A common technique I use to work out additional debug information for DotNetNuke modules is to log information to the event log (found at admin -> ...

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There has been some confusion lately about the Users Online module, this entry will attempt to provide a step by step guide on how to correctly configure it.

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A lot of people ask me how to debug 3^rd party modules because there is no well known procedure to do this. This article will attempt to show you a method that I have used over the last few years.

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This article will show you how to integrate Active Forums and Private Messages so you can easily contact a user via private message.

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This article will explain how to localize the title of a module without writing any code.

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This article will attempt to demonstrate how to dynamically set the page title of a dotnetnuke page from within a module.

This technique has been very useful in search engine optimisation for such modules as forums, news articles, etc..

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This article will attempt to explain how Friendly Urls for DotNetNuke works. By introducing concepts and relating the process to other scenario's not related to programming, the reader should gain a high level understanding of the friendly url component within DotNetNuke.

This article will also appear in the 3.1 documentation. Please post any comments if I have left anything out.

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This article examines a method of extracting resources from a shared resource file. I've used this technique for the menu in both the Private Messages & News Articles module.

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The objective of this task is to create a release build of DotNetNuke.

 

A release build is a build of the software that comes with no source code. E.g. just the assemblies, pages and other associated files.

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The 2nd article in a series about creating subscription based sites for DotNetNuke. This article contains the requirements for a series of enhancements to extend the subscription capability of DotNetNuke.

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