Entries for May 2008
I just wanted to publicly announce here that this week I have launched a new website for my company IowaComputerGurus Inc. It is now a DotNetNuke based site running a skin created by ThinkOfDesign.com.
This new company website is full of new information, including updated references and a portfolio.
Also coming soon is a new design for this...
Posted by Mitchel on Friday, May 30, 2008
Well after following a similar practice for upgrading my DotNetNuke sites since
pre DNN 4.4.1 days I have just learned of a very helpful new feature for those upgrading
from 4.6.2 or later versions. Starting with 4.6.2 a new function was added
to the DotNetNuke core known as
XML Merge, which removes the need for you to manually update the web.config
file on each and every upgrade. This takes the complicated manual merge process
and reduces an upgrade to two simple steps. I will detail these steps below.
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Posted by Mitchel on Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Three months ago I created an article discussing my thought process on selecting a hosting provider for DotNetNuke installations. I recently modified that article due to a recent change in opinion. I have sense decided to re-visit the article entirely as I wanted to expand a bit on a few items that were referenced by others in the comments with the older article. As most people are aware my hosting provider of choice is 3Essentials, being with them for almost a year and a half now I have only good things to say about them, however, I'll be the first to admit that they might not be for everyone. In this article I will look at the various items that lead me to select and retain 3Essentials as my hosting provider. These statements in no way are considered offical, and you MUST take the time to do your own research to form your own conclusions before making a decision. Moving hosting providers is not all that complicated, but it is a somewhat complex and time consuming actiivity and something that you don't want to do unless you have to. If you are having problems finding a hosting provider that meets your needs, please feel free to e-mail me at msellers@iowacomputergurus.com and I'll try to help you out with the decision. Please click the link below to read the full article!
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Installing DotNetNuke can be somewhat difficult at times, therefore I am writing this article to give you a full step by step guide to installing DotNetNuke on a Windows XP Pro system. The instructions are similar for Windows 2000 but might vary slightly, I have tried to note as many differences as possible. Windows Vista installation is similar but requires a few different steps relating to IIS. I will be publishing
a text version of this guide for Windows Vista users within the next 2-3 days.
This guide is my seventh revision and includes additional steps and information based on feedback from previous users. Additionally a few new instructions and notes have been provided for users installing on Windows 2003 Server to address a few common "stumbling blocks" that have prevented successful installations.
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
This is my fourth revision of a DotNetNuke remote hosting provider installation
tutorial. This tutorial will provide you the basic overview of how to perform a clean installation of DotNetNuke 4.8.3 on a remote web hosting provider. In the article I will try to point out the most common differences between different hosting providers, I will also be providing specific examples regarding the use of the Plesk control panel which is what my hosting provider (3Essentials) uses. All steps within this tutorial are promised to work with 3Essentials
hosting, others are most likely possible, but have not been fully confirmed with
the provider. Additionally this guide is geared towards a manual instlalation
at the root of the site, which is not supported by all hosting providers.
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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This is my eighth revision DNN Upgrade guide. This version includes an important
notice regarding the need to upgrade to take advantage of the most recent security
inprovements provided in DNN 4.8.3. Many portions of this upgrade guide are the same as previous versions, however, there are some new items and many minor changes/clarifications. This is simply due to the LIMITED changes that have truly occured in the area of DotNetNuke upgrades. This should be the final
version of these guides for the 4.x DNN platform, keep an eye our for 5.x guides
shortly before the public launch of DNN 5.x.
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
After all of the commotion of the PowerDNN security scare last week I wanted to take a quick moment to make a post about the upcoming 4.8.3 release. Regardless of all of the other drama that went on with the issues reported last week by PowerDNN and the one additional item that is being addressed in 4.8.3, the only thing that matters anymore ...
Posted by Mitchel on Monday, May 26, 2008
Recently I have answered a number of questions regarding an easy way to export datagrid contents to excel format. In this blog post I will share a static class that I have created called "ExportHelper" which I use quite often to generate quick Excel exports of datagrid data. I will outline the process and the code below. It should be noted that this solution is NOT a DotNetNuke specific solution, I use this for both DotNetNuke and standard ASP.NET solutions.
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Posted by Mitchel on Thursday, May 22, 2008
Recently when browsing the forums on DotNetNuke.com I have noticed more and more
questions regarding Script Injection vulnerability in the core and third-party modules.
I have often found that at times it is hard for non-developers to truly understand
the concept of script injection and what makes a site vulnerable. So in this
article I will take a bit of time to discuss both types of injection that users
of DotNetNuke should be aware of, how to test for them, and also how to prevent
the vulnerability when creating modules.
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Posted by Mitchel on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
In continuing my writing series on hidden nuggets in the DotNetNuke core I will show you a handy method from the ClientAPI that allows you to add a Javascript delete confirmation in a much easier manner than normal. As with the previous articles of this nature please feel free to send in any suggestions on helpful, somewhat hidden features inside the DotNetNuke core. Click the link below to view the full detail
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Posted by Mitchel on Monday, May 19, 2008
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