The Day Of DotNetNuke is coming, The Day Of DotNetNuke is coming:

It is official! The call for speakers for the Day of DotNetNuke is going out.

I recently ran into an interesting challenge.  A custom module was failing to send SOME emails.  By that I mean that some were being sent and some not.  After doing a little research in the email log files it was determined that the emails in question were not ever reaching the email server.  Thus the problem had to be in DNN.  Here is the scenario:...

Most of us seem to learn by jumping in and trying to swim.  Well, the first step to using DotNetNuke (DNN) with ASP.NET 4 is to learn about ASP.NET 4.  I have been reading “Professional ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB”  by Wrox publishing and can highly recommend it to those who want to get a heads up before they jump into the deep end of the pool. 

The authors, Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, and Devin Rader are well known and respected in the Microsoft Community.  The book is very well organized.  It does assume that the reader has some programming experience but you by no means have to be an expert to follow the logic or the examples.  The material is presented in a very orderly fashion.

Well, this years OpenForce in Las Vegas is over.  I have been attending DevConnections for over 10 years.  Three years ago a new Co-Located conference was added.  It was called “OpenForce” and is all about DotNetNuke.  In the summer of 2008 an “OpenForce Connect” event was held in Orlando Florida.  All of these have been good, but there is no question that this years OpenForce was head and shoulders above all the rest. 

I am very excited about OpenForce this year.  The reports I have received from OpenForce EU were ALL positive.  And the comments coming from DotNetNuke Corp are very promising.  My gut reaction is that I am expecting great things this year.  Good sessions, good networking, and great information and announcements from DNN Corp.  I can’t wait to start meeting with other attendees and listen to what they are doing.

Ok, I know this is not directly related to DotNetNuke.  But working on DotNetNuke means you are working on a computer, and these Short Cuts work while you are working on DNN.  I just got tired of having to look them up when I would forget one. So...  Enjoy this list and let me know if it is helpful to you.

Sometimes you just need a short (or shorter URL).  And when you do, it never fails to wind up being a very long URL with several parameters.  For instance, if I wanted to direct you to this blog entry the normal URL would be http://www.hardyconsulting.com/AboutUs/DotNetNuke/AllThingsDotNetNuke/tabid/294/EntryId/7/DotNetNuke-short-URLs.aspx

If you think about trying to tell some one this, you can forget them remembering how to get directly there.  If you are tweeting, you give them a shorten URL like http://bit.ly/17vo3w , but that hides where the link is going, and many people are reluctant to follow links like this unless they are familiar with the tweeter.

 I have been hearing lots of chatter about whether or not to go to OpenForce 09.  With everyone watching their pennies, it is really a question that many people are asking.  I'm going, and here are my top 5 reasons.  If you agree, or disagree and have better reasons, let me know! 

IE7 and IE8 don't show up in the Detailed Site Log.  This BLOG will show why they are missing and how to fix this issue.