DotNetNuke Developer Chris Hammond

Anyone still running this place? weblogs.asp.net

Chris Hammond — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:52:00 GMT

I’m getting a horrible amount of comment spam here on weblogs.asp.net lately. Anyone still maintaining this place? Anything you can do to beef up the spam filtering? I’m half tempted to turn off all comments on my blog posts and to quit using the site...(read more)

OpenForce is Coming! OpenForce is Coming! (v2009)

Chris Hammond — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:51:31 GMT

So really, it is just about here! I leave in just over 48 hours to head to Las Vegas for the third annual US OpenForce (DotNetNuke conference), once again being held at Mandalay Bay along with DevConnections. If the previous two years were any sort of...(read more)

Can you run DotNetNuke on Oracle?

Chris Hammond — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:50:28 GMT

A few days ago I was surfing through the forums on DotNetNuke.com and came across a post asking if you could run DotNetNuke on an Oracle database. In short, yes you can. But why would you? This blog post will talk about that, and some of the reasons why...(read more)

Silverlight blogging? and a Microsoft Store in SoCal?

Chris Hammond — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:28:02 GMT

So I was talking to David Silverlight down in Miami Florida earlier this evening and he started asking me about blogging. I had to lead him towards the path of enlightenment ( Windows Live Writer ) as he was complaining that he completely lost the blog...(read more)

DotNetNuke Documentation

Chris Hammond — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:36:36 GMT

One of the biggest complaints about DotNetNuke , is, and always has been, the lack of documentation. I’ve been trying to help correct that problem for a while now. A year ago I started writing a book that was Published in June, DotNetNuke 5: A User’s...(read more)

DotNetNuke 5.1.3 Released

Chris Hammond — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:17:04 GMT

So DotNetNuke 5.1.3 was just released, I’ve already upgraded two of my sites without trouble and will be upgrading more of them here in a few minutes. This appears to be a simple stability release fixing some of the bugs in the previous release(s). Check...(read more)

Denver DotNetNuke meetings starting up!

Chris Hammond — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:42:33 GMT

Just a quick reminder about the Denver Visual Studio User Group meeting 9/28, I will be presenting about DotNetNuke, basically providing an overview to the group. The meeting starts at 6pm, though there is food and other activity starting at 5pm. For...(read more)

DotNetNuke Upgrade error: Cannot register or retrieve components until ComponentFactory.Container is set

Chris Hammond — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:04:12 GMT

So I was doing some testing of the DotNetNuke 5.1.2 release that came out last week, and ran into a little issue, with some investigation I found it wasn’t a DNN issue, but an issue with security on the operating system. Here’s the error message I found...(read more)

St. Louis Day of .Net In Review, plus other travel info

Chris Hammond — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:56:20 GMT

So I spent the past four days in St. Louis, my home of fourteen years, well, it was my home of fourteen years, until about a month ago when we moved to Denver . I came to town to speak at the St. Louis Day of .Net event on 8/28-29. I got into town on...(read more)

Holy Crap, DNN Corp just bought Snowcovered!

Chris Hammond — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:18:58 GMT

That’s right, DotNetNuke Corporation just acquired SnowCovered, the leading marketplace for DNN Modules and Skins! Great news for the whole DNN Ecosystem! http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Blogs/tabid/825/EntryId/2342/DotNetNuke-Corp-Acquires-Snowcovered...(read more)

Denver DotNetNuke User Group, getting the ball rolling

Chris Hammond — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:47:37 GMT

So it's finally time to get this ball rolling. I've been in the Denver area for just over three weeks now, and am getting things moving with the goal of having the first official Denver DNN User Group meeting in October 2009. I'm currently looking for...(read more)

Upcoming DotNetNuke Speaking Engagements, St. Louis, and Denver

Chris Hammond — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:46:00 GMT

So my move has finally ended, my beautiful wife and I are settled into our new house in Parker Colorado (just outside of Denver), and now it’s time to get back into the swing of things! To get started I’m going to be attending the Denver Visual Studio...(read more)

DotNetNuke at the St. Louis Day of DotNet

Chris Hammond — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:00:38 GMT

The DotNetNuke Track at the St. Louis Day of DotNet ( http://www.stlouisdayofdotnet.com ) is getting even better. My fellow author, Patrick Renner is going to be presenting a session as well, entitled “maintaining design integrity in a content management...(read more)

Windows 7 on 8/6/9

Chris Hammond — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:51:00 GMT

So Windows 7 will be available to a lot of geekts on 8/6/2009 6-7-8-9? coincidence?...(read more)

DotNetNuke Sessions at the upcoming St. Louis Day of DotNet

Chris Hammond — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:40:58 GMT

So if you have been under a rock lately, you might not have heard about the upcoming St. Louis Day of DotNet event at the end of August, the 28th and 29th. I’ve been working the past few weeks to try to get some DotNetNuke sessions lined up, and so far...(read more)