DNN Blogs

This is a re-post and partial rewrite of a blog article I wrote back in 2010. Yeah. That was 12 years ago, and the post is not only still relevant, I'm rewriting it because of a question in the official DNN community forum last week. Oh, and I won't even mention that DNN just had it's 20th anniversary! I mean, wow!!

If you're not aware, our team at Upendo Ventures recently published an open-source module that empowers non-administrators and non-technical persons to perform many of the most common tasks that they need to do with pages in DNN, including finding and editing various pages. This release expands on those capabilities.  

SoFried's DNN-themed gameshow enthusiast Ryan Moore challenges you to join us and play DNN Pyramid the game where two teams will compete in lightning word match rounds. These game meetings are always fun. Come party with us and test your DNN knowledge!

No matter the situation, there is a massively critical element to that situation that is more important than any other... What is that you may ask? In a word, communication. If communication is not a primary focus of a community, all kinds of issues arise. We can laugh them off, or ignore them, but accurate and timely communication is the best way we can effectively build anything involving more than one person.  

Did you know that there's a new release of the official Announcements module for DNN? Well, you do now! The announcements module has long been a primary way for new DNN websites to add the ability to have a news - or dare I say "announcements" - section/feature on their DNN website. So, yes. This module does exactly what it sounds. Here's what is new...

Due to the nature of CkEditor and who it’s configured, adding icons (plugins) to your CKEditor in DNN can be confusing. CKEditor is an open-source editor that is used by many CMS systems and website builders. It has to be configured in a certain way and the interface in DNN (when you click the “Custom Editor Options” link) exposes most of these settings. And as almost everything in CKEditor can be configured, the option screen looks quite complex especially the “Editor Config” tab. As is mostly the case, with flexibility comes complexity..

In a rapid-fire session, Aaron Lopez will share with you a small collection of his favourite (that's Canadian for "favorite") solutions that you can implement in your own DNN websites in about 5 minutes each. Want better typography? How about unique and friendly anchors on the page? These impactful but low-effort solutions will help you improve your DNN User Interfaces

A DNN platform updates meeting that you shouldn't miss! We talk about the DNN Platform 9.11.0 release, along with a walkthrough of all the major highlights. David Poindexter from nVisionative discusses clean installs and all the various upgrade scenarios. It is a truly epic release, so this review be helpful for so many people!

Tired of the ugly black and yellow Cookie Consent banner on DNN websites? Let's fix that.

Hello everyone and welcome to this glorious day, one that marks the beginning of a new DNN era!  I don’t mean to be all dramatic here, but it is indeed an epic day.  We are making the DNN Platform 9.11.0 Release Candidate available for immediate testing.