DotNetNuke Raises Venture Capital
Earlier this week we announced that DotNetNuke has raised venture capital from a syndicate of tier 1 venture capital firms, August Capital and Sierra Ventures. Considering the current state of the global economy, this announcement is a huge vote of confidence in our product and community, and a tes......
OpenForce Europe closed its doors...
OpenForce Europe closed its doors on Tuesday evening and I must say it was a great event even though CH drank all the JD in this small country! Meeting new faces is always nice. It is always great to hear the passion for DotNetNuke rather than read it....
DotNetNuke 5.0 RC1
Earlier today, DotNetNuke hit another milestone with the release of DotNetNuke 5.0.0 RC1. RC1 is our first stable DotNetNuke 5.0.0 release and represents a feature complete version of the 5.0 platform. From here on out we will be focused on fixing bugs and ensuring that any performanc......
DotNetNuke 5.0: Now with jQuery
For the last 4 years DotNetNuke has been adding more and more client-side functionality using JavaScript. First we started with the ClientAPI which has added some great features to the platform. When Microsoft created ASP.Net AJAX, we were quick to implement that as well since it solved......
jQuery, Microsoft and DNN
Over the last weekend Scott Guthrie announced that Microsoft would be providing full support for the jQuery javascript library, including full PSS support.
This is quite a momentous announcement. jQuery is an Open Source project, with a similar license to DotNetNuke (it uses a modified MIT l......
LinqPrep: Programmatically adding Linq to SQL keys to the web.config of your DotNetNuke 4 site
DotNetNuke 5 should have a switch in the administration settings that will allow the site to run a module that uses Linq to SQL. However, there are no plans to provide this functionality in DotNetNuke 4.
This program will allow you to automatically add the needed keys to the web.config file of t......
DotNetNuke OpenForce 08 Conferences Coming Soon...
Anticipation for the DotNetNuke OpenForce 08 Conferences is growing, and we are now only a month away from the kickoff event. OpenForce Europe 08 occurs on October 6 & 7 at the Leeuwenhorst Conference Center near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Following this event, OpenForce North America follows up......
DotNetNuke OpenForce 08 Conferences Coming Soon...
Anticipation for the DotNetNuke OpenForce 08 Conferences is growing, and we are now only a month away from the kickoff event. OpenForce Europe 08 occurs on October 6 & 7 at the Leeuwenhorst Conference Center near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Following this event, OpenForce North America follow......
BAY.NET User Group Presentation
I just wanted to provide a heads up that I am doing an in-person presentation at the BAY.NET User Group on Wednesday evening this week. I met one of their user group leaders, Oliver Nguyen, at the MVP Summit this past spring and he kindly invited me to come and speak about DotNetNuke. I am honoured......
BAY.NET User Group Presentation
I just wanted to provide a heads up that I am doing an in-person presentation at the BAY.NET User Group on Wednesday evening this week. I met one of their user group leaders, Oliver Nguyen, at the MVP Summit this past spring and he kindly invited me to come and sp......
DNN Trademarks
When DotNetNuke was originally announced in February 2003, the developer community in its insatiable appetite for simple concise technology acronyms, immediately abbreviated the DotNetNuke name to 'DNN'. This short-hand reference has been synonymously linked to the project ever since, especially in......
DotNetNuke Security Update
I mentioned in my last blog that I would post an update once we were successfully able to work through the security issues reported last week. The most important update is Version 4.8.3 was released this past Tuesday and fully addresses each of the reported items. You can get it now from the Downlo......
DotNetNuke Security Notice
Since the DotNetNuke application was originally released, we have been committed to providing a highly secure web platform to the Microsoft community. Security on the web is a challenging area and we have gone to great lengths over the past 5 years to ensure the integrity of the application. We are......
DotNetNuke Security Notice
Since the DotNetNuke application was originally released, we have been committed to providing a highly secure web platform to the Microsoft community. Security on the web is a challenging area and we have gone to great lengths over the past 5 years to ensure the integrity of the application. We are......
DotNetNuke Professional Support
In case you did not know already, DotNetNuke Corporation has been offering professional Support services for the DotNetNuke platform since January of this year through our Subscription Program. We have definitely been encouraged with the level of interest in the program so far and appreciate the bu......
DotNetNuke Professional Support
In case you did not know already, DotNetNuke Corporation has been offering professional Support services for the DotNetNuke platform since January of this year through our Subscription Program. We have definitely been encouraged with the level of interest in the program so far and appreciate the bu......
Is DotNetNuke a second-class citizen?
In early April our friend Michael Desmond, from Redmond Developer News, wrote a thought provoking article related to Open Source on the Microsoft platform. The title of the article was "Open Source .NET Projects Getting Cold Shoulder?" and it featured quotes from Jeff Atwood ( formerly of Vertigo -......
Is DotNetNuke a second-class citizen?
In early April our friend Michael Desmond, from Redmond Developer News, wrote a thought provoking article related to Open Source on the Microsoft platform. The title of the article was "Open Source .NET Projects Getting Cold Shoulder?" and it featured quotes from Jeff Atwood ( formerly of Vert......
Skinning Enhancements
When it comes to software, a component or service which survives for an extended period of time without substantial refactoring is generally considered to be an anomoly. However, there are cases when a solution fulfills the business requirements so completely that you have the luxury of leaving it ......
Skinning Enhancements
When it comes to software, a component or service which survives for an extended period of time without substantial refactoring is generally considered to be an anomoly. However, there are cases when a solution fulfills the business requirements so completely that you have the luxury of leaving it ......
Content Management Disruption
North Bridge Venture Partners' conducts an annual survey on the use of open source in business and they recently published their findings from the 2008 OSBC Conference ( which Nik Kalyani attended on behalf of DotNetNuke Corporation ). From DotNetNuke's perspective, the most important information i......
Content Management Disruption
North Bridge Venture Partners' conducts an annual survey on the use of open source in business and they recently published their findings from the 2008 OSBC Conference ( which Nik Kalyani attended on behalf of DotNetNuke Corporation ). From DotNetNuke's perspective, the most important inf......
Web 2.0 Heroes
Last November at the DotNetNuke OpenForce conference in Las Vegas I ran into Bradley Jones, a well respected author and technologist. Bradley asked if I wanted to participate in an upcoming book he was putting together called "Web 2.0 Heroes" which contained interviews with a number of ke......
DotNetNuke: Size Matters
People often talk about a concept called the "herd mentality". Herd mentality describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, or purchase products. Examples of the herd mentality include the early adopters of cutting edge technology or mainstream adopti......
You Should Learn DotNetNuke
I picked up the latest issue of MSDN magazine this evening and, as usual, opened it to the {End Bracket} column on the last page first. I like {End Bracket} because it usually contains an honest, focussed message from a random developer in the Microsoft development community. The title of the colum......
Troubleshooting Site Issues
As many of you probably noticed, we have been experiencing some stability issues on dotnetnuke.com over the past couple days. Every couple hours the website would seem to "hang" and pages would no longer be served to visitors. In order to get things working again, we would need to restart the websi......
OpenForce '07 - The Inside Scoop
With OpenForce '07 only 2 weeks away, I want to provide the inside scoop on some of the exciting events which will be taking place at the conference. In many ways I believe this conference represents the tipping point for DotNetNuke, as it catapults our product and community into the mainstream Mic......
Facebook
For quite some time now, I have been curious about the phenomenon known as Facebook. As a subscriber to Business 2.0 magazine, the last issue (September 2007) had an interesting article titled 'The Facebook Economy' which really grabbed my attention. It described the Facebook platform and the poten......
.NET Rocks! at OpenForce Europe
I just wanted to relay some exciting news to the community. The very popular Internet talk show with Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell will be coming to DotNetNuke OpenForce Europe. .Net Rocks! will make a live recording of the discussion panel session where the founders of DotNetNuke Corporation ......
The Great Search Dilemma
In the 4.5.3 release, a new Search enhancement was introduced which caused a great deal of debate; both in the community and on the development team. Since there are so many factors related to this issue which are not immediately apparent, we decided it would be best to share some additional insigh......
DotNetNuke Trademark Policy
In our last Newsletter we announced the Powered! Program and briefly explained that it serves two purposes; it allows users of the platform to show their affiliation to DotNetNuke, and it allows us to actively manage the DotNetNuke trademark guidelines. It is the latter of these two items which I w......
DotNetNuke 4.5 and ASP.NET AJAX
With exciting new offerings on the immediate horizon like Silverlight ( aka. WPF/E ), it is sometimes easy to forget some of the recent software releases which are now in full scale production rollout. During the alpha and beta stages of new product releases there is intense marketing focus and act......
DotNetNuke 4.5.0 Delayed..
Due to the fact that so many Core Team members are attending the MVP Summit in Redmond, combined with remote access challenges, and some production issues encountered during our dogfooding exercise on dotnetnuke.com this week, the DotNetNuke 4.5.0 public release has been delayed until next week. We......
DotNetNuke 4.5.0 Delayed..
Due to the fact that so many Core Team members are attending the MVP Summit in Redmond, combined with remote access challenges, and some production issues encountered during our dogfooding exercise on dotnetnuke.com this week, the DotNetNuke 4.5.0 public release has been delayed until next week. We......
DotNetNuke Commercial Module Licensing
As an open source project, DotNetNuke is available under an enterprise friendly BSD license. Since the license has no usage restrictions, there has never been any requirement for managing license restrictions in the core platform. However, as a web application framework, DotNetNuke has an advanced ......
DotNetNuke Commercial Module Licensing
As an open source project, DotNetNuke is available under an enterprise friendly BSD license. Since the license has no usage restrictions, there has never been any requirement for managing license restrictions in the core platform. However, as a web application framework, DotNetNuke has an advanced ......
Benefactor Program Anniversary
We are fast approaching the one year anniversary of the DotNetNuke Benefactor Program. This program was introduced on Dec 23, 2005 and had some very specific goals in mind. Primarily, it was intended as a mechanism for individuals or companies to help support the project financially, but at the sam......
Benefactor Program Anniversary
We are fast approaching the one year anniversary of the DotNetNuke Benefactor Program. This program was introduced on Dec 23, 2005 and had some very specific goals in mind. Primarily, it was intended as a mechanism for individuals or companies to help support the project financially, but at the sam......
Performance Enhancements
So in my last blog I talked about how important it is to have a thorough understanding of the Windows Hosting environment before diving into performance optimizations in your web application. Another critical aspect is having a Performance Test Plan as well as a Test Lab where you can simulate load......
Performance Enhancements
So in my last blog I talked about how important it is to have a thorough understanding of the Windows Hosting environment before diving into performance optimizations in your web application. Another critical aspect is having a Performance Test Plan as well as a Test Lab where you can simulate load......
DotNetNuke 3.x Sunset
A question we get asked very often lately relates to our ongoing support for DotNetNuke 3.x on ASP.NET 1.1. We recently passed the one year anniversary for DotNetNuke 4.x on ASP.NET 2.0 ( November 7, 2005 ) and in our download statistics we have observed a very obvious trend. Currently DotNetNuke 4......
DotNetNuke 3.x Sunset
A question we get asked very often lately relates to our ongoing support for DotNetNuke 3.x on ASP.NET 1.1. We recently passed the one year anniversary for DotNetNuke 4.x on ASP.NET 2.0 ( November 7, 2005 ) and in our download statistics we have observed a very obvious trend. Currently DotNetNuke 4......
Windows Hosting Performance & Scalability
As many of you know, the next major release of DotNetNuke ( 4.4.0 ) is focused entirely on performance and scalability improvements. However, in order to accurately identify the areas of DotNetNuke which needed to be tuned or optimized, it was first necessary to have a solid understanding of how II......
Windows Hosting Performance & Scalability
As many of you know, the next major release of DotNetNuke ( 4.4.0 ) is focused entirely on performance and scalability improvements. However, in order to accurately identify the areas of DotNetNuke which needed to be tuned or optimized, it was first necessary to have a solid understanding of how II......
DotNetNuke 3.3.6 / 4.3.6 Release
DotNetNuke 3.3.6 / 4.3.6 was released earlier today. Although this was mainly a stabilization release, there are a number of key concepts which I think deserve a more detailed explanation.
Over the past couple years, one of the common complaints we have heard from the community is that we sometime......
DotNetNuke 3.3.6 / 4.3.6 Release
DotNetNuke 3.3.6 / 4.3.6 was released earlier today. Although this was mainly a stabilization release, there are a number of key concepts which I think deserve a more detailed explanation.
Over the past couple years, one of the common complaints we have heard from the community is that we sometime......
DNNTabStrip Update
Just thought I'd share a quick note regarding the status of the DNNTabStrip.
I had taken a break from its development in order to focus on the Edit In Place functionality. I was at the phase where I was evaluating what to do with tabs that contained other controls that required initialization s......
DotNetNuke Wiki Module Announcement
The Core Wiki Project team is proud to announce the next step in the Wiki project. We will be converting the KTomics Wiki module to be the DotNetNuke Wiki Project.
What does this mean? Well be taking the appropriate steps to convert the code from the Ktomics Wiki and getting it into the format ......
Melbourne .Net User Group Meeting 31st October
I will be Speaking at the Melbourne .Net User Group on 31st October. Here's the announcement.
Philip Beadle, Senior Consultant for Readify and foundation member of the DotNetNuke (DNN) Core Team:
Enterprise Development of DotNetNuke Modules
Part 1 (31st october)
How to setup your developm......
My new job at Readify
After a pleasant break from full time work I have now taken a part time position with Readify who are a technical readiness firm located in Australia. I am working in the marketing department whch is something new - trying to flower up my technical prose! I will also be learning the latest version......