DNN Creative Magazine for DotNetNuke

DotNetNuke 6 - A Second Look (2 Videos)

andyadmin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT

DotNetNuke 6 is about to be released, in this video we will be taking a look at the DNN 6 RC. Following on from our 'First Look Videos', We'll walk you through the major changes in this latest release. The DNN 6 Release Candidate includes all of the new features planned for the final stable version and features the all new 'Dark Knight' default skin.

This video contains:

Introduction
The new pop up styling
The admin control menus
The modules admin menu
The DotNetNuke extensions gallery
Installing a free skin from the DNN forge
Purchasing an extension from Snowcovered
The ‘purchased extensions’ tab
A look at the newly styled available and installed extensions pages
The all new module actions menu

LogicSpectrum DotNetNuke Website Design Interview

Richard Wootton — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:40:00 GMT

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

This is an email interview with LogicSpectrum who have created these two sites:

http://www.germanera.com
http://www.logicspectrum.com

Subjects covered:

Design
Use of Flash
Menu modification
Modules used
Content structure

CATALook Store - DotNetNuke Module Review

creativehost — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:40:00 GMT

This is an independent review of the CATALook Store Module. The review looks at the module for its features, useability, functionality, ease of use, stability, value for money.

CATALook.net Store Standard for DotNetNuke Versions: 1/2/3/4

Condensed Feature List of Standard/Pro:

Ecommerce Shopping Cart Software
Product Catalog
Search Engine Optimized
Renting System
Booking Tools
Ticket Counter
Media Gallery
Product Configurator
Item Packages
Customizable Data Entry Forms
Real Time Shipping Rate Calculation And Package Tracking With UPS And USPS
Custom Shipping Rating System
QuickBooks Export
3 DNN Skins And 12 DNN Containers Included
Multi-Vendor Capable
Ajax Support
Using Components From The Telerik RadControls Suite
Product Comparison

Mandeeps Live Content 1.2 - DotNetNuke Module Review

creativehost — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:56:00 GMT

This is an independent review of Mandeeps LiveContent v1.2. The review looks at the module for its features, useability, functionality, ease of use, stability, value for money.

Module Details

According to Mandeeps, Live Content uses a web 2.0 approach to provide a rich user interface and streamlines content presentation by overlaying content on the current page.

Inspired from Mandeeps Live Images/Videos module, Live Content allows you to overlay images, videos, text/html content, DotNetNuke modules, and external content on the current page. Driven by CSS and layout templates; this module is limited by your imagination to create Image/Video Galleries, Product Showcase, ToolTips, Module Popper, etc...

Tim O’Brien CSS Skin Design and Validation Interview

creativehost — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:31:39 GMT

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

Laurence Neville Website Design and Languages Interview

creativehost — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Brad Schafer Website Design DotNetNuke Interview

creativehost — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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

Unleash the Marketing & Publishing Power of RSS - E-book Review

creativehost — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

An in-depth review of Unleash the Marketing & Publishing Power of RSS e-book by Rok Hrastnik. Providing detailed information on each chapter and the information you will learn.

A review of this RSS book and an analysis of how it will help you to implement RSS feeds within your DotNetNuke® portal.

Orizonti Nuke Feeds Module V1.2 for DNN 3.x - Review

creativehost — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This is an independent review of Orizonti Nuke Feeds module for DotNetNuke® V3.x

Alongside the review are 3 Flash Video Walk Throughs / Tutorials totalling 18 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Module Details

Nuke Feeds is a module for displaying RSS feeds. It allows customizable template design and support for RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 as well as Atom feeds.

Features

Multiple RSS Feeds can be added
Paging
Feed filtering using keywords or Regular Expressions
Supports RSS 0.9x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom feeds with auto-detection of feed-type
Cached feed data is stored in database until next update
Templates allow you to completely customize how the feed items are displayed and the data displayed for each item
CSS styles to customise the display

Scott McCulloch Simple Gallery Module V01.06.02 for DNN 3.x - Review

creativehost — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This is an independent review of Scott McCulloch's Simple Gallery Module for DotNetNuke® V3.x.

Alongside the review are 5 Flash Video Tutorials totalling 22 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and uses.

Module Details

This is a module for managing photos for DotNetNuke. The module displays the photos that have been uploaded through the module, thumbnails them and displays them in a gallery.

According to Scott, this module has been designed for simplicity due to frustration with other photo modules, e.g. they are too complex for most users. This module has been designed to work very similar to other core modules.

Features

Albums
Auto Resizing of images
Auto Thumbnailing of images
Bulk Import
Slideshow of Images
Configurable Options
Simplified interface
Localized
Searchable
Bonus Random Image module

ZLDNN Photo Album Module V1.5 for DNN3.x - Review

creativehost — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This is an independent review of ZLDNN Photo Album module for DotNetNuke® V3.x.

Alongside the review are 4 Flash Video Walk Throughs / Tutorials totalling 19 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Module Details

Photo Album is a module for managing photos. The module displays the photos that have been uploaded through the module, thumbnails them and displays them in a single album.

Features

Upload a single photo file or a zip file that contains photos
Add existing photos that are already in your portal
JPEG, BMP and TIF formats are supported (but not GIF)
Auto Resizing of images
Auto Thumbnailing of images
Configure the size of the thumbnails
Paging Support
Rotate and/or flip photos
View Order facility
Displays number of views
Scrolling option
Email a photo
Export and Import photographs
Searchable

Spohn Software Over and Out Images V1.1.5 for DNN3.x - Review

creativehost — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This is an independent review of Spohn Software Over and Out Images module for DotNetNuke® V3.x.

Alongside the review are 2 Flash Video Walk Throughs / Tutorials totalling 12 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Module Details

Over and Out Images for DotNetNuke® 3.x is a module which extends the functionality of the standard core Images module.

Features

Create an unlimited list of images in either a horizontal or vertical list
Add an alternate image that will be shown when the user moves their mouse over the image
An image can link to an external URL or page within your portal
Uses for this control, include:
- Graphic menu system, displaying different images when the mouse moves over the selection
- Adding a visual effect to your image when the user selects it

Bi4ce Website Review DotNetNuke® MP3 Interview

creativehost — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

How did they build …?

This is a 42 minute mp3 interview with Chris Chodnicki and Kevin Schreiner from Business Intelligence Force.

Chris and Kevin talk us through how they built and designed their DotNetNuke® website: http://dnn.ni4ce.com

In particular focusing on:

Research and Planning
Skinning
Modules
Promotion
Top Tips

RP News Items Module for DNN 3.x - Review

creativehost — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This is an independant review of Rogue Proeliator News Items Module for DotNetNuke® V3.x by Lee Sykes.

Alongside the review are 4 Video Tutorials totalling 24 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Module Details:

The News Items module allows the user to maintain a list of announcements and news briefs. The module is an expansion of the DotNetNuke® Core Announcements Module.

The News Items module supports the following components for each News Item:

Headline & News Text
"Audit" showing posted-by user and time
News Commentary
Parent-Child list relationship with links
Customizable Read More link

Additional Features

Auto View Order: Allows you to easily adjust the view order for all items in the module
Manage Expired Items: Provides a way to view, edit and delete items for the module which have passed the Expiration Date.

Orizonti Nuke News V1.3 Module for DNN 3.x - Review

creativehost — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:58:00 GMT

This is an independent review of Orizonti's Nuke News for DotNetNuke® V3.1 by Lee Sykes.

Alongside the review are 8 Flash Tutorials totalling 30 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Throughout these eight videos we work through practical examples of using the module with a football news website.

Module Details

According to Orizonti, NukeNews was designed from the need to easily allow news submissions and approvals, categorization and posting, flexible archiving and display of archives and finally a flexible, customizable themed look.

Features

News can be submitted by selected role
News can be "auto-approved" or require approval before posting
Email Notification of new submissions needing approval
News is categorized by customized category list and displayed with associated category image
CSS "Theme-able". Includes two CSS themes and any number may be easily added
Flexible archiving options for each article include: never archive, module configured # days, or a specified date
Always show # of articles ensures no "empty" modules from archiving
Archived news is automatically categorized by Month/Year
News syndication via RSS
Article rating and comments
Editable Post Date allows “Release Date“ for posting articles in future which aren't displayed until post date.
Searchable via DNN3 site searches
RSS Feed now customizable.
Permalinks included with RSS feeds
Editable Comments

Efficion Consulting Articles Module V3.1.5 and V3.2 Beta for DNN 3.x - Review

creativehost — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This is a Free independent review of Efficion Consulting’s Articles Module V3.1.5 and V3.2 Beta for DotNetNuke® V3.1 by Lee Sykes.

Alongside the review are 9 Flash Video Walk Throughs / Tutorials totalling 41 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Throughout these nine videos we work through practical examples of using the module with a music website.

Module Details

The Articles module is basically an extension of the core's Announcements module. It adds several useful features including: listing can include an automatically thumbnailed image, article archives, searching, and Article details with Rich Text Editing (or option to link to Internal or External Page).

Features:

Rich Text Editing: Users can create content through a Rich Text Editor
Search: Users can search all articles in the portal
Archive: Users can view all articles by clicking on the More Articles... link. Alternatively a custom link can be input to display a particular page or subset of articles
Images: An image can be displayed for each article. Thumbnails are automatically generated based on a configrable MaxWidth parameter
Featured Articles: allows users to mark an Article as Featured and the Article List has an option to display only featured articles
Admins can choose which fields they want displayed in the ListView
Site Wide option: The Article List can display Articles from anywhere in the portal, not just articles specific to the module in which they were created
Incorporates Efficion's Categories Module to allow for filtering by category

Scott McCulloch News Articles Module V00.04.09 for DNN 3.x - Review

creativehost — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:28:00 GMT

This is an independent review of Scott McCulloch's News Articles Module for DotNetNuke® V3.1.

Alongside the review are 6 Flash Video Tutorials totalling 30 minutes to demonstrate the modules features and possible uses.

Throughout these six videos we work through practical examples of using the module with a mountain bike website.

Module Details

This is a fully featured article manager for DotNetNuke. The module has evolved since version 1 of DotNetNuke, and has been used on many sites around the world.

Features:

Articles consist of:
- Title
- Categories (You can select multiple or none at all)
- Summary
- Publish & End Dates (Optional)
- Image (Optional)
- Any number of sub-pages
- Featured
Articles can be filtered, listed and displayed in various configurations
Search articles through a pageable interface
Security Roles within your portal can be given submission and approval capabilities
Approvers and Authors are notified (via email) when an article has been submitted / approved, which is configurable
Ratings and Comments
RSS feeds for:
- Category
- Author
- Top 25 most viewed
Layout is customized through html templates similar to portal skinning
Emails are customized through html templates
Articles can be added to any number of pages, (even the same instance), and have different filtering settings.