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DotNetNuKE Hosting - ASPHostPortal.com :: 10 DotNetNuke Admin Quick Tips

clock Desember 20, 2013 06:45 by author Robert

Here are 10 somewhat lesser known "quick tips” for DotNetNuke administrators described in no more than a sentence or two and implemented just as quickly.

 

 

  • Module Header & Footer Text
    Use the module header and footer text boxes (Module Settings > Advanced Settings) to inject short snippets of text and / or HTML above or below any given module. No need to drop additional text/html modules.
  • Registration Copy
    I still see way too many sites with the default copy of “Membership to this portal is Private / Public / Verified. …” Change it via the language editor at Admin > Languages > Global Resources > SharedResources.
  • Login / Register Links
    And while you have the language editor running, customize the anchor text of commonly used skin tokens such as Login, Register, Terms, and Privacy at Admin > Languages > Local Resources > Admin > Skins. Alternatively, most of these tokens support a “text” attribute for overriding the anchor text directly in skin.ascx:
    <dnn:login runat="server" id="dnnLOGIN" text="Sign in" />
  • Page Header Tags
    Tucked away in the advanced page settings is a field that allows you to specify additional meta tags on a page by page basis. For instance, to keep Google from archiving the page, enter <meta name="robots" content="noarchive">.
  • Installation Date
    Ever lost track of when you or your hosting provider installed DNN for your site? The “InstallationDate” key in the appSettings section of web.config will tell you.
  • Terms of Use & Privacy Statement
    The default terms and privacy notice are meant as a general guideline only. If you are running a “high profile” site, have the documents reviewed by a legal professional and edit accordingly via Admin > Languages > Global Resources > GlobalResources (message_portal_terms.text and message_portal_privacy.text.) Even if the default copy is sufficient for your needs, mask the email address in the last paragraph of the privacy statement to avoid spam.
  • Website Administrator
    You have entered a valid email address in your DNN profile and double-checked the SMTP server settings and still don’t receive admin notifications from DNN? In case of multiple users with admin rights, you need to set yourself as the site administrator at Admin > Site Settings > Advanced Settings > Other Settings.
  • Module Title
    The module title field accepts roughly 250 characters including HTML/CSS. That’s good enough for little tricks such as adding a small image, link or vary the font size of words in the module title. Just don’t overdo it.
  • Copyright
    Similar to the module title field, I often enter additional information such as contact details into the copyright field (Admin > Site Settings > Site Details), which then conveniently display in the footer of your pages or wherever else you placed the copyright skin token.
  • Module Installation Timeout
    As modules get more sophisticated and provide more features and functionality, the file size of private assemblies (PAs) naturally grows as well. This may lead to HTTP session timeouts when uploading PAs the conventional way (Host > Module Definitions > Install New Module). While there are means to increase the session length in web.config, I prefer to simply FTP upload the PA zip file into the Install\Module folder on the web server and then change the file extension from .zip to .resources. Subsequently, the module is listed in the Available Modules section of the Modules Definition page and installation can resume from there.

At least half of the above suggestions should be applicable to any DNN version, while the other half is geared more towards DNN 4 and above.

 



Enterprise Email Hosting :: ASPHostPortal.com Launches Reliable and Scalable Enterprise Email Hosting

clock Desember 17, 2013 05:21 by author Ben

ASPHostPortal.com, a leading Windows web hosting provider, proudly announces Enterprise Email Hosting for all costumer. With Enterprise Email Hosting Services from ASPHostPortal.com, you’ll find the perfect hosted email solution for your small business. These professional tools and features enable you to access and manage your email and communicate and collaborate from your desktop or mobile devices anywhere in the world.

Enterprise Email Hosting uses the Internet to communicate information about promotions, company offerings, product updates and more. It is a valuable dialogue between a prospective or current customer and a company. Enterprise Email Hosting is more cost effective, and achieves results faster than traditional direct mail marketing. Most importantly, This service is twice as effective as traditional direct mail in getting a response from the targeted audience.


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  • 2 GB Mailbox Space
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  • WebMail Access
  • POP/SMTP/IMAP
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Web hosting is gaining huge amount of popularity because of its several benefits. The most popular hosting of all is Email hosting. A good email hosting has the ability to protect all the important emails.

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Free DotNetNuke 7.1 Hosting :: Switching over from Url Master to the Advanced URL functionality in DNN 7.1

clock Desember 12, 2013 06:34 by author Mike

If you are planning to start using the new Advanced URL functionality in DNN 7.1, and you have an existing license for the Url Master module, there is a conversion path. This converts all of the Url Master redirects, portal alias settings and configuration settings over to the DNN format. The Advanced functionality is heavily based on the Url Master codebase, but they are not exactly the same. Many changes have been made in order to properly integrate the product into the DNN Core.

Therefore, I suggest that people test the switch-over carefully, and make sure that they have checked that redirects, third-party modules, and all other URL-related functionality works correctly. I strongly recommend that people do this in a 'localhost' test environment if they have the capability. If not, you must take a backup immediately prior to doing the conversion and be prepared to revert to the backed-up version of the site if the tests do not pass.

This process applies both to the DNN Platform (formerly DotNetNuke Community Edition) and those who have upgraded DotNetNuke Professional Edition to Evoq Content.   While the DNN Platform has very few UI configuration locations for the Advanced URL Settings, the functionality is fully operational once the Url Master settings are converted.

Please note : you need to have a fully licensed version of Url Master in order to activate the conversion functionality, except if you are running on ‘localhost’, in which case it will work with an unlicensed version.

The actual process of conversion is very simple:

1. Upgrade your Url Master version to 2.8

2. Go to the Host->Friendly Url Settings page, and find the 'Convert to DNN Advanced Urls' button.

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3.  This will load the Conversion Dialog:

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Click 'Start Conversion' when you are ready to do the conversion.

4.  The conversion process will run, and then show a summary of the changes made:

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The figures in the boxes apply to the entire DNN installation. Check through the numbers to do a 'sanity check' and make sure that the figures seem correct. You can then close the dialog – the conversion is complete and your site is now activated in DNN 'Advanced' mode. Note that because this requires a web.config change, the site will automatically restart when the process is complete.  The 'close' button triggers a page refresh to complete this process.

5. Check functionality on your site to make sure that the conversion has worked correctly. A brief set of tests should include:

  1. Basic site operation : all public URLs work as expected
  2. Edit Mode : does the Edit Mode functionality work as before?
  3. Any third-party module functionality : do blog posts, forum threads, e-commerce pages, photo galleries etc load up correctly?
  4. Login/Logoff functions : are you able to login and log out as normal?
  5. 404 Handling : if you had 404 handling configured, check that the 404 error handling works as expected.
  6. Admin/Host Urls : are you able to do basic functions like search for a user, save site settings, etc?
  7. Custom Urls : do custom redirects you had configured in Url Master still work OK?  Are any custom URLs showing for pages correctly?
  8. Site Alias redirects : does the site respond correctly in terms of alias redirects (like example.com –> www.example.com)
  9. User Profile pages : if you had vanity user profile URLs activated, do they still work correctly?  Are the profile pictures showing correctly, can users post updates, edit their profiles?

This is only a brief list to get you thinking; you should execute a comprehensive test plan to make sure the site is working as expected.  Your SEO depends on making sure there are no surprises and everything is working as before. In the vast majority of cases, there should be no difference in behaviour or functionality, but it is imperative that this be tested and confirmed. While I have tested this functionality to make sure a like-for-like conversion of settings is working as expected, it is impossible to test the entire universe of Url Master installations.

6.  When the conversion is finished, it’s up to you whether or not you uninstall the Url Master module. You may wish to keep it installed as a backup for the short term in case you find a problem with the conversion process. You can run the conversion process as many times as you like – it has been designed to be run repeatedly without causing any issue, to allow for iterative checks. Each time it is run, the settings are taken from the Url Master configuration and applied to the DNN install – thus any changes in the DNN installation may be overwritten each time you do this.

Anyone using Custom Module Providers for the Url Master module – the settings specific to Custom Module Providers are not converted during this process.  Any Custom Module providers will have to be replaced like-for-like with a DNN 7.1 specific Extension Url Provider which provides the same functionality, and the settings specific to that provider will have to be carried across.



Free DotNetNuke 7.1 Hosting :: Switching over from Url Master to the Advanced URL functionality in DNN 7.1

clock Desember 12, 2013 06:34 by author Mike

If you are planning to start using the new Advanced URL functionality in DNN 7.1, and you have an existing license for the Url Master module, there is a conversion path. This converts all of the Url Master redirects, portal alias settings and configuration settings over to the DNN format. The Advanced functionality is heavily based on the Url Master codebase, but they are not exactly the same. Many changes have been made in order to properly integrate the product into the DNN Core.

Therefore, I suggest that people test the switch-over carefully, and make sure that they have checked that redirects, third-party modules, and all other URL-related functionality works correctly. I strongly recommend that people do this in a 'localhost' test environment if they have the capability. If not, you must take a backup immediately prior to doing the conversion and be prepared to revert to the backed-up version of the site if the tests do not pass.

This process applies both to the DNN Platform (formerly DotNetNuke Community Edition) and those who have upgraded DotNetNuke Professional Edition to Evoq Content.   While the DNN Platform has very few UI configuration locations for the Advanced URL Settings, the functionality is fully operational once the Url Master settings are converted.

Please note : you need to have a fully licensed version of Url Master in order to activate the conversion functionality, except if you are running on ‘localhost’, in which case it will work with an unlicensed version.

The actual process of conversion is very simple:

1. Upgrade your Url Master version to 2.8

2. Go to the Host->Friendly Url Settings page, and find the 'Convert to DNN Advanced Urls' button.

image

3.  This will load the Conversion Dialog:

image

Click 'Start Conversion' when you are ready to do the conversion.

4.  The conversion process will run, and then show a summary of the changes made:

image

The figures in the boxes apply to the entire DNN installation. Check through the numbers to do a 'sanity check' and make sure that the figures seem correct. You can then close the dialog – the conversion is complete and your site is now activated in DNN 'Advanced' mode. Note that because this requires a web.config change, the site will automatically restart when the process is complete.  The 'close' button triggers a page refresh to complete this process.

5. Check functionality on your site to make sure that the conversion has worked correctly. A brief set of tests should include:

  1. Basic site operation : all public URLs work as expected
  2. Edit Mode : does the Edit Mode functionality work as before?
  3. Any third-party module functionality : do blog posts, forum threads, e-commerce pages, photo galleries etc load up correctly?
  4. Login/Logoff functions : are you able to login and log out as normal?
  5. 404 Handling : if you had 404 handling configured, check that the 404 error handling works as expected.
  6. Admin/Host Urls : are you able to do basic functions like search for a user, save site settings, etc?
  7. Custom Urls : do custom redirects you had configured in Url Master still work OK?  Are any custom URLs showing for pages correctly?
  8. Site Alias redirects : does the site respond correctly in terms of alias redirects (like example.com –> www.example.com)
  9. User Profile pages : if you had vanity user profile URLs activated, do they still work correctly?  Are the profile pictures showing correctly, can users post updates, edit their profiles?

This is only a brief list to get you thinking; you should execute a comprehensive test plan to make sure the site is working as expected.  Your SEO depends on making sure there are no surprises and everything is working as before. In the vast majority of cases, there should be no difference in behaviour or functionality, but it is imperative that this be tested and confirmed. While I have tested this functionality to make sure a like-for-like conversion of settings is working as expected, it is impossible to test the entire universe of Url Master installations.

6.  When the conversion is finished, it’s up to you whether or not you uninstall the Url Master module. You may wish to keep it installed as a backup for the short term in case you find a problem with the conversion process. You can run the conversion process as many times as you like – it has been designed to be run repeatedly without causing any issue, to allow for iterative checks. Each time it is run, the settings are taken from the Url Master configuration and applied to the DNN install – thus any changes in the DNN installation may be overwritten each time you do this.

Anyone using Custom Module Providers for the Url Master module – the settings specific to Custom Module Providers are not converted during this process.  Any Custom Module providers will have to be replaced like-for-like with a DNN 7.1 specific Extension Url Provider which provides the same functionality, and the settings specific to that provider will have to be carried across.



Free, Best and Reliable Entity Framework 6 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com

clock Desember 11, 2013 06:03 by author William

Entity Framework is actively developed by the Entity Framework team which is assigned to the Microsoft Open Tech Hub and in collaboration with a community of open source developers. Together we are dedicated to creating the best possible data access experience for .NET developers.
The Entity Framework version 6 Release Candidate is now available to developers for immediate download. The open source object-relational mapper is designed to enable .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. Entity Framework allows programmers to create a model by writing code or using boxes and lines in the EF Designer. Both of these approaches can be used to target an existing database or create a new database.

There are The Top features of Entity Framework 6 :

  • Connection Resiliency - enables automatic recovery from transient connection failures.
  • Async Query and Save - dds support for the task-based asynchronous patterns that were introduced in .NET 4.5. With .NET 4.5 Microsoft introduced async and await keywords but in EF 5 Microsoft didn't have time to add support for async query and save but now with EF6 it is supported.
  • Code-Based Configuration - gives you the option of performing configuration - that was traditionally performed in a config file - in code.
  • Dependency Resolution - introduces support for the Service Locator pattern and we’ve factored out some pieces of functionality that can be replaced with custom implementations.
  • Interception/SQL logging - provides low-level building blocks for interception of EF operations with simple SQL logging built on top.
  • Testability improvements - make it easier to create test doubles for DbContext and DbSet.
  • Features that come for free - These are capabilities that are part of the core. You don’t even have to know they’re there to benefit from them, much less learn any new coding. This group includes features such as performance gains brought by a rewritten view-generation engine and query compilation modifications, stability granted by the ability of DbContext to use an already open connection, and a changed database setting for SQL Server databases created by Entity Framework.
  • DbContext can now be created with a DbConnection that is already opened - which enables scenarios where it would be helpful if the connection could be open when creating the context (such as sharing a connection between components where you can not guarantee the state of the connection).

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The Cheapest DotNetNuke Hosting - ASPHostPortal.com :: Remove DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL Virus

clock Desember 7, 2013 09:39 by author Ben

Today many people are turning to DotNetNuke. This is because with DotNetNuke, you will find that it is quite easy to build and manage dynamic websites. DotNetNuke is an open-source Web Application Framework ideal for creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications.


DotNetNuke is built on a Microsoft ASP.NET (VB.NET) platform, and is easily installed and hosted.  With a growing community of over 340,000 users, and a dedicated base of programming professionals, support for DotNetNuke is always close at hand. Some of the benefits provided include the DotNetNuke content management site better consistency, improvement in site navigation, the authoring process more efficient, faster turnaround time for new pages and change the page, increasing the flexibility of the site, support for decentralized authoring, increased security, reduced duplication of information, greater capacity for growth of the site, and reduce the cost of site maintenance.

DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL is genuinely a system process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is used by many different software on your computer. Many programs you are familiar with run as stand-alone executable, like DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL.

And now, I want to tell you about the tips how to remove DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL Virus.

Generally, the DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL file is located in your Windows\system32 folder as a legitimate windows process. Unfortunately, some files can secretly be moved to different locations or change names like many malicious programs do. If you notice that you may have spyware or adware, check your system to see if there is suspicious files with a similar name of DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL stored elsewhere. you should make sure to check the processes in the task list if you are worried about removing DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL virus. If a virus or malware/spyware, destroys your DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL or, for example, your DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL is corrupt or gets accidentally removed for some other reason, you need to take the following action:

Stop the DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL virus infected programs from running in the background on your computer:

1. Go to Start - Run - then type "msconfig", press enter key.



2. Click the "Startup" tab.



3. You can now uncheck whatever DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL virus infected programs you don't want to start up with windows. Usually there's a lot of crap there which you don't want slowing your PC down.

So that is the tips how to remove DotNetNuke.Modules.IFrame.DLL Virus. I really hope these tips can help solve your problem. thank you.



DotNetNuke Hosting - ASPHostPortal.com :: Setting Up Your DotNetNuke 7 Development Environment Setup (DES)

clock November 27, 2013 06:15 by author Ben

To develop modules for DotNetNuke you must first have a DotNetNuke installation running on the computer on which you intend to develop them. Setting up your development environment can vary based on what your end goal is. If you are doing module development for your own use, and within your own DNN environments, you can ignore a few of the settings below. If you are doing module development with the idea that you might turn around and give the modules away, or sell them, then you will likely want to follow the guidelines set forth below to support the widest array of DNN installation environments.

I recommend that each developer have their own local development environment, with a local IIS website running DotNetNuke, and a SQL Server 2008/2012 (not express, though you can use it) database for the website. Having an individual development environment makes group module development far easier than if you share environments/databases.

The steps for setting up your development environment will apply to both the Community and Professional editions of DotNetNuke.

Installation Configuration

Once you have the version selection out of the way you can go through the installation process. While I’m not going to walk you through the minutest of details of each step of installing DotNetNuke in this post, I will at least try to point you in the right direction for each step. Download the INSTALL package of the version of DotNetNuke you want to use in your development environment. Extract the files in the INSTALL package to a location of your choosing, this location is where you will point IIS (the web server) when we can configure the website. In my environment I typically use c:\web\dnnme.com\ (One item of note: you may need to right click on the ZIP file and choose Properties before extracting, on the properties window if you have an UNBLOCK option, click that. Some versions of Windows have started blocking files within the DotNetNuke ZIP files, which will cause you problems later during the actual install.)


Setup IIS

IIS is the web server that comes with Windows computers. DNN 7 requires IIS 7 or later (7,7.5,8.0), so you will need at least Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012. In IIS you should create a new website (Note: If you use an existing website in IIS be sure to add the HOST binding for DNNME.COM), and point to the folder where you extracted the INSTALL package.

Note: With DotNetNuke 7.0+, .NET Framework 4.0 is required, so be sure that your application pool is configured to run under 4.0, and not 2.0.
Set File Permissions

Setting up the file permissions for your DNN install is often the step that causes the most trouble. You should right click on the FOLDER in which you extracted DNN (c:\web\dnnme.com\) and choose properties. Choose the Security tab. You need to add permissions for the account in which your website's application pool is running under. You will want to setup the permissions to give the account Full or Modify permissions for the DNNME.COM folder. Which account you will use will vary based on your version of IIS, here’s a simple list of some of the default accounts based on the version of IIS.

  • IIS Version Operating System Account
  • IIS 7 Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 localmachine\Network Service
  • IIS 7.5 Windows 2008 R2, Windows 7 IIS AppPool\APPPOOLNAME
  • IIS 8 Windows 2012, Windows 8 IIS AppPool\APPPOOLNAME

Note: If you are using IIS7.5/8.0 you’ll notice in the above table that we have APPPOOLNAME in the identity, this is because when you setup a new website in IIS a new application pool is created. In place of you should type in the name of the application pool that was created. You can also bypass this and configure your application pool to use the Network Service account instead of a dynamic account if you would like.

Database Configuration

In SQL Server you should go through and create a new database. I always create a database with the same name as the website, so in this case DNNME.COM. Once you have created the database, create a user that can access that database. I always use SQL authentication, turn off the enforce password requirements, and give the user DB Owner and Public access to the DNNME.COM database. Remember the username and password you create here as you will need them when you walk through the Installation screen for DotNetNuke.

DotNetNuke Installation Screen

Populate the installation screen with the standard DNN information, Host username, password, etc. For the Database option, choose Custom and configure your database connection, providing the Server IP/Name, the Database name (dnndev.me). For the database authentication you'll want to choose the option that allows you to enter the username/password for the database user that you created previously.
Now there are two additional options you can configure, normally I would tell you not to modify these, but from a development environment perspective I do recommend that you change the objectQualifier setting. It should be blank by default, you should type in “dnn” (without quotes), this will prepend “dnn_” to all of the objects that get created by DNN such as Tables and Stored Procedures. This is not something I recommend from a production stand point, but if you are developing modules for sale, then supporting objectQualifier in your development is recommended. It will save you time down the road if you have a customer who has an objectQualifier defined on their production databases.



DotNetNuke Hosting :: Using the DotNetNuke Extension Verification Service

clock November 23, 2013 11:10 by author Ben

EVS is useful to all extension developers, Including vendors who sell products through the DNN Store, a consultant, or corporate developers and includes capabilities suited to the type of extension being created. The service helps to Ensure compatibility and quality of extensions with the different DNN platforms available today. Users of the Enterprise, Professional and Community editions can also leverage the EVS free of charge and have the ability to upload any number of extensions for testing or re-testing. Users will see results displayed immediately, adding to the value and simplicity of the service. For future reference, results can also be downloaded or emailed to the user in three separate file formats Including CVS, XLS, and XML.

When you first go to the site you will see the following screen :

From here the process is quite simple , select your file and upload DotNetNuke installer . The system will then go through and review all of the items that are outlined in Nathan 's post that I linked above . The final results will look similar to the following , ( I removed the package name for confidentiality ) .

From here you can see that any errors are listed , as well as warnings on if you are missing any critical parts of the manifest , for example the " Minimum Version " which is something I've Mentioned in previous posts is important is one of the key items . If you are distributing extensions to an audience I would recommend that you use this service prior to sending out any package , as it will help you the make sure that your extensions will work the best in all Situations .



DotNetNuke Hosting :: Tips Optimize your DNN site (SEO Friendly)

clock November 22, 2013 10:43 by author Mike

DotNetNuke has many SEO features, but some are less obvious to the casual administrator. These SEO features, however, can have a dramatic effect on how your DNN website is indexed by Google, Bing and others, and as such, can have an effect on your page rank and search results.

Here are a few DNN tips and tricks to help in your DNN’s SEO:

1. Site Map Priority
Buried within your page settings is a feature that allows you to set indexing priorities to your DNN pages. To get there (once logged in as an administrator), go to “page settings”, then “advanced settings”, then at the bottom of the window, go to “other settings”.

Here you will find the item: “Site Map Priority”. The default for this is .5. However, if your page is the home page, or perhaps a landing page, you will want to up the number to 1.0, or .9 (1.0 being the highest). This will increase the perceived importance of the page by search engines such as Google. Where is this relevant? When your organization appears in a Google search, high priority pages may be presented as sub-links to the home page more frequently. This can be critical in immediately directing visitors to key pages in an organic search result.

2. Site Settings

Here we’ll talk about one of things NOT to do when it comes to SEO in DotNetNuke. In the “site settings” of DotNetNuke, administrators have the ability to enter descriptions and keywords. By doing that, those items will then be placed in the META tags for EVERY page on the DNN website. For SEO, this is an extreme no-no, as it will confuse the search engines and reduce the relevancy and page rank of your overall DNN website. It may be an easy way to get keywords throughout your site… but it will definitely hurt you in the long run!

3. Page Titles
One of the nice features about DotNetNuke is its ability to add dashes between spaced words in your page title. For example, if you title a page “DNN SEO Tips”, DNN will title the actual URL as “DNN-SEO-Tips”. This ensures that the individual words in the title will be relevant to Google.
Some administrators like to use underscores between words. For example: “DNN_SEO_Tips”. This is strongly discouraged as Google will index the entire string as one item. This means people searching for DNN, or SEO or Tips will not see your site on Google. They would only find you if they specifically put “DNN SEO Tips”. In some cases this may be a good thing, if your content is very niche-oriented. But if you’re looking to gather visitors based on more broad searches, using underscores will hurt you.

4. Robots.txt
OK, this one gets a bit technical for the casual DotNetNuke administrator, but robots.txt is an important factor when comes to SEO, so what we’ll do in this section is give you enough information that you can intelligently go to your IT person or your hosting provider to ask questions.

In short, the robots.txt function (which not accessible via the administration tools in DNN), tells various search engines such as Google what pages to index and what pages they should not. Pretty important! But, if your DNN website is with a host provider and you are operating on a shared instance (one installation of DNN with many portals), you may be operating on one, centralized robots.txt file, which may be configured to tell the robots to ignore all pages on your site!

There is a way to take control and get around this, but it takes someone with access to the server and a bit of IT knowledge. But, don’t let that stop you from finding out if your robots.txt file is configured properly.

Ask your IT or host provider:
Is your DNN website on a shared instance?
Do you have an individual robots.txt file for your specific DNN website?

That’s it a few simple tools and information on how to squeeze more effectiveness with your DotNetNuke’s SEO. Hope useful.



Free Trial Web Deploy 3.5 Hosting :: ASPHostPortal.com Proudly Launches Web Deploy 3.5 Hosting

clock November 1, 2013 10:49 by author Mike

Professional web hosting provider – ASPHostPortal.com proudly announced the integration of the latest Web Deploy 3.5 in all  web hosting plans. We are the first few hosting company that provide ASP.NET hosting plan that support the brand new Web  Deploy 3.5 Hosting.


WebDeploy v3.5 is now available and there are a few features to consider in this minor release:

  1. Load Balancer Support with Session Affinity. 
  2. Encrypting web.config Settings Post-Publish.
  3. App Offline Template.
  4. Seamless integration with IIS Manager (IIS7 and above), Visual Studio (2010 and above) for creating packages and  deploying them onto a machine, both locally and remotely.
  5. Integration with WebMatrix for deploying and downloading web applications.
  6. Seamless integration with the Web Platform Installer to install community web applications simply and easily.
  7. Web application packaging and deployment.
  8. Web server migration and synchronization.
  9. Automatic backup of Web Sites before making any changes.
  10. In addition to the IIS Manager, Visual Studio 10, Web Matrix tasks can be performed using the command-line, PowerShell  Cmdlets or public APIs.

According to ASPHostPortal.com, it's Web Deploy 3.5 offerings are distinguished by their low cost, with many of the hosting  services supporting the technology being of the more expensive variety.
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