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Using SignalR with DotNetNuke Modules
Originally posted on ChrisHammond.com, all comments and discussion on this topic should be done there. This post will provide you with a basic tutorial for utilizing SignalR with custom DotNetNuke Modules. If you want to bypass the blog post go check out the source on GitHub, you can Fork my Repository. The module created here will be very simple, if you want a full blown module with more features be sure to check out the open source DotNetNuke Module SignalRChat, and see it in action at http://dnnCHAT.com/ SignalR is an ASP.NET library for using websockets and long polling in your applications. Basically what this means, is that you can have your web pages (or apps) maintain an open connection with a webserver, passing data back and forth, without having to do standard posts and gets for the content and functions. SignalR is a free library that you can get from www.signalr.net and you can DL from nuget.org right into your Visual Studio projects. ...
Customizing the latest Module Dev Project Templates
With the 2.0 release of my module development project templates last week I’ve had a few inquiries into how to customize the templates. You can download the templates from http://christoctemplate.codeplex.com/ Why Modify the Templates? First, why might...
Using the new Module Development Templates for DotNetNuke 7
With the release of DotNetNuke 7.0 (and now the more recent 7.0.2), it was time to update my module development project templates . If you have worked with my module development templates before, here are the major changes for this release. If you haven...
10 Years of DotNetNuke
In case you haven’t heard, today is our birthday! Back on 12/24/2002, Shaun Walker released an open source project he called (at the time) IBuySpy Workshop in the forums here on www.asp.net . IBSW was a project which containers many enhancements to the...
DotNetNuke 7.0 released
It is a big day in the world of DotNetNuke (yes, DNN is still around folks). DNN 7.0 was released today, you can find out more information by visiting DotNetNuke.com Be sure to read Will Morgenweck’s blog post for all the details . For a quick peak into...
Using jQuery to customize the styles in table cells
Originally posted on ChrisHammond.com I was trying to do some work with the Form and List module in DotNetNuke today and I needed to apply some custom styles to the LIST view of a module, without going in and creating a full XSL template for the module...
Are you ready to grow that Mo (moustache)? Movember is coming
Well here we are, nearing the end of the month of October and coming up on the month of N Movember once again. We here at DNNCorp are in our third year of supporting the Movember cause, growing facial hair on our upper lips to raise awareness and money...
New Visual Studio 2012 Project Templates for DotNetNuke
Earlier this month Microsoft put the bits up for Visual Studio 2012 RTM out on MSDN Subscriber downloads, and during the first two weeks of September they will officially be releasing Visual Studio 2012. I started working with VS2012 late in the release...
New .NETMF 4.2 QFE2 Release, NETDUINO UPGRADES!
Earlier today the latest release of the .NET MicroFramework (v4.2 QFE2) was released over on http://netmf.codeplex.com/ . You might ask, why does a DotNetNuke guy care about that? Toys! Well, I call them toys, they are my toys. I’ve dabbled with Netduino...
The risks of using hosted resources, hosted jQuery
Long ago when we started shipping jQuery resources with DotNetNuke we began offering a Host Setting which allowed you to use a HOSTED version of the jQuery resources. There are a number of benefits for using the hosted jQuery resources, of which I will...
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