I am pleased to announce that DNN Platform 7.3.4 has been released. The 7.3.4 release is a stabilization release. DNN 7.3.4 is a smaller maintenance release than normal and is focused on addressing the most serious platform issues. It is expected that this will be the final platform release prior to DNN 7.4.0 which is expected to be released in January 2015. Once again the community has provided a number of significant fixes for this release. I look forward to increasing this level of participation coming in future releases.
You can find all of the issues resolved in this release in our issue tracker. Download 7.3.4 from the DotNetNuke Downloads page.

Major Highlights

• Fixed issue where site settings were not updating correctly in multi-language installations
• Fixed issue where partial site templates were not working correctly with child sites
• Fixed issue where links created in Telerik RadEditor were not correct
• Fixed issue where search results might be duplicated
• Fixed issue where user could not change default value for a profile property
• Fixed issue where a file uploaded from the web is not visible in the Host File Management
• Fixed issue where ControlBarController returned invalid JSON
• Fixed issue where you couldn't add a module in a spanish language site
• Fixed issue where a clustered index was missing from a search table
• Fixed issue where uploading an ICO file failed
• Fixed issue where HTML Editor Permissions were not working correctly
• Fixed issue where popups were not centered on the screen
• Fixed issue where popup iframe is not initialized correctly
• Fixed issue where AUM was not correctly handling 301 redirects
• Fixed issue where multiple region/country controls in a profile did not work correctly
• Added ability to save localized lists to resource file
• Added method to remove all subscriptions from a ContentItem

Security Issues

• None

Introduction

Recently there has been a lot of discussion in the community around DNN Spam registrations and methods and processes to prevent or fix the issues that are associated with them.  I've been debating on if/when I should actually write about this given that there is an Official DNN Software response on the issue, as well as many other community comments.  Well, when I had a server go down and guess what it was because of this very issue so I think its time to give my quick perspective and recommended action points for those of you that are running a DNN site.  These recommendations apply for ALL DNN versions!

Update Registration Mode Setting

If possible, set your registration mode to "none" if you don't need public registration.  This is a great first defense.  If this isn't possible, then go with the next best step and that is to create a custom registration page.  If you do this, though make sure that you follow the instructions in the next step.

Optional: Add IIS Request Filtering

One of the recommended "stop gap" items that DNN Corporation recommends for those that cannot set registration to "none" is to set a filter in IIS for request filtering.  I STRONGLY recommend this solution and am rolling this out to ALL DNN sites that I manage or have any control over that need to allow user registration.  This will prevent the most basic backdoor used by these scripters which should at least help limit things a bit.

Post Change Investigation & Resolution

This is the key, the above changes are quick & easy, but it is the investigation that is key.  I'm writing this post because of the investigation and resolution that I had to do tonight while on vacation.  I had a server that went down, with a clients database that grew from 45mb to almost 1gb in 7 days, had a user count grow from 2 users to 197,000 users in that same 7 day period.  All of this happened silently, without stressing server resources, without setting off any DDOS alerts or anything.  How did it become an issue today?  The site owner tried to make a change and then it fell on its face.

So, given that this can be a silent threat to your site, what do you need to look for, and what actions can you take to fix?  Lets look at these next.

Do you have impacted Users?

If you are lucky, your site will not have any impacted users and you can stop here.  However, if you go to "Admin" -> "User Accounts" and see that you have 50,000 users when you should only have 10 you have some work to do.  This is the fastest way to look at things and identify what is going on.  If you have rogue users you will need to do two things to truly 'clean' your installation from these user accounts.

Delete the User Accounts

The first step in resolution is to get rid of the users that are impacting the site.  How you accomplish this is going to vary a bit.  If you have 5, 10, 20 SPAM users, just manually use the DNN delete features, but make sure to note the User Id value for each user.  If you have a lot of users, for example in my case more than 100K users to remove, you are going to want to investigate a scripting solution.

I will not post direct SQL here as you NEED to be a user with proper SQL knowledge to do this, but you can do this VERY fast and very clean within DNN.  Simply set all of the users that you need to remove to "Deleted" in the database, then use the "Remove Deleted Users."  Now, this process of having DNN remove the users might need to be repeated as there is a 30 second timeout on DNN database queries.  In my case it took 10 attempts to remove all.

Delete the Folders & Re-Sync Files/Folders

This is one area that is not often remembered by administrators with fake accounts.  Each user that is created in more current versions of DNN have a folder created for them inside of the users folder within DNN.  You will want ot go in and delete all of these folders from the filesystem.  Then once that is completed you will want to go to "Admin" -> "File Manager" and sync the filesystem.  This is imperative as more entries in the folders and permissions table will slow down areas of the site that interact with these tables.

Conclusion

We need to see what the final fix is for this issue, but in the meantime we need to be vigilant and keep our own sites as protected as possible.  Given the nature of this issue I am being a bit vague in recommendations as the exact solution isn't going to be the same for all users and sites.

With all the introduction of the DDRMenu to DotNetNuke, we've experienced much more manage above what is rendered from the menu. This has authorized for a a lot more semantic menu and custom made styling for easy menus to mega menus. There are numerous methods to create the template that the DDR makes use of but we'll be using the token primarily based templating because it is quite easy.

Menu Template (Bootstrap Nav)

I copied the easy folder from your Gravity pores and skin that will come with DNN 7, which incorporates a manifest file “menudef.xml” and the “SimpleToken.txt” file. I updated the SimpleToken.txt file as follows:
Notice: this isn’t a tutorial on DDRMenu, just how to apply Bootstrap.

<ul class="nav nav-pills">
    [*>NODE]
    </ul>
    [>NODE]
        <li class="[?NODE]dropdown [/?][?SELECTED]active[/?]">
        [?ENABLED]
            <a href="[=URL]">[=TEXT] [?NODE]<b class="caret"></b>[/?]</a>
        [?ELSE]
            <a href="#">[=TEXT] [?NODE]<b class="caret"></b>[/?]</a>
        [/?]
        [?NODE]
            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            [*>NODE]
            </ul>
        [/?]
        </li>
    [/>]

1. Add the classes nav and nav-pills to the outer ul. Individually, I favor the simplicity in the Simple tablets nav that bootstrap gives. This appears to be the easiest to override with my own custom design and style as I have a tendency to use more flat UI’s in my style.
2. Include the category “dropdown” for the list merchandise if it's youngsters using the [?NODE] examination.
3. Add the category “active” for the listing product whether it is selected utilizing the [?SELECTED] examination.
4. Add a caret to the merchandise if it's a baby item.

Up coming, we are able to include the HTML and pores and skin object within the pores and skin as follows:

Logo and Menu pores and skin objects (Bootstrap Navbar)

<div class="navbar">
        <div class="navbar-inner">
            <span class="brand">
                <dnn:LOGO runat="server" id="dnnLOGO" />
            </span><!--/Logo-->
            <dnn:MENU MenuStyle="Simple" runat="server"></dnn:MENU>
        </div><!-- END navbar-inner -->
    </div><!-- END navbar -->

1. add link with class “btn” and btn-navbar”. Also, requires markup for collapse. You are able to use either JavaScript or information attributes.
2. Wrap dnn:MENU pores and skin item using a div using the adhering to class
   “nav-collapse” and “collapse” - this permits the menu to break down at smaller display screen sizes
   “pull-right” to drift the menu to the correct side, if you so desire.

Note: making use of this process will disable a menu merchandise which has children. In order that this is a click to open up motion. This can be to make things function much better for contact units.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.