It is that time of year again... the nominations are now officially open for the annual CMS Critic Awards. In case you may have forgetten, DNN received multiple accolades from CMS Critic in 2013.  Evoq Social was recognized as a Critics Choice... Continue Reading »

Most of us have experienced that lesser visited DNN (or other ASP.Net) web sites need some time to start when browsing to the first page. The reason for this is the shut-down of the ASP.Net worker process that happens after no request to the Application Pool has been done for a given number of time - the default is 20 minutes. Beyond that, the worker process is shut down every 29 hours (1740 minutes) by default even when it is not idle. Continue Reading »

I'm happy to announce we have found a location for next year's DNN Connect conference! The world's most convivial DNN event is returning to France. But instead of the bustling capital, we'll gather in the countryside in the town of Millau (world famo... Continue Reading »

A long time has passed since our last posting about this topic and DNN (formally DotNetNuke) as well as AWS have updated their services. Not only the continuous improvements of the AWS Management Console (Web UI of Amazon Web Services) changed the look & feel of the IaaS market leader, but DNN has also had a new major Release with Version 7. Continue Reading »

As you probably already know, I love no-server-code Apps. They allow admins/web designers to extend their DNN without requiring host-permissions and without risking the system stability. It also allows them to modify the extension with very basic capabilities. When creating the ImageCompare App I ran into some common issues that you will have as well - and would like to share the lessons-learned here. Continue Reading »

One of the benefits of a large open source project is that it encourages an atmosphere of giving. Since most people are appreciative of the fact that the software is provided at no cost and with no restrictions, many are motivated to invest their tim... Continue Reading »

DNN is a very social web platform which means that it relies heavily on interactions with users for a variety of purposes. One of the primary types of interactions is via email and in order for this to function correctly, the system needs to understa... Continue Reading »

This Blog is about 2 things. On one hand it's about Syntax-Highlighting, but actually it's more about creating safe No-Server-Code-Apps. Continue Reading »

The DNN Community – comprised of DNN users, both technical and non-technical, potential users, employees, module and skin developers (open-source and paid), etc. – is one of the most valuable aspects of using DNN.  Active DNN users c... Continue Reading »

After reviewing skins on a weekly basis for the past 3 years, I have seen and assessed over 1000 skins personally. Just trying to give a bit of background as to why you should keep reading this article and find out how I go about assessing a skin to use on a DNN site. Continue Reading »