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Entries for September 2016

2sxc App vs. 2sxc Content - Which One Should I use?

Technically both the App and the Content module could be used for the same things - but you shouldn't, because they behave differently and provide a different UX. Here's an overview.

Sep 29

By: Daniel Mettler

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DNN 9 and the Future of the DNN Platform

Two years ago, we began a discussion in the community about how to move the DNN platform forward. Microsoft was hard at work on ASP.Net vNext, which was later renamed to ASP.Net Core. At the time, I made the case for DNN making a radical departure from the Web Forms architecture that is the foundation of DNN today. That new platform, DNN neXt, would have been built on .Net Core and would have benefited from much of the work the ASP.Net team was doing to modernize and cleanup .Net.

Sep 26

By: Joe Brinkman

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4-Ways to Work with JSON Data Using StruXured Content (2sxc)

Many cool visualizations run in JavaScript, so your scripts must be able to get the content-items as JSON. Here are the 4 most important ways to do it.

Sep 23

By: Daniel Mettler

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Announcing Angular 2 - Yippee!

Angular 2 is officially stable and out. Here's what you need to know, if you want to get started immediately with Angular2 and DNN or 2sxc.

Sep 21

By: Daniel Mettler

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12 Differences When Templating Data Instead of Content

The template/data-paradigm is very common, where a template visualizes data provided by a query. This results in typical list/details systems like blogs, news, showcases and more. But when managing content on normal pages, this approach doesn't really work, which is why we need the template/content-paradigm.

Sep 17

By: Daniel Mettler

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Migrate from CKEditor Editor Provider (WatchersNET) to DNNConnect.EditorProvider

The CK Editor from WatchersNET has been (and still is) a very good alternative to the Telerik RAD Editor, the standard HTML editor delivered with DNN for a long time. It provides the successor of the FCK Editor, which has been the default editor... Continue Reading »

Sep 06

By: Michael Tobisch

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An App a Day: The Snippet/Code-Fragement App

We all sometimes need to add just a bit of CSS, JavaScript or HTML to a page, without mangling it through the WYSIWYG editor. The Snippet-App helps you do this, quickly and painlessly.

Sep 03

By: Daniel Mettler

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Entries for September 2016

2sxc App vs. 2sxc Content - Which One Should I use?

DNN 9 and the Future of the DNN Platform

4-Ways to Work with JSON Data Using StruXured Content (2sxc)

Announcing Angular 2 - Yippee!

12 Differences When Templating Data Instead of Content

Migrate from CKEditor Editor Provider (WatchersNET) to DNNConnect.EditorProvider

An App a Day: The Snippet/Code-Fragement App

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