Miscellanea

Author: mamlin Created: 6/26/2009 8:41 AM
Odds and ends mostly related to the world of DotNetNuke and its supporting technologies. If I have something to say that isn't clearly a DNN-related technical solution, tip or review then it ends up here.

Google Instant Search: Brand new feature as of...last May?
By mamlin on 9/13/2010 1:05 AM
Last week the web started buzzing about "Google Instant Search", the brand new AJAX-driven autocomplete feature added to standard Google search. Except it's actually only *somewhat* new: Google AJAX search has had the feature since May...
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Broken Forum Notifications Undermines Confidence
By mamlin on 10/20/2009 10:59 PM
After two years part of the DNN forums' "notification" feature is still not working despite DNN Corp's efforts to monetize DNN by offering "PRO" paid support. Note to DNN Corp: Paid support isn't an attractive option when the Corp's own website continues to exhibit already-fixed bugs...
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Twitter Effect Affects Stats
By mamlin on 7/30/2009 11:49 AM
Yesterday our site visits spiked and we recorded a new high in unique daily visitors -- nearly 8% above the previous high. It seems that Twitter deserves some credit...
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Free online EPS viewer
By mamlin on 7/27/2009 2:02 AM
I recently needed to do a quick visual verification of a client's .EPS file but was away from my system with the needed software. Google and I quickly located a suitable online solution but it was not as good as the _second_ solution I tried...
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Network Solutions has (finally) added .Net 3.5 framework
By mamlin on 7/8/2009 6:57 AM
For much of the past year Network Solutions' users have asked for it. Today I confirmed that Network Solutions finally offers the .Net 3.5 framework...
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Opinion: Non-professional "DNN Pros"
By mamlin on 6/26/2009 9:50 AM
I'm occasionally amazed how some people diminish their perceived expertise in obvious ways...
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Dynamic Registration
Total control over the user signup process.  Create custom forms, execute your own SQL, use the integrated payment processing features to assign user roles, validate USERNAMEs via AJAX and much more.  Very cool.
 
URL Master
Change to friendly URLs that really ARE friendly.  Add keywords into your page URLs for better SEO.  Create 301 redirects for individual pages.  Force visitors (and search bots) to a single domain (i.e., make everyone use the "www" version of your site's URL or vice versa).  One of the single best upgrades for any DNN site.
 
Document Exchange 5 (DMX5)
Drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer directly into the DMX file manager!  File versioning, file and folder moderation, extend user permissions down to the file level (for user groups and even for individual users).  Infinite file and file info presentation options via custom display templates.  Store files locally or remotely via UNC (i.e., can securely store files somewhere besides your web server).  Much more.
 
XMOD by DNNDev
Rock-solid form module for data collection.  From simple feedback / email forms to complex, multi-part tabbed forms.  XMOD is different from other form modules because XMOD does not create a new database table for every new form definition -- an important feature if you plan to create dozens or hundreds of forms over the life of your DNN instance!  Excellent support from the developer and an active community around this module.
 
If you desire your form module to create a new DB table for each new form definition, a great alternative to XMOD is the Dynamic Forms module from DataSprings.  Dynamic Forms offers direct DB access beyond that found in XMOD as well as an easy drag-and-drop form builder option to help you get up and running very quickly.

 
     

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