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DotNetNuke 7.3 Hosting - ASPHostPortal.com to Launch New Data Center in Paris

clock November 10, 2014 10:46 by author Kenny

ASPHostPortal.com to Launch New Data Center in Paris, France on November 2014

ASPHostPortal is known for credible and unswerving web hosting solutions. Apart from the reliability of the ASPHostPortal Uptime, which features 99.9 per cent average uptime, ASPHostPortal also offers outstanding data center which reflects ASPHostPortal high speed and high performance hosting package.  Recently, ASPHostPortal.com launch its new data center in Paris, France on 9th November 2014 with room for more than 10,000 physical servers, and allowing customers’ to meet their France data residency requirements.

The new facility will provide customers and their end users with ASPHostPortal.com services that meet in-country data residency requirements. It will also complement the existing ASPHostPortal.com Amsterdam data center and London data center, to provide European customers redundancy options within the region. The Paris data center will offer the full range of ASPHostPortal.com web hosting infrastructure services, including bare metal servers, virtual servers, storage and networking.

ASPHostPortal offers the perfect combination of affordability and reliability.  They have an excellent uptime history with several months this year boasting more than 99.9% average uptime.  Their hosting package reflects speed and performance.  Their data center can take much of the credit for such superb services. The new data center will allow customers to replicate or integrate data between Paris, London and Amsterdam data centers with high transfer speeds and unmetered bandwidth (at no charge) between facilities.

“With ASPHostPortal, choosing the data center location is a free feature and option to all customers. The customer simply chooses US, Europe, Asia or Australia. It's simple, intuitive and convenient. The option is free, and there will never be any other cost to the user associated with this option,” said Dean Thomas, Manager at ASPHostPortal.co

Clients who have any questions about the feature and the option that is most suitable for their purposes should feel free to contact ASPHostPortal through their 24/7/365 customer support team. ASPHostPortal will help you choose the right option that will best suit your needs.

For more information about new data center in France, please visit http://asphostportal.com/Hosting-Data-Center-France.

About ASPHostPortal.com:

ASPHostPortal.com is a hosting company that best support in Windows and ASP.NET-based hosting. Services include shared hosting, reseller hosting, and SharePoint hosting, with specialty in ASP.NET, SQL Server, and architecting highly scalable solutions. As a leading small to mid-sized business web hosting provider, ASPHostPortal.com strive to offer the most technologically advanced hosting solutions available to all customers across the world. Security, reliability, and performance are at the core of hosting operations to ensure each site and/or application hosted is highly secured and performs at optimum level.



DotNetNuke 7.3 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: The Simple Way to Install DotNetNuke

clock September 17, 2014 09:18 by author Kenny

The Simple Way to Install DotNetNuke

DotNetNuke is a Web-content management platform for those who use the Microsoft ASP.NET framework. Based on your company needs, whatever version of DNN you choose, it will be a significant cost saving venture over other options. Installing DotNetNuke is not a task well-suited for beginners to this sort of website framework. If you are familiar with websites, databases, and ASP.NET, you can use these instructions to learn how to install DotNetNuke.

Check the DotNetNuke installation requirements before getting started. To install DotNetNuke, you need a database with either Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 or SQL Express. If you have an older version of DotNetNuke 5.2 or earlier, you can use SQL Server 2000. You should also have a Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services) with version 5 or higher, and the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 framework. This service pack is available through the Windows Update feature.

Download the latest version of DotNetNuke to your computer, and unzip the file.

Use the FTP software of your choice to connect to your website, and upload the installation files into the directory of your choice. If necessary, create the directory where you want to install DotNetNuke on your server.

Select the folder where DotNetNuke is located. Click "Properties," choose the "Security" tab, and add the necessary user permissions. Use either the local ASP.NET service (for Windows 2000 and XP) or the local Network Service account (for Windows 2003, Vista, 2008, or 7). You should have permission to modify the folder.

  • Open the IIS server console. Go to "Start" > "Run" > INETMGR. Click on the "websites" node, and select the "Default website" node.
  • Right click on the DotNetNuke folder. Click "Convert to Application." If this option is not available, select "Properties" and add the application.

Install DotNetNuke with SQL Express.

  • Open your web browser, and go to: http://yoursite.com/dotnetnuke.
  • Walk through the installation wizard as presented on the screen. The database information should already be configured, and you should not need to change it.
  • Look for the default login information for the "host" and "admin" users, which is shown when installation is complete.
  • Log in immediately, and change the passwords to protect against hacking.

Install DotNetNuke with SQL Server 2005/2008 for your database server.

  • Open SQL Management Studio, and connect to your database server.
  • Walk through the installation wizard as presented on the screen.
  • Create a new database by expanding the server node, then the databases node, and filling in necessary values for all the database properties.
  • Set up the SQL user and security account, and choose the appropriate integrated-security or user-security setting under the "server/security" node.
  • Open your web browser, and go to: http://yoursite.com/dotnetnuke.
  • Walk through the installation wizard as presented on the screen. Choose SQL 2000/2005/2008, and follow the security steps according to the option chosen in the previous steps. Test the database connection.
  • Finish the installation wizard, and look for the default login information for the "host" and "admin" users.
  • Log in, and immediately change the passwords for those accounts to protect against a hack.

Best and Cheap DotNetNuke Hosting Provider

Are you looking for best and cheap DotNetNuke Hosting Provider? ASPHostPortal is the answer. ASPHostPortal.com is a windows-based hosting service provider. ASPHostPortal.com offers the most reliable and stable DotNetNuke 7.3 web hosting infrastructure on the net with great features, fast and secure servers. Our hosting can be done via USA, Amsterdams or Singapore based server. Depending on your requirements, we can scale so we can deliver the right service for the right price. All of our windows hosting plan supports DotNetNuke 7.3 and you can install DotNetNuke 7.3 with just one click.



DotNetNuke Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: Cart Viper is The Best DotNetNuke eCommerce Solution

clock September 5, 2014 08:09 by author Kenny

Cart Viper is The Best DotNetNuke eCommerce Solution

If you read this article, of course you interest with ecommerce. In this article, we will tell you that you now you will develop your online store easily with DotNetNuke platform. If you are already using DotNetNuke then you will know what a great platform it is to build rich and engaging websites but what if you could use the same platform to run an online DNN shop?

Why you should using Cart Viper?

Cart Viper is an ecommerce solution built for DNN providing a PCI compliant online store for your business. You will start to sell online today using the simple to use ecommerce store easily. From now you will sell anything; physical products, digital downloads and events. Using Cart Viper you can create a fully functioning online shop within 30 minutes.

Is Cart Viper The Best DotNetNuke Store?

The answer absolutely is YES. In their official website, they said that, “Since starting Cart Viper we've added hundreds of new features and improvements all with the aim of making the best dotnetnuke store available on the market. A great product is no good without great support so we are dedicated to providing help and support so that you can get the best out of our product. Take a look at the feedback we have received from our satisfied customers.”

Features of Cart Viper

There are some features of Cart Viper:

  • Categories and Sub-Categories – You can create and manage an unlimited number of product categories. In here you also can find SEO optimized product categories page - define the category URL, META description and title tags.
  • Products – You can create an unlimited number of products. Automatic re-sizing of product images (small, medium, large) based on your predefined image size.
  • Product Variants - Choose the variant option display e.g. dropdown list, checkbox, radio button, textbox, multi-line textbox or image uploader. Track stock quantities for each product variant, so you know exactly how many of each product variation you have in stock.
  • Catalog Localization - Ability to enter categories and products in multiple languages. Categories and products will fully localize to the current language that is being viewed by the user.
  • Product Offers - Create and manage product offers. Define start, end date and offer price. Offer is applied and removed from a product without any user interaction.
  • Coupons - Define rules for each coupon. e.g. minimum subtotal, can be used multiple times, start date, end date, customer email address, etc. Offer a monetary or percentage discount.
  • Promotions - Create store wide promotions, so every product has a specific discount during the given period. Create category wide promotions, so every product in the category has the specific discount during the given period.
  • Product Discount Bundles - Create product discount bundles where a user receives a discount if they purchase 2 or more items at the same time. Promote up-selling and maximise each sale via product discount bundles.
  • User Specific Pricing - Define a product price for a specific user of your DNN site. Define a product price for a specific role of your DNN site. When browsing the store the individual user price is displayed to that user.
  • Digital Downloads - Define which products have a digital download. Digital downloads now support PDFs as a valid file type. Allow admin to define how long / how many times a user can download a digital download after they have purchased it.
  • Product Comparison - Allow users to select up to 4 products then compare them side by side! Store admin defines the product details they can compare e.g. weight, size, model number etc. Allow the user to quickly and easily see the advantage of 1 product over another.
  • Wishlists - Wish list automatically updated if admin deletes / edit a product in a user’s wish list. Anonymous users can create wish lists, and then they will automatically be transferred into their user account if they then sign in to your store. Customers can make their wish list public and send friends a link to view the wish list.
  • Product Visualizer - Allow a user to see a mockup of what their product will look like once they have made their specific choices. e.g. select text or upload an image.
  • Product Reviews & Ratings - Enable / disable product reviews. Product average rating calculated from customer reviews. Product reviews approved by admin before appearing on site.
  • Shipping - Enable / disable shipping to be calculated on an order. Support an unlimited number of shipping providers so customer can select when they checkout e.g. FedEx, UPS, default, etc
  • Tax & VAT - Based on stores location and the users billing address Cart Viper automatically works out if you need to charge VAT or tax. Define VAT rates for: Zero rated product,Reduced rate products & Standard rate products. Assign each product to a VAT rate.
  • Payment Methods - Let customer pick between online or offline payment methods at the point of checkout. Real time credit card payments (Mastercard, VISA, Solo, Switch, Amex and Discover). Accept offline payment methods (cash on delivery, cheque, purchase orders, etc) with or without Real time payment method as well.
  • Payment Gateways - Optional ability to apply a percentage or fixed amount surcharge to an order placed with Paypal Standard. Recurring billing support when using Authorize.net payment gateway, manage subscriptions directly from Cart Viper, recieve notifications when card declined.
  • Cart & Checkout - Advanced jQuery add / edit / delete items shopping cart functions. Separate mini-cart control that can be added to any content pane. User friendly wizard style checkout screen.
  • Store Administration - Quick Install for Creating a New Store. Simple intuitive administration UI. Optionally assign DotNetNuke roles to admin tasks as product management, order management etc. Product moderator feature - create a new setting that allows the a DNN role to be entered users with this role can add products however they need to be moderated before appearing in the store front.
  • Catalog Workflow and Version History - Define if that all changes to the store catalog requires moderation. Ability to accept / decline changes, with email notifications.
  • QuickBooks Integration - Automatically transfer orders from Cart Viper into QuickBooks.
  • Order PDF - Store admin or customer can download a PDF receipt of any order that has been placed. Admin can define an image along with header and footer text to brand the PDF as per your needs.
  • Sales Reporting - Cart Viper automatically calculates your sales data for the current day and at a glance allows you to see how that compares to yesterday and the average of the last 30 days. View sales data by product or category for specific date you enter. Export sales data to .XLS format.
  • My Account Module - Separate my account module included. Edit their account profile settings - billing / shipping address etc. Users can view / search through their order history.
  • Product News Letter - Separate product newsletter module, allow users to sign up to your store product newsletter. Product newsletter automatically sent with no human interaction.
  • Product Widget Module - Separate product widget module that can be used to display products anywhere on your DNN portal. Select products to display in product widget module by: random, top sellers, by category, individual selection, products currently on special offer and newly added.
  • RSS 2.0 Feeds - Optionally expose RSS 2.0 feeds based on the product data in your store. 3 different RSS 2.0 feeds: top selling products, newly added products and featured products.
  • HTML Email Templates - All emails that the store sends are HTML based so you can customize then to suit your needs. Fully HTML enabled so you can brand the emails as per your needs using CSS and images.
  • Define the Store Currency - The following currencies are supported by Cart Viper: United States Dollar (USD) , Great British Pound (GBP), Euro (EUR), Australian dollars (AUD), Canadian dollars (CAD), Mexican peso (MXN) Swiss francs (CHF), Singapore dollar (SGD), Thailand Baht (THB), New Zealand Dollar (NZD), Phillipine Peso (PHP), Czech Koruna (CZK) and Mexican Peso (MXN).
  • Donations - Optionally allow customers to place donations. Define predetermined amounts with the customer able to select or enter their own donation amount. Allow the customer to enter a name associated with the donation.
  • Multi-language Support - They currently have the resource files translated into English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch. However Cart Viper can be translated into any language you require!
  • Multiple Portals Supported - Cart Viper can be installed on multiple parent and child portals. Each portal would need to have its own license.
  • Advanced Templating - Razor Template Support. Responsive store template, create a great store experience for desktop, tablet and mobile users. Data and presentation kept separate allowing you to create your own templates without any programming knowledge.
  • Google Analytic eCommerce & Event Tracking - Full eCommerce & event tracking support integration into Google analytics. Track 25 different events inside your store. Provides detailed statistical analysis how customers are users your store. Quickly and easily find customer trend and shopping habits!
  • DotNetNuke Versions Supported - Cart Viper requires version 5.x, 6.x, or 7.x of DotNetNuke. Works in both Full Trust and Medium Trust environments.

Best and Cheap DotNetNuke Hosting for Your DotNetNuke Site

ASPHostPortal.com is the best and cheap windows-based hosting service provider. ASPHostPortal.com offers the most reliable and stable DotNetNuke 7.3 web hosting infrastructure on the net with great features, fast and secure servers. Our hosting can be done via USA, Amsterdams or Singapore based server. Depending your requirements, we can scale so we can deliver the right service for the right price. All of ourwindows hosting plan supports DotNetNuke 7.3 and you can install DotNetNuke 7.3 with just one click.



Comparison of Windows ASP.NET Hosting between ASPHostPortal.com Hosting Platform and Windows Azure Platform

clock Augustus 25, 2014 07:43 by author Kenny

In this article, we wrote the review about Windows Azure Vs Shared Hosting. In this session we choose ASPHostPortal as a challenger of Windows Azure. ASPHostPortal.com is Microsoft No #1 Recommended Windows and ASP.NET Spotlight Hosting Partner in United States. While Windows Azure is Microsoft powered flexible Cloud service. It supports platforms such as Java, PHP& .NET. It is quite compatible with other Microsoft applications such as SharePoint, SQL server, & Microsoft Outlook.

ASPHostPortal offers the most bang for your buck: Just $5.00 per month, you get a Windows Server 2012 instance configured with 8GB RAM, 60GB of bandwidth and 5GB of storage. That price includes a generous support plan complete with 24/7 support from expert engineers, making it attractive for those who are completely new to hosted services.

Microsoft is currently offering a 30-day free trial of Azure. You receive a $200 credit to spend on Azure services during the trial. You can create and try out any combination of Azure resources you like. You will need to enter a credit card, though you won't bill during the period of the trial. One of the complaints sometimes leveled against Azure is its expense. You can spent more money for almost same service.

Check the service comparison between ASPHostPortal and Windows Azure below:

Provider

Spec

Price

Total

ASPHostPortal

5 GB Disk Space

$5.00/mo

$5.00/mo


60 GB Bandwidth


2 SQL Server


200 MB SQL Server / db


8 GB RAM or higher


Host Unlimited Sites

Windows Azure

20 GB Disk Space

$14.88/mo

$105.87/mo


60 GB Bandwidth

$6.60/mo


2 SQL Server

$9.99/mo


100 MB


1.6GHz CPU, 1.75GB RAM

$74.4/mo


500 Sites



DotNetNuke 7 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: How to Automate your DotNetNuke Module

clock Augustus 23, 2014 09:00 by author Kenny

DotNetNuke is an open source CMS based on Microsoft .Net technology. DotNetNuke can be easily installed and hosted. In general, DotNetNuke framework allows individuals to do whatever they wish with the application framework both commercially and non-commercially, with the simple requirement of giving credit back to the DotNetNuke project community. In this article, I will tell you how to automate the packaging of your DNN Module.

DotNetNuke is a program that runs on Microsoft ASP.NET. It is also a framework, meaning, it is a program that is designed to be extended. One of the ways you extend the framework is to create modules. These modules are installed inside a DotNetNuke installation and when they run in that DotNetNuke installation they extend the framework to create a DotNetNuke website also called a portal.

Here are the steps for automate the packaging of your DNN Module:

  • Delete all source code and start over from scratch with my templates installed. If you really don’t want to go through step #1, you can skip it, but you must then go on to Step 2 below
  • Open your project in Visual Studio
  • Install the MSBuildTasks project from Nuget:

PM> Install-Package MSBuildTasks

  • Create a BuildScripts folder in your project
  • Add two files

ModulePackage.targets

MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets

  • Right click on the project in Visual Studio Solution Explorer and choose “Unload Project”
  • Save changes if prompted
  • Right click on the unloaded project and choose the Edit option
  • At the bottom of the file, before the </Project> section add

<PropertyGroup>
  <Extension>zip</Extension>
  <DNNFileName>CHANGEME.dnn</DNNFileName>
  <PackageName>CHANGEME</PackageName>
  <MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>$(SolutionDir)\Build</MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>
</PropertyGroup>
<Import Project="BuildScripts\ModulePackage.Targets" />
<Target Name="AfterBuild" DependsOnTargets="PackageModule">
</Target>
<Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\nuget.targets" />

  • Change the “CHANGEME” text to match the name of your .DNN file and the name of the ZIP file that you want the package created as.
  • Save the Project changes.
  • Right click on the project in Solution Explorer and choose Reload Project.
  • Switch into Release mode in Visual Studio and do a Build of your project.
  • This should create two files, ModuleName_Version#_Install.zip and ModuleName_Version#_Source.zip.

What I typically do then is install the module to a test DNN install to make sure that everything is working correctly. You’ll want to make sure that the ZIP files created contain all the right files, and they get installed correctly, so a test installation is the best way to go through that process.

If something fails, try to track it down, then do another Build in Release mode, rinse and repeat the installation process in your test install until you get everything working properly.

Now going forward, after you do a release, you go into your AssemblyInfo file, change your version number there, and into your .DNN File and change your Version number there. Next time you build in Release mode the module will create a new VERSION number ZIP file, leaving your last version builds there as well.



DotNetNuke 7.3 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: How to Integrate DotNetNuke with SharePoint?

clock Augustus 18, 2014 10:14 by author Kenny

What is DotNetNuke?

DotNetNuke Platform, formerly called DotNetNuke, is a free, open source website builder and content management system based on the .NET framework. It is a tool designed to be used from a web browser that can create any type of website, from small business sites to online communities and intranets. In this article we will tell you about how to integrate DotNetNuke with SharePoint.

Integrate DotNetNuke with SharePoint

  1. Good knowledge of SharePoint and DotNetNuke - This particular approach helps in easy as well as seamless integration of both the document management system and the software making it easy for content monitoring along with modification. It is important to have good knowledge of the software as well as the application before taking up integration.
  2. Always integrate with SharePoint 2007 and 2010 – This particular objective helps you enjoy the best benefits of both the DotNetNuke along with the document management system. After all, it helps publishing fresh contents extracting it straight from the SharePoint Document library. The published documents are carefully protected by the role based security network of DNN. 
  3. Always publish documents that are approved for display – Undertaking this particular approach always helps you to avoid any sort of interference with the team. This helps you ensure the use of a streamlined alongside a collaborative procedure that helps in effective management of the document. Additionally, it also allows you to share the best documents that are carefully edited and ready for use. 
  4. Ensure consistent permission throughout the work – This particular objective if maintained right helps preventing any sort of unauthorized access thereby, ensuring a secure digital asset management. Additionally, it also helps preventing the redistribution of assets that are digital. 
  5. Make use of views and not folders – This helps you ensure having unlimited flexibility along with extreme level of granularity. It is also important for you to be able to combine the properties easily and this particular approach helps in successful combination. The biggest advantage rests with the fact that it helps reducing overall risk alongside human error. 
  6. Synchronize the deletes – Taking up this particular approaching during the process of integration also helps avoiding the errors of “file not found” during the successful execution of removal of files. This particular approach of cleaning also ensures reduction of unimportant database clogging, duplication, overall risk, and human errors. 
  7. Enabling of error notification is must – This specific task helps in automatic synchronization eliminating the need of active viewing or monitoring of the document in concern. This result in a smooth process that helps you to lessen the effort along with the time required for content monitoring. 
  8. Avoid the firewall – Always make sure that the SharePoint server can enjoy an easy access to the DotNetNuke server. This helps in smoother as well as better content management without any modification of security policies. 
  9. Allow filtering of documents to be transferred – This particular approach helps the users to filter the documents easily through the integrated SharePoint filtering views. This helps the users to make use of the Create View UI and need not rely upon two different sets of filters.


DotNetNuke 7 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: Is DotNetNuke The Best Application for Developers, End Users and Organization?

clock Augustus 14, 2014 12:41 by author Kenny

Is DotNetNuke The Best Application for Developers, End Users and Organization?

Based on the.NET framework by Microsoft, DotNetNuke is a content managing system for websites. One of its advantages is the fact that the framework's Community Edition is open-sourced and has an MIT free software license, allowing free download, usage, modification, and extension. This, combined with the modular structure of the framework, has allowed various third-party developers to write and publish additional modules and upgrades to the basic package. Professional and Enterprise editions of DotNetNuke are paid for, but offer better tech support and certain features critical for business-level web-site management. However, the Community edition also receives a lot unofficial tech support from the extensive user and modder community.

DotNetNuke for Developers

DotNetNuke is a brilliant combination of Content management System (CMS) and Web application development framework. This adaptable architecture allows developers to effortlessly add functionality or make changes in the look of the website through addition of DotNetNuke applications. There are lots of websites where you can find free applications, you can use or customize these applications according to your need. That is reason DotNetNuke has become the first choice of developers.

DotNetNuke for End Users

DotNetNuke is very good tool for end users as they can within minutes post contents on the websites.This powerful and simple tool allows end users to modify the content without support from IT personnel.

Systems administrators find the granular security model very useful as they can define accessing rights for the end users. Both end users and administrators find it extremely helpful as the end users enjoys the freedom to post and modify content as per their wish and system administrators need not to be bothered about the rest of the website being modified as they have defined the extent of access.

We are in an era where internet is considered to be the principal source to find out reliable information. It gives you a platform to reach out to people and to know about their views also.People can write their views and it gets online for others to read.A positive article will absolutely add feather in your cap but a wrong or misleading one can spoil image of the company. Content Approval Workflow feature is the perfect solution for it and it takes web content controls one step ahead. In this your website is configured with custom approval workflows so whatever changes is made to the website, needs to be approved by authored person before it gets online. This helps you to monitor the quality and content of the article. This path breaking Content Approval Workflow feature is available in DotNetNuke Enterprise and Professional Editions.

DotNetNuke for Organization

Organization needs to make changes to websites on a regular basic. The flexible and reliable Content management platform of DotNetNuke allows organization to swiftly execute wining web strategies.Using DotNetNuke application you can easily control and change the look of the website.

The DotNetNuke Enterprise and Professional edition are reasonably priced and have very good technical support. Their free edition is known as Community Edition which you can download from internet and use it.



DotNetNuke 7.3 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: The Reason Why Choose DotNetNuke for Your Business

clock Augustus 5, 2014 09:01 by author Kenny

The Reason Why Choose DotNetNuke for Your Business

DotNetNuke is one of the best open source Content Management Systems (CMS) available. When it comes to managing your website system, DNN consistently proves to be a top-level performer. Have a robust, full-featured site deployed in no time with DotNetNuke, one of the world's most trusted content management systems (CMS). While most other CMS's offer limited functionality, DotNetNuke's (DNN) free community version provides even more functions, such as events content, announcements, discussions, FAQ's and various customizable forms. This simply means much more power-packed features and options to complement your aggressive business.

Choose DNN for your new website, be it a corporate intranet, extranet or online store. It is one of the longest-running web development platforms, and indeed one of the most popular in the web development community. It is based on Microsoft's own robust web development framework, ASP.Net, which is one of the reasons why DNN-based sites and applications are fully customizable, SEO-friendly, stable and scalable.

The DotNetNuke development edge

DNN is an open-source CMS. This entails a lot of key advantages for both developers and clients.

Easy administration. Site administration is highly intuitive thanks to a user-friendly administrative interface. There is no technical programming knowledge required when managing your website. You can create, edit and publish content instantly and seamlessly.

Advanced features. A DNN page consists of modules, skins and other kinds of attachments. Many of them are packaged with the initial download. If what you need is not there, however, chances are one or more members of the online DotNetNuke development community has it. They may be downloadable for free or a minimal amount.

Features are constantly evolving thanks to this active online community.

Round-the-clock support. Although a core team of developers is always on hand to support users and programmers, there is an abundance of information and help references available through blogs, forums, online help, journals and other websites.

Fast development. DotNetNuke developers are able to finish projects in a short time due to the following reasons:

- The full application source code is open and accessible;
- Modules, applications and skins are readily available;
- Online support is always on hand, whether for technical assistance or looking for features.

Highly secure. Sites are safe and secure thanks to the validation, encryption and bug and potential threat tracking capabilities.

Completely customizable. To satisfy whatever need you may have, a DNN site is easily customizable on all levels, from font type, color, skin and modules. The best thing about it is that changes do not affect content at all.

DotNetNuke gets the job done affordably and in a short time You can liven up your online store or support your thriving business community through wide-access web portals built on this robust CMS. Contact a DotNetNuke developer today!

In today's world, sales is the most important source of revenue for any organization causing companies to incorporate innovative technologies such as dotnetnuke development services for the businesses. Dotnetnuke Developers are very helpful in maintaining your website. The end result - an enormous influx of potential customers that are converted into actual sales.



DotNetNuke 7 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: How to Optimize Your DotNetNuke Site?

clock Julie 14, 2014 09:34 by author Kenny

How to Optimize Your DotNetNuke Site?

DotNetNuke or DNN is one of the best open source Content Management Systems (CMS) available. When it comes to managing your website system, DNN consistently proves to be a top-level performer. DotNetNuke makes it extremely easy to grant or deny access to pages on your site. The DotNetNuke store is also integrated into the CMS, giving you an end-to-end experience for gaining new features and extending DotNetNuke’s look and capabilities. In this article I wiil explain about how to optimize your DotNetNuke site.

Tips for Optimize Your DotNetNuke Site

Website performance is absolutely critical. Your website visitors become more demanding and less patient by the day. If pages don’t load quickly, you risk losing them. And, after they leave your site, they’ll tell others about it and they won’t come back. Website performance is important to search engines, as well. Google notes that they take site speed into account for search rankings.

First - Visit is the Host Settings page.  There are a number of key updates and changes needed in this section.
Appearance, in this section you should uncheck the "Show Copyright Credits" box.

After that Advanced, choose Authentication Settings, in this section you should uncheck "Enabled" for any provider that will not be used in the portal, typically the LiveId and OpenId providers.
Next still Advanced, choose Performance Settings, in this section you should change the "Module Caching Method" to Memory. The "Performance Setting" to HeavyCaching.  And the "Compression Setting" to GZip Compression.
The last for first step is still in Advanced, and choose Other Settings, in this section you should change the "Scheduler Mode" to Timer.  You should enable the "Event Log Buffer" and disable the "Auto-Sync File System" option.

Second
- Choosing the right DotNetNuke skin for fast load time. Generally, CSS-based skin layouts are safe bets, with menu components like Telerik and CSS NavMenu. Sometimes the skin is what can make the difference for your website’s load time. If you opt for a custom skin, make sure to choose a web designer who adheres to best practices.

Third
- Optimize your images. Larger images result in longer load times. So pick the right size for the job. Also, choose the right image format for the job at hand. Be sure to resize images directly, rather than using HTML scaling. Setting width="600" height="220" doesn’t work well – and, you’re still forcing the larger file to be downloaded in full.

Fourth
- Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Content Delivery Networks (CDN) can be effective for serving up static content, including images, multimedia and file downloads. They’re known for providing high availability and high performance. Their distributed nature means that content is being served up “closer” to the end user.

Fifth
- Avoid bad requests. Check for HTTP 404 errors (“Page Not Found”) and avoid re-directs on resources. Also, monitor server errors and work with your developers to address any repeated errors.

Summary

There are some tips for optimize your DotNetNuke site.  Many people charge a lot of money to make these simple performance tweaks and I just laid them all out on the table for you fre of charge.  Feel free to share your comments below, if you have questions please visit the forums.



DotNetNuke 7 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: How to Increase SEO in Your DotNetNuke Site

clock Junie 12, 2014 12:47 by author Kenny

In this article, we will talk about how to increase your SEO in your DotNetNuke site. DotNetNuke (DNN)   is an open source content management system powered by ASP.NET/Microsoft IIS web-based technologies. Although the CMS is open source, the web component platform is proprietary. The most common database used in DNN is Microsoft SQL Server, while as of June 2010, most DNN websites can be run using ASP.NET 3.5.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a cross-functional discipline and to achieve findable websites, a variety of tactics must be employed. When building DotNetNuke (DNN) websites, optimizing your websites for findability can be exceptionally challenging. DotNetNuke has many SEO features. 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.

Start Using Semantic Markup in the Skin

Semantic markup is crucial to providing context to your content. As modules are added to the page to create the content of your site, additional markup is often a necessary evil in providing the features native to DotNetNuke. By using semantically correct markup in your skin, you’re boiling the cream to the top.

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!

Make your URLs Friendlier

DNN has been making a slow journey toward a friendlier URLs. If you’re interested (and you should be) in moving faster toward full control over your URLs there are a number of extensions that will give you a long list of features make your URLs even friendlier.

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.

Submit a XML Sitemap

Each DNN site automatically generates a XML sitemap (sitemap.aspx) Page Priority Starting in DNN 5.01, individual pages can have a specific priority assigned in the XML sitemap. Starting in version 5.01, DNN allows you to explicitly assigning page priority to your pages to instruct search engine bots on the hierarchy of your sites’ pages. Additionally, it is important to submit your XML sitemap to search engines.

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.

DNN Takes Care of Meta Content

The last consideration is not so much a task, but a reminder to take care of your page meta content. DotNetNuke does a lot of the work for you in generating Demonstrate the source of meta content in DNN. It is arguable as to whether this content is relevant or considered in search engine rankings, but it can’t hurt to provide more context for your site.



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