DNN Articles

DNN provides methods for encrypting and decrypting parameter information, however, there are a few gotchas that can impact the usability of this feature.

ASP.NET Ajax allows developers to add Ajax functionality to quickly introduce Ajax features without extra development, however, usage of this within DNN is met with some challenges.

Over time DNN applications can see bloat in the web configuration file from modules that were installed and removed, or from upgrade issues. Ensuring that your configuration file is clean can help with upgrades, performance, and other support activities.

I love sharing stories of great experiences with third-party vendors, as it doesn't happen as often as I would like. When a recent performance issue was identified in DNN using 51 Degrees software, they jumped in and helped greatly.

Module developers have many choices as they create their extensions. One of which is around the level of emphasis placed on performance, a few simple things can set your module apart from others with these performance tweaks.

DNN provides two different caching mechanisms that can be configured to improve performance; ModuleCache and PageOutputCache. Proper configuration and use of these can make drastic improvements to performance.

DNN's ability to support multiple portals is an amazing bit of flexibility, however, if not properly configured major performance issues can arise that are hard to diagnose.

DNN's functionality to display a module on all pages might seem like a good idea, however, it can be a true nightmare. This workaround is much nicer.

Now that we have a good structure in place, how do we deploy to different environments and test our DotNetNuke solutions?