In December 2013, version 7.2 of the DNN Platform was released, which included a new type of extension, the JavaScript Library. At Engage, we've found this to be very useful to us in many scenarios, and we've been investing in creating a solid body o... Continue Reading »

One of my favorite things about the DNN community is meeting new people and learning about what they’re doing with DNN.  I first stumbled across Aaron Lopez a few years ago when he submitted himself for the first DNN Super Fan Contest.  Unf... Continue Reading »

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I am pleased to announce that the DNN Platform 7.4.0 beta is now available for download. This release has been a labor of love by the entire community and I want to personally thank all those community members who contributed to help get this release ready. We are in the final couple of weeks and will only be making changes for any truly show stopping issues (i.e. unable to create pages, login, edit content etc.). Read the post for a summary of what is included in this release.

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Since the WebAPI is usually invisible and doesn't have a real output-page it’s a bit harder to debug. What makes things even more difficult is the fact that DNN doesn't log WebAPI errors (it should, but that's a pending issue). So I'll show you the most important tools to help you get started.

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In this post I would like to help you understand what happens between the sheets - mostly from the moment the web server receives the request up to the moment where your code (your C# class) gets to do something.

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Developers following the true gospel of Microsoft have a tendency of using MSDN Magazine and Microsoft-Giveaways as their true source of information. This was the correct approach in the past when anything related to Mac or Linux was N/A (not applicable) for us true believers.

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Join Will Strohl and I each month as we talk about the latest happenings in the DNN community. Every month we feature a new community guest who talk's to us about how to get the most out of DNN. Whether it is site administration, module development or building cutting edge DNN skins, there is always plenty of great content for everyone.

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In my second mini-series about WebAPI we'll look at a real-life solution. We've already looked at HTTP-Verbs, Server- and Client-Controllers. Now we'll look at some DNN-Specials mostly related to security.

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In my second mini-series about WebAPI we'll look at a real-life solution. Now we'll look the HTTP-part of this, and why you should use Get, Post and Delete HTTP-verbs to really show what you're intending to do.

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