DotNetNuke Developer Chris Hammond

Engage: Publish 5.4 Released

2009-06-29T21:37:25Z

So it’s been way too long, 6 months to be pretty exact, since we had a new release for Engage: Publish . Well last Thursday it finally came! We released Publish 5.4 on our website, though without announcement because of everything else we have had going on. Well here’s the announcement! 5.4 has a lot of changes, bug fixes, and new features, you can see the full list here . I’ll cover some of the major enhancements below. Article Attachment, meaning you can attach a file to an article and it will...(read more)

A new day for DotNetNuke, 5.1 Released

2009-06-23T21:03:53Z

So it’s been a long time coming, but finally, today, there is a stable release of the next step in the evolution of DotNetNuke. Version 05.01.00 was released today on www.DotNetNuke.com If you’ve been under a rock, DotNetNuke 5 has been coming for quite some time, in December 5.0.0 was released, with 5.0.1 coming in February. Unfortunately both releases had a number of breaking changes that caused problems for third party modules. Well 5.1 resolves all of those known issues and moves the platform...(read more)

Busy week in the DotNetNuke World, Day of DNN Is Almost Here!

2009-06-09T15:34:46Z

So I meant to get this post put together yesterday, but was totally busy getting a number of other things done, so here it goes for today! Day of DNN So this weekend (Saturday 6/13/2009) is the big event for DNN so far this year, the first Day of DNN ( http://www.dayofdnn.com ) in Tampa Florida. What is the Day of DNN ? A free day long event being held at the Microsoft offices in Tampa. There are 30 different sessions going on throughout the day, you can check out the agenda here . If you are in...(read more)

DotNetNuke Training, now available on DVD

2009-05-27T20:17:37Z

Back in January of this year I took a trip out to Connecticut and spent a week recording some of our DotNetNuke Training on DVD with none other than Carl Franklin of .NET Rocks fame. It was a fun week, Carl has an amazing studio going out there. What came of it is a two volume DVD collection. I hope you find the DVD useful, I know I had a blast creating it! I look forward to recording more sessions with Carl soon. http://www.engagesoftware.com/Training/DVD_Training.aspx In this series: Learn the...(read more)

Lots going on in the DNN World, 700k users? Woah!

2009-05-13T20:40:42Z

So there's a lot going on in the DotNetNuke world this week. First, DotNetNuke 5.1 Beta was released, get it now and start testing! Only you can make it better by testing it to make sure all the bugs are squashed before the release! Second, a milestone was hit and I think most of us missed it. I was conducting a DNN webinar today when I went to DotNetNuke.com to show everyone that Users Online module in action only to notice that DotNetNuke.com surpassed 700k registrations in the past couple of days...(read more)

DNNVoice Show #6

2009-05-04T05:07:46Z

So Tom and I finally recorded Show #6 of the DNNVoice Thursday evening. I didn’t get a chance to edit until this evening. Below is a copy/paste of the show notes from www.dnnvoice.com Here’s a very nondescriptive overview of Show #6 of the DNNVoice. If you want to know what it’s all about download and listen! Length: 53:51 Size: 29605617 28.91mb MP3 Download Sponsored Intro Seablick Consulting Services | http://www.seablick.com What happened to April? Update from Chris Engage University |...(read more)

New DotNetNuke Training Webinars

2009-04-29T22:42:13Z

Early last year we at Engage started putting together our training materials for DotNetNuke . We’ve been delivering DNN training for almost 5 years now, but had always done it customized for individual clients, starting in 2008 we began offering Classroom training here in St. Louis . We’ve had a good turnout of attendees for our classroom training , mostly from the United States, but a few from Canada. We’ve had a number of inquiries over the years about training outside of the states. Training has...(read more)

DotNetNuke 4.9.3 Released

2009-04-10T19:36:25Z

If you caught Show #5 of the DNNVoice ( www.dnnvoice.com ) you have probably already heard this information, but for those of you who haven’t DotNetNuke 04.09.03 was released this week. This release has a number of bug fixes from the 04.09.02 version, you can read more about the fixes in Shaun’s blog posts at dotnetnuke.com . I’ve upgraded all of my personal website projects that were running on earlier versions of DNN. You can download the latest version at www.dotnetnuke.com . If you’re on DNN...(read more)

Vote for DotNetNuke

2009-03-30T15:05:00Z

DotNetNuke is up for a few award competitions in which you can vote! Get out there and vote, support the best open source platform on the .NET Framework. The Microsoft Canada Ignite IT Awards voting ends on 3/31, so you can vote today and tomorrow. http://www.microsoft.com/canada/igniteit-awards/view_submissiondetails.aspx?id=247 The asp.netPRO awards allow you to vote once and have a little more time left http://www.aspnetpro.com/awards/default.asp Here are blog posts from the DNN Corporation about...(read more)

April 2009 DotNetNuke Training – Special Offers

2009-03-17T20:11:28Z

We are having another round of DotNetNuke classroom training here in St. Louis in early April, if you’re interested in attending check out the special offers that Rich posted earlier today in the DNN Forums . These offers include discounts on multiple days of training, as well as a hard copy of our Best Practices Guide. Our classroom training offers great access for students looking to soak up as much information about DNN as they can. You’ve got direct access to the instructors and often can get...(read more)

DNNVoice A DotNetNuke Podcast, Show #3

2009-03-16T17:24:48Z

For Show #3 I brought on a co-host, the one and only Tom Kraak from www.seablick.com . The topics for #3 include upcoming DNN events, a review of a DNN User Group meeting in Orlando, blogging on DNN, and all the DNN activity on Twitter lately. you can download Show #3 by visiting the show info page http://www.dnnvoice.com/Home/itemId/18874/DNNVoice-Show-3-3132009-Orlando-Wrap-Up-New-M.aspx You can also subscribe to the RSS feed with your Zune or ITunes software itunes link...(read more)

Community-Credit.com 3rd Place for February 2009

2009-03-10T19:43:31Z

Wooooowhooo! I won another Community-Credit prize! Though, I’m still waiting to receive my prize from November 2008! (hint hint) If you don’t know what Community-Credit.com is check it out, you can register there and then track your “points”, you get points for performing activities in the development community, forum posts, presentations, sending newsletters, etc! Get signed up now, it’s free! Here the info from my 3rd place effort. 3rd Prize: The Hovering Target Shooting Game Take the force to...(read more)

Presenting at the Orlando DotNetNuke User Group Meeting 3/5

2009-02-27T06:41:00Z

I'll be heading to Orlando next week for my first INETA event for 2009. I'll be presenting at the DNN User Group meeting on 3/5. If you're in the area be sure to come to the meeting, I'll have some Engage: Hunting shirts to give away (the same bright orange that were a hit in Las Vegas at Open Force!). Check out the full blog post for all of the meeting information. ...(read more)

DotNetNuke 5.0.1 Released DNNVoice Show #2 Released!

2009-02-26T00:13:35Z

So DotNetNuke 5.0.1 just released, check out Joe’s blog post covering the release . I also recorded and produced Show #2 of the DNNVoice , a weekly DotNetNuke Podcast last night covering the 5.0.1 release of DNN . You can find the latest DNNVoice here ....(read more)

A new DotNetNuke Podcast

2009-02-19T19:27:00Z

So over the past week I’ve spent some time putting together my first podcast, called DNNVoice. Check out http://www.dnnvoice.com/ to get the RSS feed for the podcast. It is most definitely rough, I plan to smooth things out over time as I learn more about the process, but I wanted to go ahead and release the first show instead of trying to continually tweak it and never get a release done. Here’s a running list of things I know I need to improve: 1. The first show is too scripted, a lot of times...(read more)