Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Sat Mar 27 13:35:53 CDT 2010
Hello John, On PowerDNN you can get a free 14 day trial, On DotNetNuke.com you can get a 2 day system to play with. Cheers, Mark On 27 March 2010 11:30, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > Thanks for that Mark. > > I will look at that. I already have a DNN system and I may be able to use > that as the preliminary > site to do the development. I know that you can build subdomains with DNN. > > I spnt many hours looking at all of this stuff for DNN but that was many > years ago. I still get > emails from Snowcovered telling me about new modules and stuff. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > Mark Breen wrote: > > Hello John, > > > > I urge you strongly to spend a little time to review DotNetNuke. > > > > You will be extremely surprised how easy it can be to work with it. Of > > course it is all asp.net and you can choose vb or C#, which ever you > prefer. > > All the work I do in it is C#. > > > > I have recently been working on a application with a large db and I have > > build about 30 forms all with less than 20 lines of code. I have to > state > > at the outset that I am also depending on Telerik radGrid. > > > > There are modules available to do the subscription based email stuff, and > > also all sorts of other things, such as face book and > > twitter integration etc, they all cost money, but the money tends to be > > <€100 or else <$200. > > > > DNN will > > > > 1)let you work in the MS field > > 2) manage all the heavy lifting for a web app > > 3) all you to add on custom modules for pocket money > > 4) Allow you to build your own modules should you need them > > 5) allow you to use a shared hosting account for approx $200 - $300 per > > annum with a good hosting company (www.powerdnn.com) that specialise in > DNN > > hosting. > > 6) the hosting company will set up DNN for you > > > > If you like I can send you two files and you can see that with just these > > two files I have a working form that allows the user to perform CRUD > > functionality. > > > > You can also spend 30 minutes browsing www.snowcovered.com to see the > kinds > > of skins and modules that are available for free or for small money. > > > > Is that any help? > > > > thanks > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > On 26 March 2010 03:56, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > > > >> Randy, > >> > >> > I am all for writing/developing custom sites, but would you consider > >> using an off-the-shelf > >> (open-source) package like Joomla or umbraco? > >> > >> Well, let me lay out a couple of considerations: > >> > >> 1) This is eventually going to be heavy custom programming. > >> 2) One of my objectives is to provide myself (and you guys) an > opportunity > >> to learn ASP.Net > >> 3) I have until around the November time frame to get the basics up. > >> > >> My functionality objectives are: > >> > >> 1) Accumulate a list of PIP graduate contact info and get it into a > >> database. > >> 2) Allow PIP graduates the ability to edit their own data so that as > they > >> move around they can keep > >> their own data up to date. PIP graduates need to be able to email and > call > >> each other and not drop > >> off the planet because they move. > >> 3) Allow someone (management) the ability to blast emails out to focused > >> email lists. For example > >> all of the PIP graduates in a given state might need to send emails to > the > >> legislators for their > >> states based on the zip they reside in. > >> 4) Allow someone to blast out a similar set of emails to the entire list > of > >> PIP graduates about > >> legislation before congress. > >> 5) Allow opt-out > >> > >> 6) Eventually accumulate a similar email / contact list for a wider > >> audience of basically anyone > >> with a stake in the disability issue - persons with or caretakers of > >> persons with a disability. IOW > >> if legislation is before congress and I have a quarter million people > who > >> have signed up to receive > >> notices and send emails, the system would sent emails to all quarter > >> million people. The email > >> would have a link back to the web page server to a page where they could > >> compose and send an email > >> to their specific legislator. > >> > >> 7) Eventually allow some group of users to monitor legislation and > organize > >> the email blasts as > >> legislation comes up for a vote. > >> > >> I want to emulate the functionality of http://consumer-action.org/except > >> designed for a disability > >> group rather than a consumer group. > >> > >> So, I would certainly consider a canned package IF it was: > >> > >> 1) Windows based, because I am Windows based and I don't have access to > >> people with the expertise to > >> write this on a linux platform. > >> 2) .Net based, because I am .Net based and I don't have access to people > >> with the expertise to write > >> this in a non .net platform. > >> 3) Able to easily integrate the kinds of functionality I am discussing > >> above. > >> > >> This is not going to be a "public facing pretty web site" but rather a > >> workhorse web site which is > >> less about people visiting and more about executing jobs. Or at least > that > >> is my take on things at > >> this juncture. > >> > >> I understand "select the best tool for the job" but in the end this is > my > >> project (in that it is up > >> to me to make it succeed) and I need to select tools that I can use to > get > >> the job done, and which I > >> can find people familiar with those tools. > >> > >> So yes, I am not discounting any off-the-shelf solution if it meets the > >> workhorse needs. I > >> personally run DNN on my company web site (though it desperately needs > >> maintenance) and I absolutely > >> LOVE it for that kind of job. OTOH trying to hook into it is not for > the > >> faint of heart. > >> > >> If you are intimately familiar with one or more of these packages and > think > >> it fits the bill, please > >> come back with a discussion. > >> > >> John W. Colby > >> www.ColbyConsulting.com > >> > >> > >> Randy Sigmond wrote: > >>> John, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I am all for writing/developing custom sites, but would you consider > >> using an off-the-shelf (open-source) package like > >>> Joomla or umbraco? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> It may be possible to get something up quickly using either of the > >> mentioned items above and then modify for specifics. > >>> > >>> > >>> Just a thought. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Randy Sigmond > >>> > >>> Restech Online > >>> > >>> www.restechonline.com > >>> > >>> Ph: 248.568.0053 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dba-SQLServer mailing list > >>> dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > >>> http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-SQLServer mailing list > >> dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > >> http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-SQLServer mailing list > > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >