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How will DotNetNuke rate as a CMS in 2010

As each year closes, it's often time to reflect on what was, but I took a look forward to how I see DotNetNuke in 2010.This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty Ltd...

Upgrading a site to DNN 5

Upgrading DNN sites is always subjective. Here's another story on how I've upgraded to DNN 5 and the steps taken. Enter at own risk :-)This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty L...

Most Informative Finalist - DNNSKINS.com

DotNetNuke Community Choice Awards, (Most Informative Category) XD Design Finalist - DNNSKINS.com Site overview.This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty Ltd...

Most Informative Finalist - Oamps Insurance

DotNetNuke Community Choice Awards, (Most Informative Category) XD Design Finalist Overview - Oamps Insurance. Site overview.This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty Ltd...

Most Creative/Original Finalist - EvolveOne80

DotNetNuke Community Choice Awards, (Most original / creative category) XD Design Finalist Overview - Evolveone80. Site overview.This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty Ltd...

XD Design celebrates 6 websites as finalists

XD Design entered a few websites in the DotNetNuke Community Choice awards & most of them were selected as finalists! A huge pat on the back to the XD Team, you guys rock!This blog is sponsored by htt...

Visiting US between 1st and 18th November

Tickets are booked and confirmed, so it's New York and Las Vegas for me during November. I'll make some time to catch up with a few people and look forward to meetings some dnn colleagues for the firs...

Installing skins on DotNetNuke 4

How to install skins on DNN 4. A 10 minute overview on the process. Ideal if you're new to DNN or want more insight to the process.This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty Ltd...

Free Skins from DNNSKINS.com

New free skins on DNNSKINS and a cool facebook fans page. Why don't check out our exciting changes.This blog is sponsored by http://www.xd.com.au - XD Design Pty Ltd...

DotNetNuke and eCommerce

eCommerce is a subjective topic when talking about DNN and I've posted my thoughts how I see DotNetNuke & eCommerce store.This blog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.xd.com.au">XD Design<...

Child Portals and their use in DNN

I've been using full and child portals for years - it depends on the project and I can only give you my personal experience here, but since I've done literally hundreds and hundreds of sites, if not t...

XD Design - New business structure

XD Design restructure is complete and we believe we have a good model to make a business based on the DNN open source solution workable and viable.This blog is sponsored by <a href="http://www.xd....

New Free DotNetNuke Skin - XDNewDesignAway

Log in and download XDNewDesignAway today!! Having made some good infrastructure changes over the last 12 - 18 months, I'm in a better position to provide more free skins on dnnskins.com - and the goo...

Is DNN right for graphic designers?

You know I have a passion for this wonderful application, and continue to believe that it is without doubt, the finest .net open source application around, with a skinning engine that gives more life ...

DNN 5 Beta Part 3

I decided to take a night off to really look at how this skinning functionality will work after trying to get the site to work other skins. I believe that I'm not a total fool, and hoping because...

DNN 5 Beta Part 2

Part 2 of the DNN 5 Beta I've been trying out.. A quick apology for something that was already there, and some more screen shots the interface covering the 'extensions'This weblog is sponsored by XD D...

DNN 5 Beta Part 1

DNN 5 Beta has been released to a few people with products for sale on the DNN marketplace - After spending several hours with it, I thought I'd share some of the new features.This weblog is sponsored...

Skin Broke My DotNetNuke Site

Here is a an easy fix to a very common problem I'm seeing with newcomers to DNN. Most often created by incorrectly installing a container instead of a skin. Use this attached file to resolve it quickl...

Ugrading DotNetNuke 4.5.5 > 4.8

Ugrading DotNetNuke from any version can be a challenge, but with these tips it should help you make the 4.5 > 4.8 transition easier.This weblog is sponsored by eXtra Dimensions....

Can DotNetNuke be used to run a business?

Can you really run a business based on the Windows based Open Source solution - DotNetNuke... I've given a bit of an insight on my thoughts on the matter... This weblog is sponsored by eXtra Dimensio...

Updated Blogs to latest version of dasBlog for now

Updated my blogs to latest version of dasBlog - is it enough to make me move to Graffiti??This weblog is sponsored by eXtra Dimensions....

Updated CatalookSupport.com to 4.8

Updated http://www.catalooksupport.com to the latest version of DNN 4.8 - it was an original 4.1 version upgraded to 4.3 and then 4.5, but after reading issues with upgrading, was a bit hestitant, how...

DNN, SEO and all that 'search engine friendly' talk

Like the discussion about should we use tables in skins, and what's the difference about compatibility and compliance... it's a bit subjective, but the step towards making your URLS friendlier is alwa...

More skin things to do in 4.7

Brought out in 4.6 was the ability to customise/modify some of the skin tokens that appear in the DNN skins, so I thought I'd have a look and evaluate how handy it would be.This weblog is sponsored by...

DNN 4.7 Page Import/Export Features

Looking ahead at what we can expect in this release was interesting and one of a couple of things I thought was handy includes the new page import/export feature - handy for site administrators and a ...

DNNSkins.com - new release - over 50 FREE skins

Finally released the new and updated DNNSkins.com website - http://www.dnnskins.com - for some great new free skins, packed, polished and ready for preview. Simply register, login, add to your cart a...

Nina Meiers - Developer Partnership Opportunity

Nina Meiers is looking for DotNetNuke developers to partner with. If you're a skilled DotNetNuke developer who is able to provide ongoing support, then you might be interested in this.This weblog is ...

My experience in moving DNN to another server

An overview on moving and acquiring DNN sites and an overview of the new hosting environment XD Design P/L will be offering clients.This weblog is sponsored by eXtra Dimensions....

Joomla or DotNetNuke

An objective thought on the Joomla / DotNetNuke discussion that comes up from time to time and I've tried to put in my own thoughts based on experience, so also provided here, a link to my own DotNetN...

Free DotNetNuke Skin XDBlueWired

I like to see that the DNN Community has the chance to have access to quality skins and this is no exception. After updating and fixing all the errors and menu wobbles, it's now good enough to use on...

Question - Is DNN right for me?

I saw a post on the forums which said - Is DNN right for me, and I thought I'd share it. It was a question about firm with lots of documents in PDF format that required storage, attached with picture...

DotNetNuke Offline Maintenance

Taking a DNN site offline requires more than the default.htm file to be added, but this is a handy tip with a sample file to take your site offline and display your company logo, while you upgrade you...

Nina Meiers - MVP Award - Contributions to DotNetNuke recognised

I was quite excited to get an email a two days ago announcing that I'd been awarded MVP status for contributions to the DotNetNuke community and an exciting way to start off 2007. I didn't realise ho...

Snapshot Overview of 4.4

Well with the release of DNN 4.4 tomorrow, it's not a bad time to have a quick look at some of the key features that are in this build. Still exploring some of them, but here's an overview and some s...

Seeing more upgrades for DotNetNuke site owners..

It's interesting to have been part of the process from virtually the beginning of an era, and the mix of users with DNN 1, 2 & 3 sites are now looking to upgrade. And I've got my own thoughts on the p...

The diversity of DotNetNuke

From a business perspective, it always interests me how people are using DotNetNuke and it's no wonder that we see increasing amount of questions about what DNN can do, when you consider the spectrum ...

Anyone in Tulsa - http://www.tulsatechfest.com

Great to see DotNetNuke in use with this fantastic TechEvent on this weekend. With over 450 people registered to attend this free event, you should check out what's on offer....

Why you should upgrade to 3.3.5 & 4.3.5

Great to see some solid changes and updates to DNN, since I think DNN has had some wobbly times in the release DNN 4. We've endured some rollercoaster rides and for those of use who are still hanging ...

To Nuke or NOT to Nuke - That is the Question

Today I read a post that made me think about why I use DotNetNuke, so I've copied the post, the link, and my own answer - the longer version, in this blog to give an overview as to why I use DotNetNuk...

A new deisgn for a DotNetNuke site..

Problems aside, I think this is such a nice site.. Sure I'm biased, my guys designed, but overall, it's showing you the diversity of DotNetNuke and how not all DotNetNuke sites look the same.....

Australian Localisation Packs for DNN 4.3.4

For those looking for Australian Localisation - you can log in and download the localisation packs for DotNetNuke....

DotNetNuke 3.3.4 & 4.3.4 are released

I suggest you spend time as soon as possible and upgrade to this version, since it does have some important updates. I've upgraded a site - Active Forums held together well, and currently testing Cata...

A Week of DNN 4.3 - and what a week it's been

Well, it's been a challenging week to say the least with the forums full of problems with the caching, permissions, installations, you name it - so we're all wearing these little challenges, but there...

Friendly URLS in DotNetNuke

I saw a post on the forums talking about Google and Search Engine Optimisation and thought I'd give an overview on the experiences I have had with urls and Google and how I have worked around it....

DNN 3 or 4

As we move towards new builds and new releases, I thought I'd put in my thoughts on experiences I've had and what to think about when you're thinking of deploying or upgrading a DNN site. Upgrading an...

Nina Meiers acquires dnnskins.com

I am pleased to announce that on July 15, dnnskins.com was purchased by Nina Meiers, bringing on board another 27,000 members interested in skinning and free skins....

Beginning DotNetNuke Skinning and Design Book - Announcement

It's official, signed and sealed, so now I can announce my first book on skinning and designing your DotNetNuke site....

2 New Free DotNetNuke Skins - Using NEW DNN Nav Menu

It's been a bit of work but I am pleased to say I've got 2 new free skins for download.. with the latest menu in the DotNetNuke 3.3+ & 4.3+ builds....

Finally got a couple of skins with the DNN Menu

I'm tired - going to crash for the night but I've done something a little plain but still useful I believe.. and that's modified the core skins to be smaller, lighter, and using the dnn menu and the c...

DotNetNuke partnering with ecommerce company..

I was doing a bit of browsing last night - looking at different ecommerce products and studying the different layouts. I'm working on some ecommerce layouts to start creating some off the shelf ecomm...

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