Entries for June 2007

DotNetNuke 4.5.4 - Coming soon? 

I am not sure how many of the DotNetNuke users out there read the monthly newsletter that is sent out, but this morning when the newsletter was sent they mentioned that DNN 4.5.4 RC1 has been released to the Platinum Benefactors, Project Leads, and Core Team members for testing.  From my knowledge this release will include many needed bug fixe...

Posted by Mitchel on Friday, June 29, 2007

Upgrading DNN 3.x to DNN 4.x 

Recently I have noticed an increased number of questions regarding the upgrade process from DNN 3.x to DNN 4.x and overall I do not think there is very much good documentation available on how to actually complete the upgrade. Therefore with this article I will walk you through the process of upgrading a 3.x site to 4.x, I will try to cover as many of the "gotchas" as possible, but please remember as with all of my other tutorials PLEASE use these at your own risk!

Read more...

Posted by Mitchel on Thursday, June 28, 2007

Text/HTML Deniable 1.5.0 Released (Breaking Changes) 

I just released a new version of my Text/HTML Deniable module.  The previous version of the module was having difficulties with data segmentation per module instance.  I have since corrected this issue and now it correctly handles additions and deletions when multiple instances are placed in the same Portal. Due to the nature of the back...

Posted by Mitchel on Monday, June 18, 2007

OpenForce Session Information Released 

I just noticed the other day that they have finally released the session information for the full OpenForce conference this fall.  It looks like there will be a lot of great sessions and a few open forums that I will not want to miss!  Here is a link to the full details! http://www.devconnections.com/openforce/default.asp?c=1&s=1...

Posted by Mitchel on Friday, June 15, 2007

Preventing Site Loading Delays due to ASP.NET Startup (Including DotNetNuke) 

Reducing the delay time upon first requests to a DotNetNuke or other ASP.NET website is something that I see asked quite often.  This delay is due to the ASP.NET Worker Process compling a website, this articles will discuss the solutions available to prevent this delay from occuring.   I personally find that the simplest so...

Posted by Mitchel on Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Website Layout Changes 

I have just completed a round of CSS changes to help with the loading performance of this site.  If you encounter any strange layout issues please let me know.

Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista, breaks module development 

I am not sure how many DotNetNuke module developers out there are running on Windows Vista but I thought I would share my most recent experience.  I managed to get my DotNetNuke installations up and running a while back with minimal issues with Windows Vista.  However, last night Windows Update prompted me for updates and installed "...

Posted by Mitchel on Saturday, June 09, 2007

Identifying Popular Links Portal Wide  

After having my DNN sites up and running for almost a year I was very curious to see exactly how many clicks I had on the various tracked links.  I started to look around and was getting tired of clicking "Edit:" on each link to view the information.  So I created this simple query to quickly pull the links in the "Most cli...

Posted by IowaComputerGurus on Wednesday, June 06, 2007

SQL Formatter/Colorizer 1.0 Released 

As I mentioned on Friday I have just released my SQL Formatter/Colorizer application.  This is a helpful utility application for formatting and HTML'izing SQL Scripts.  The application is free to download and use.  You can find more information on the application under the "Software" section of this site!

Posted by Mitchel on Monday, June 04, 2007

Moving DNN Sites (Avodiding problems with the repository module) 

Many of my regular readers have been using my guides for doing DNN site moves and performing backups and restores from a production environment to another. Overall I have not heard of any issues with the processes I have listed in the past. That was until I actually performed the migration of this site to it's new server the week before Memorial Day. This blog post will cover the issues I encountered while migrating the site to my new hosting provider, these issues were all caused by the Repository module.

Read more...

Posted by Mitchel on Friday, June 01, 2007

Previous Page       1 of 2       Next Page

Content provided in this blog is provided "AS-IS" and the information should be used at your own discretion.  The thoughts and opinions expressed are the personal thoughts of Mitchel Sellers and do not reflect the opinions of his employer.

Friend of RedGate

www.datasprings.com - DotNetNuke ModulesICG

Click here for advertising information.

Content in this blog is copyright protected.  Re-publishing on other websites is allowed as long as proper credit and backlink to the article is provided.  Any other re-publishing or distribution of this content is prohibited without written permission from Mitchel Sellers.