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Posted by:
Stefan Cullmann
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:55:54 GMT
If you are a long time DotNetNuke addict you always knew how to install new core modules: Host ->Modules
Below the list of installed modules was always a list of Available Modules:
If you visit the same page in DNN5, Available Modules is gone:
The functionality has moved. DNN5 introduces a new extension installer, dealing with modules, skins, containers, providers, skin objects and language packs. So now learn to go to Host -> Extensions and click on  to get to the page showing all extensions available for instant installation on your site:
PS:
Yes, I know that there was (and still is) a shortcut for a long, long time inside the control panel:
But maybe there are some more people who sometimes don't see the wood for the trees like me.
9 comment(s) so far...
Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
Stefan:
Just a suggestion, for the sake of the newbies that are going to go crazy looking for the option to intall new modules and that will ask the same question a million times in the Forums. Could that option be renamed to "Install Additional Modules and Extensions"? You can even get rid of the word "Additional", it is redundant in my mind. So maybe just "Install Modules and Extensions"
It is just a matter of usability, remember to think as a user (maybe not a technical one) and not as a programmer when moving things around and renaming things.
Carlos
By Carlos Rodriguez on
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:43:30 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
Yes - I agree with Carlos! I think DotNetNuke could benefit from having a non-tech person go through and assign names to features. DNN is great from a developers standpoint and even then it's not always intuitive. From a non-tech perspective finding features is somewhat a challenge.
Trent
www.jangostudios.net
By Blane Smith on
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:41:45 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
The CT is in the process of setting up a usability group, you'll be happy to know. More news will follow soon I hope.
By Peter Donker on
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:49:38 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
Umm. forgive me but what is the difference between modules and extensions? They seem to be the same thing.
By Colin White on
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:15:25 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
A module is just one type of extension. Skins, containers, etc are others.
By Matt Fraser on
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:31:07 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
You wrote, "DNN5 introduces a new extension installer, dealing with modules, skins, containers, providers, sin objects...." DNN just gets sexier by the minute! ;-)
By Stephen Nill on
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:14:09 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
I corrected it to Skin objects. Don't give up hope: the extension installer is extensible...
By Stefan Cullmann on
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:46:17 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
A usability group? Awesome! I have for a long time been thinking that there should be different modes available. Basic and Advanced. DNN has become so feature rich that many first time users (not dnn enthusiasts, developers, or it junkies) have a hard time just using it. Training is becoming almost mandatory. Hopefully the usability group will find a similar need for a "Basic" mode that removes some of the more advanced features from view.
By Will Strohl on
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:03:16 GMT
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Re: DNN5: Where are all the modules gone?
I think the move is a great idea, as is the usability group.
By Samuel Erde on
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:17:35 GMT
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