DNN Blogs

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.

I had a speech about SQL Server performance and maintenance at the DNN Connect conference in Millau in July 2022. In this article I want to demonstrate how to implement this solution using SQL Server Express.

The DNN Community Forums module has been chugging along for a while now, and so it's about time for a release. This release brings with it what I estimate to be over 100 hours of work across at least 4 people. Numerous things have been fixed, but we need your help before we can make this release official.

DNN Connect was amazing, as usual, hosted for the second time in Millau, France. It was amazing for all kinds of reasons. We got to see each other in-person. We joined each other to chat about all things tech and DNN. We debated other topics, played games, and various sports in the area. Most of all, we networked. Part of what can make networking so much fun is the music you're listening to. This blog post is about that.

Designing for Accessibility - Web accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought. It should be considered throughout the entire design and development process. Laura Pierson, of 10 Pound Gorilla, will cover best practices and helpful tools for designing ADA-compliant websites that are usable by everyone.

A common design pattern that has been showing up are horizontal, scrollable cards. I want to show you how that's done.