Every new year the annual ritual of updating the copyright dates on web sites commences. This is the little, often overlooked, text snippit in the footer of most web sites that says something to the effect of “”Copyright 2012 Some Company. All rights reserved.” There are several good reasons for keeping the year current on your web site. Audience. First and foremost consider the impression your visitors will make of your web site when they notice that your copyright date is set … →
Dot Net Nuke has the ability to syndicate via RSS almost any module within your DNN portal. For example you can use the Announcements module to publish news about your organization and allow visitors to subscribe to your updates via RSS. Often you want the latest news headlines to appear on your home page. Enter the DNN “?News Feeds RSS” Module. Just add the module to the page, enter the feed URL and presto you’ve got headlines (ok with a … →
It can be tricky to find the correct RSS Feed URL for your Dot Net Nuke Module. Here is how I solved the issue. →
Here’s a few tips to style your Dot Net Nuke Breadcrumb bar. Make sure you have added the breadcrumb text and breadcrumb provider at the top of your ascx skin file: <%@ Register TagPrefix=”dnn” TagName=”TEXT” Src=”~/Admin/Skins/Text.ascx” %> <%@ Register TagPrefix=”dnn” TagName=”BREADCRUMB” Src=”~/Admin/Skins/BreadCrumb.ascx” %> Add the dnnTEXT server side asp:label control in page where you want the preface text that goes before the actual breadcrumbs: <dnn:TEXT runat=”server” id=”dnnTEXT” Text=”You are here:” ResourceKey=”Breadcrumb” /> Attribute: Text=”” sets the text to display before … →
Some time ago I had a project for a CASLE (Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment) that provided a huge amount of information, articles, presentations and so on regarded healthy schools. Posting the info on static pages would turn into an administrative nightmare as the articles were long, updated periodically, and all inter-connected. Enter DNNARTICLE, a great module from ZLDNN. This brilliant tool met the functional requirements we needed for the resource section of the site and solved most of … →
