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Michelle Tarby
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Posts:47
11/06/2007 10:07 AM
We're just beginning the process to implement DNN as our content management tool that will compliment a site-wide redesign.
As I question my sanity for agreeing to this, I'm wondering if I could get some advice on the big questions I have so far:
1.) This is a site for a college - is it best practice to have one DNN instance for the whole site, or would it be better to create child portals for the different areas of the site (ie: one for admission information, one for academic information...). I wasn't sure for re-purposing content if having child portals made things harder to work with.
2.) Our current website has several dynamic applications that I've written over the years. While I know I can replace some of them with DNN modules (like our news feeds and events listings), what is the best way to handle the rest? Should I be focusing on re-developing them as DNN modules?
I'm sure I'll have a million more questions, but that's a fine start for now if I could get some advice!
Thanks!
Michelle
ybbest
Nuke Newbie
Posts:4
11/07/2007 6:13 PM
I suggest to google some introduction vedio of dnn .From the vedio you can see what you can achieve using dnn and what you cannot.Also try to install dnn first.It is bit pain at the beginning.Good luck!
Joseph Craig
DNN MVP
Posts:11667
11/08/2007 6:36 PM
Start with some of the available books about DotNetNuke. Also, I'd recommend reviewing all of the issues, here. Start with Issue #1 and work forward and you'll encounter good stuff more or less in a good order.
I might also suggest that you see if you can locate a college site and see how they do it. Or, find a large organization site that uses DotNetNuke and see how they have arranged things. I do know that one subscriber here is working on a university site. Perhaps he'll speak up and offer some ideas.
Joe Craig,
Patapsco Research Group
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Michelle Tarby
Nuke Ace
Posts:47
11/09/2007 1:11 PM
Thanks - I've been spending some quality time with the Wrox Press Professional DNN 4 book and figure I'll start running through the issues next week!
Joseph Craig
DNN MVP
Posts:11667
11/09/2007 1:49 PM
You might want to take a break from reading and start with some of the more elementary tutorials.
Also, I you haven't set up a working DotNetNuke installation, you might want to do that, too, so that you can follow along ... either with the books or the tutorials. There are some tutorials on setting up a local installation, too. I'd recommend using the "install" package for starting out.
Joe Craig,
Patapsco Research Group
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Lee Sykes
DNN Creative Staff
Nuke Master VI
Posts:4945
11/11/2007 1:16 PM
Hello,
1) Having child portals does not necessarily mean it will make things harder to work with. But, you need to consider what information you are going to put in the seperate portals. - For instance registered users are not shared between portals. - Portals are outlined in
Issue no 17
also have a look at:
Portal Considerations
2) It would make life easier to convert them into DNN modules, or search snowcovered for something similar
Lee Sykes
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