In an attempt to simplify participation with the referral program on the Store, I have developed a new free and open source module that anyone can use, but is specifically designed with the referral program in mind. In the module settings, there is a... Continue Reading »

"I want you money!" was the first line on the slide of my ignite session during the DNNCon conference in Palm Beach Florida on October 19, 2013. But some lines followed: "But not for myself" and "And you will get it back".

My ignite session discussed your option to alleviate poverty by micro financing via KIVA.org: "Empower people around the world with a $25 loan". Start to think about the fact that more than 80% of all the people on the world have to live from less than $10 per day. And read on.

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In 2012 we introduced the DNN★MVP awards; a program intended to recognize those exceptional DNN community contributors whose participation and enthusiasm help make our ecosystem such a passionate and collaborative environment.  The DNN★MVP aw... Continue Reading »

Version 05.01.00 of DNN FAQs is a version with serious changes inside, but not so much at the outside: implementation of a DAL2 datalayer and the new DNNtc MSBuild structure plus a few big fixes.

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Earlier today we released the DNN 7.2.0 Beta on CodePlex.  In 7.2.0 we have been focusing on just a few features and a large number of bug fixes.  We have also been working closer than ever with community members to incorporate community contributions into the platform.  Below is a list of some of the major features that are coming in this release.  Take a few minutes to download the beta and give us your feedback.  A few minutes of your time now can help us make the release that much better.  Also, if you find an issue, consider submitting a pull request along with logging the issue.  We’ll automatically enter you into the DNNCon Bug Bash.  Who knows, you just might walk away with a brand new 64Gb Surface 2 tablet for your effort. Continue Reading »

Last month I did a 3 day speaking tour of .Net and DNN User Groups in Florida.  It was a great trip but one of the painful lessons I learned from that trip was that Florida is not just the home of millions of senior citizens: it is also the home of trillions of mosquitos.  I came home from that trip looking like I had a bad case of chicken pox. The other lesson I learned was that Floridians love DNN and they have very passionate community members.

In just over a week, the DNN community will converge on West Palm Beach for this fall’s DNNCon. This conference is a great opportunity to network with DNN experts and learn firsthand from the some of the best developers, designers and administrators in the DNN community. There are speakers coming from all over North America and Europe to share their expertise with other passionate members of our amazing community. If you are attending just remember to bring your bug repellent.

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If you have been following this blog series you will know that we have been making strides from the basics of what we are trying to accomplish under the term Enterprise Extension Development in the part one post.  In parts two and three we continued the trend and talked about project structure, NuGet, and overall organization.  If you have been following along since the beginning I'm sure that you have a number of questions.  I know I've been getting a lot of e-mails asking about various parts of the process now that we have setup our projects in a manner that doesn't necessarily match to what you would expect for working with DNN.  So lets continue the discussion with a little recap of what we have accomplished so far, then we will answer the questions.

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Feedback version 06.04.02 is released!

Version 06.04.02 improves the look on DNN 7 websites, plus solves a number of minor bugs.

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This post is a continuation of my ongoing Enterprise Extension Development blog series talking about how to effectively leverage DotNetNuke in complex environments. In Part One we set the stage for why it is important to look at Enterprise Developme... Continue Reading »

I am pleased to announce that DNN Platform 7.1.2 has been released. The primary focus with every maintenance release is to improve the stability and performance of the DNN Platform.

With the release of DNN 7.1, we re-organized our product and engineering teams to better enable us to focus on improving the core platform.  With the 7.1.1 release we focused on just getting through all of the changes resulting from the reorganization as well as dealing with our new source control system and issue tracking system. With these changes complete, the team was able to spend more time in 7.1.2 focusing on the quality of the release and addressing some longstanding issues

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