Entries for 'Ian Robinson'

When creating a DNN module, you have the option to choose from the web site project (WSP), or a web application project (WAP). I prefer the web application project approach, and I'll explain it for developers who are new to module development, or unfamiliar with the WAP approach for developing modules. There are two major reasons why I feel WAP is generally better than WSP for DNN module development. 1. Conciseness - the project contains only your module's code, nothing more. Separating your m...

With the new skinning changes in DotNetNuke, it may be helpful to give an overview of available approaches to skin developers. Each of these approaches attempts to answer the question "How do I embed and customize all that great functionality that DNN provides in my skin?" In other words, given that we have a pre-set base of options for functionality (core skin objects), and each of those options exposes certain customization points (skin object properties) that I'd like to set…how the heck do ...

Recently, via twitter, I stumbled upon a new blog. I started poking around, and was really surprised to find a ton of DNN content. Click here to visit .Net Answers Recent entries look to be great resources for developers just starting out with DotNetNuke; giving them overviews of features such as skinning, and module portability. On a separate note, I'm excited to share that the Stackoverflow private beta is, reportedly, nearly over. With a public launch coming soon, I think this will quickly...