You might be reading this thinking, “What do you mean?”  That’s typical.  The real question though is, “What can importing jQuery UI CSS do for me?”  jQuery UI  on it’s own is already a great thing to use.  It gives you all kinds of intuitive, interactive, and usable UI elements with very little work on your part.  Think of things like calendars, tabs, sliders, and more.  jQuery UI on it’s own only adds the behavior.  You have to import the CSS to make it look good, and luckily, there’s a few themes out there pre-made with jQuery UI  in mind.

While...

In previous years, one thing or another has consistently prevented me from attending the popular DotNetNuke OpenForce events.  Last year, my only chance was to go as a speaker.  That didn’t work out for me.  This year is different though.  I will be seeing you there!  Why?  Easy…  I am very honored to be able to announce that I have been selected to be a speaker at this years event!

I submitted around 8 sessions for consideration to DotNetNuke Connections this year.  Luckily, one really fit in with what they were looking for this year, but it wasn’t the session that I would’ve thought it to be.  I had a few cutting-edge sessions there, and a couple in-depth sessions as well.  However, the one that caught the eyes of the selection committee was, “DotNetNuke 5 Administration: Tips and Tricks.”

I have done this session and sessions like it uncountable times.  However, this...

The core DotNetNuke® Media Module has been idle for quite some time.  Like many open source projects, peoples lives have gotten in the way of keeping this module updated.  About 2 years ago, several members of the Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group (ODUG) had gotten together to begin managing the Media Module.  Some work was done with it, but nothing was checked in.  After a while, the module was no longer being worked on.  I am very excited to let you know that this has changed!

I had been working on the next release of the DNN Media Module for about a month.  It was ready to go, but I had to prepare the module to go through the DNN release tracker.  This was a foreign concept to...

I usually like to boast that I don’t fall for the standard forms of advertising, like commercials, radio ads, magazine ads, website banners, etc.  In fact, most times I wouldn’t be able to tell you anything about an ad that was just shown or played.  However, I couldn’t help but listen intently every time a Beef O’Brady’s ad played on the radio recently on my ride home from work.  The first time, I only caught the end of it when it said a phrase that I always welcome, “the hottest pepper in the world.”  Luckily, the good folks at the radio station saw fit to play the same ad again during the next commercial break, where I would hear the rest of what they had to say.

As it turns out, I heard the phrase right the first time around.  Apparently, Beef O’Brady’s had just reformulated their “Nuclear” flavor of their wing sauce using a pepper called the Ghost pepper.  I am a huge fan of the Habanero...

There are many reasons to build a DotNetNuke® module.  You might need to satisfy a business need.  Perhaps you need to rewrite an existing or open source module.  There could be an application that you’re porting over to DNN from your own custom solution.  Maybe even, it’s just a project at work…  That’s all well and good, but have you ever built a DNN module to win prizes???  You will have your chance next week!

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