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We discuss localisation, language packs and the future possibilities with DotNetNuke.This is a classic interview, time was always short at the Openforce conference so we managed to squeeze in an interview while walking to the speakers cocktail party. Needless to say we got plenty of funny looks walking through the Manadlay Bay Casino Hotel while Peter also video recorded us both at the same time!

Interview at the DotNetNuke OpenForce07 conference in Las Vegas. This interview took place at the speakers cocktail party, we discussed DotNetNuke for an international audience, localization, the UDT module and tokens.

Sebastian is a DotNetNuke core team member, team lead for the “User Defined Table (UDT)” module, he creates and maintains the German language packs and is co-founder of the German DotNetNuke user group.

We were waiting for the presentation by Charles Nurse to begin on DotNetNuke performance and started chatting about DotNetNuke, OpenForce, etc. and so I quickly started recording.

This should give you all an idea of how helpful the conference has been for DotNetNuke users. I was chatting with Joe Craig, Mike Griffiths and two other guys (sorry didn’t catch your names – let me know your details!)

This is part of the How did they build it …? series of interviews.

This is an email interview with Tim O’Brien from O’Brien IT who has created http://www.obrienit.se

This is an interesting website because it uses CSS for the layout of the website, rather than tables. At present, there are not many DotNetNuke websites that use CSS for the layout on commercial websites, so this is a particularly interesting website.

Even more interesting is that this site fully validates to the W3C standards. This is the first DNN site that I have come across that fully validates

This is part of the How did they build it …? series of interviews.

This is an email interview with Laurence Neville who has created two DotNetNuke sites: www.landmarkeducation.co.il and www.landmarkeducation.co.jp

We discuss how Laurence created these websites, in particular looking at the use of Languages within the sites. This raises some interesting issues, such as setting the text to display from right to left.

This is a detailed 60 minute mp3 interview by Lee Sykes with Jeff Smith from Venexus, Inc.

In this interview we discuss Search Engine Optimization and the various techniques you can use to ensure your DotNetNuke portal is fully Search Engine Optimized.

The interview covers a range of topics which are essential knowledge for all DotNetNuke users, module developers and skin designers.

• Initial keyword research before creating a website
• Using multiple domain names and how to avoid penalisation from the Search Engines
• The skin design process and tricks for SEO
• Search Engine Optimized content
• Content and links
• Problems caused by certain modules for SEO
• Duplicate content and problems caused by the default installation of DotNetNuke
• Website marketing & promotion options
• Monitoring your marketing success

How did they build …?

This is a 60 minute mp3 interview with Brad Schafer from the Schafer Design Group.

In this interview we look at the whole web design process, right from the very beginning of the first consultation, the steps involved, the conclusions made, and how all of this information is applied when creating a website using DotNetNuke®

We focus on one of the DotNetNuke® websites that Brad has designed to provide a working example: http://www.cryoresponse.com

In particular focusing on:

• The Consultation Process
• Research and Planning
• Content
• Logo
• Skinning
• Modules
• Promotion
• Top Tips