Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru
Tue Sep 8 13:13:18 CDT 2009
Hi Max, DNN 5.x (latest release - community version) I'm working with here does have a Forum module: I have just added this module to a test page - and voila' I can create discussions groups and forums - just to test I have added Access-D discussion to the default (General) forum, then added (posted) a couple of posts and replies - all worked flawlessly. And I didn't read any docs about setting forums and discussions using DNN. --Shamil -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:39 PM To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.' Subject: Re: [dba-VB] FYI: Amazing DotNetNuke (DNN) web site/modules/add-ons... All I wanted to do was to set up a simple web site WITH a Forum. The sample sites showed all this but when I signed up, it was all extra - a lot extra. Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil Salakhetdinov Sent: 08 September 2009 18:14 To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.' Subject: Re: [dba-VB] FYI: Amazing DotNetNuke (DNN) web site/modules/add-ons... Hi Max, You can try latest release DNN 5.x - it's better I suppose. But if you wanted to imitate sample sites you might need to purchase some commercial modules - XMod Pro first of all... <<< Can you send you 8 year son over... >>> Well, we can come together :) But first of all he wanted to visit LEGO Land near Copenhagen... Thank you. -- Shamil -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:34 PM To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.' Subject: Re: [dba-VB] FYI: Amazing DotNetNuke (DNN) web site/modules/add-ons... I cannot recall now. I signed up, downloaded and then tried to imitate the SAMPLE sites. Just couldn't do it. Gave up. Can you send you 8 year son over - clearly more clever than I (not hard to do, I must admit) Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil Salakhetdinov Sent: 08 September 2009 11:47 To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.' Subject: Re: [dba-VB] FYI: Amazing DotNetNuke (DNN) web site/modules/add-ons... Hi Max, What DNN version do you mean? The current 5.x version has a lot of new capabilities as far as I see. It installs smoothly both locally and on ASP.NET hosting. Moving local installation to ASP.NET hosting is a breeze. Installing new modules - my 8 years old kid can do that. Installing new skins - works quick and smoothly. Installing language packs - works quick and smoothly. Making new custom pages from existing modules - click, type a few chars for menu entry, click, type a few chars... But: Developing advanced custom DNN 5.x modules - easy to make a "seed" from advanced VS2008 template but then one without DNN experience gets stuck (as I did get yesterday) - IOW developing advanced custom DNN 5.x modules without rich DNN (and JavaScript/CSS/HTML) development experience is a complicated task with a very long learning curve... Developing advanced custom DNN 5.x web forms is as complicated as developing DNN 5.x modules but with XMod 5.5 and XMod Pro this task looks significantly less complicated. Developing DNN 5.x skins - is a complicated activity but there are a lot not that expensive commercial skins to purchase and tune. -- Recap: DNN 5.x development using commercial modules as XMod and commercial skins looks here currently challenging but doable. -- I will keep you Max and all you guys here informed how I will proceed. I do hope to succeed in my DNN learning curve/development endeavor. Thank you. -- Shamil -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:17 PM To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues. Subject: Re: [dba-VB] FYI: Amazing DotNetNuke (DNN) web site/modules/add-ons... Hi Shamil, I struggled so much with DNN and with the poor support that I personally received that I gave up in the end and cancelled - they refunded with question so that part of it was ok. I have to say though, that the advertising blurb led me to believe that it was very simple to create websites using DNN and certainly the ones they showed were just what I wanted. Howerver, these were one with fully paid up (expensive) content whereas when you actually sign up you then find that you have to pay extra for these added content (wikis). Trying to create your own from scratch was far from easy and beyond my time/capabilities so I left it. Others may have more success. max On 9/8/09, Shamil Salakhetdinov <shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > Additionally to my previous message - FYI - here are amazing DNN related > stuff/development tools - amazing at least for me - I must say I have never > seen something like that made using DNN: > > > > http://dnnprofessor.com/Home.aspx > > > > Enjoy! > > > > --Shamil > > > > P.S. The mentioned above stuff is not free but its price is also amazing - > amazingly low IMO: > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4407 (20090908) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.esetnod32.ru