Reviews

Interview at the DotNetNuke OpenForce07 conference in Las Vegas. Covering DotNetNuke Cambrian v5, the new features from workflow to social networking, business context, widgets and new skinning engine, the sustainability of DotNetNuke and the experiences at OpenForce07. I managed to speak to Nik just at the end of the conference after the final presentation.

Interview at the DotNetNuke OpenForce07 conference in Las Vegas. Covering an introduction to PowerDNN, typical problems they see for DotNetNuke users, through to portals and best practices, business solutions and DotNetNuke v5 Cambrian. Plus, the added bonus was the Microsoft hot models coming over for a chat mid interview, we had to leave it in! ;-)

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 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

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