universe for a feature-rich Wiki -- in fact, I haven't found any that I can use. It's pretty tough being downstream and always wondering what's happening with the Wiki project.
By YodaRocks on
12/28/2006 9:35 AM
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Re: A new version of DotNetNuke today!
Great work guys!
I noticed marked improvments in performance, especially with my older servers with less hardware resources. I haven't had a chance to do a diff on all the code yet, but I'm looking forward to checking out all the changes. BTW, this fixed a few bugs that I hadn't had time to get around to.
Thanks a lot, and have a great holiday season and best of luck to you and yours this new year!
JT
By jeepthing on
12/28/2006 1:18 PM
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Re: A new version of DotNetNuke today!
I'm curious - the performance enhancements - are they primarily performance enhancements over version 4, or did they compare to version 3 also? The reason I ask: I have a very big DNN3 site, with 30+ modules, and I've been holding off on upgrading. A big performance improvement would be a compelling reason to finally take the plunge. However, from version 2 to 3 performance decreased (I know, functionality increased, I'm not criticizing!) and I don't know if there was a further decrease from 3 to4 - which, if 4.4 then corrected, *could* make 3 roughly =4, performance-wise, in which case there's no reason for me to upgrade (I'm perfectly happy with the functionality I have in version 3, just not the performance).
do you know if there are any comparisons of 4.4 against 3 i.t.o. speed experienced by customer and also memory footprint on server? My version of 3 implements HTTP compression and all the "standard tricks" used to optimize performance.
By tinky_lou on
1/31/2007 7:08 PM
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