This weekend was a great time to go shopping on behalf of a non-profit organization, as there were great bargains everywhere!  I had been eye-balling some sales going on at our local CompUSA for several weeks now.  This weekend, it got even better.  I was able to procure an HDTV and an HP Laptop to be given away as grand prizes at the Day of DotNetNuke® this year!  I would post pictures, but they are still in their respective boxes.  Those pictures...

In terms of SEO (search engine optimization), one of the biggest issues with DotNetNuke® has been that the site map it generates assigns the same priority to every single page in the portal.  The priority should be a value between 0.0 and 1.0, but historically DNN has assigned every page the priority of 0.5.  If you submit your site map to Google, and then check the parsed results later, you will see an error like shown below.



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I finally have found some time to look at the newest version of DotNetNuke®, or in this case, the most recent Beta.  The beta can be publically downloaded and participated in.  One of the first things I have stumbled upon during my run through tonight was the new Google Analytics...

I was recently asked to show someone how to use the DotNetNuke® Wiki Module.  While I can usually whip up a demo in seconds and wing it, I was not able to this time.  It had been too long since I had last used it, and was having a brain lapse.  So, I decided to put that demo here, so to speak.  Before I get into it though, I do want to mention that there are some features that are missing and planned to be in future releases.  Chris Hammond is the project lead, and he admittedly is looking for time and contributors to help in continuing the development effort.  Use the Wiki project forum if you’re interested in helping (or need support).

First of all, you need to install the module, as it is not installed...

The Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group, or the ODUG, is not as old as some might think.  Our first meeting was February 2, 2008.  So, we are working on completing our second year as a user group.  It began simply enough… Brian Scarbeau signed up to reserve the user group on the DotNetNuke® website, and then began to...

The DotNetNuke Corporation has begun broadcasting webinars for anyone to register and watch.  They are mostly hosted by Nik Kalyani, a Co-Founder of the corporation, Former CEO, and the current Director of Products and Strategy.  His first webinar was today, and it was basically an introduction to DotNetNuke®.  While his demo today was run on the new Professional Edition, the webinar strictly focused on introducing some of the most common and powerful features that would be of interest to anyone evaluating our favorite web application framework.

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The Day of DotNetNuke® is very fortunate to have the support of the DotNetNuke Corporation for the event.  Part of that support is a bit of advertising on the official DotNetNuke® website.  We have a skyscraper...

A lot of things have been happening in preparing for the first annual Day of DotNetNuke®.  We have been speaking with sponsors, potential partners, service providers, hotels, speakers, and more – making sure that everyone that attends will have the best possible time that they can.  Our goal is to provide the best DNN content anywhere, and provide the best social, learning, and networking environment possible.  All of this, and it is absolutely FREE to attend!  Can you believe it?  Here is what has been going on in terms...

Last night, we went to see a sneak preview of the newest Tom Hanks’ & Ron Howard joint project, Angels & Demons.  With all of the buzz (good and bad) that religious movies get, I am going to assume that you’ve heard of this movie.  It is based on another book by the infamous Dan Brown.  As I understand it, this book was actually first in Brown’s story following the main character, Robert Langdon.  You can kind of tell this in this recent installment of the movie series.

First of all, there are a lot of familiar faces in this movie.  There is Ewan McGregor, the bad guy from Eastern Promises,...

Scott Willhite just announced via twitter that the Beta version for DotNetNuke® version 5.01.00 is available for download.  Basically, the DNN team is making the betas available publically, as the number of possible use cases has exceeded those that they are able to test right now.  As a result, more than the acceptable number of bugs have been coming along with recent DNN releases. 

Before I tell you the download link, know this:  PLEASE report any and all bugs you find.  It is up to people like you and I to help make DNN better.  And what easier and cheaper way to help support the project?  Report bugs to:  http://support.dotnetnuke.com

Download DotNetNuke version 5.01 Beta

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