By scott@n3bu1a.com on
8/14/2008 11:22 PM
So I was bouncing around on a project I'm working on for my "day job," and I noticed a tremendous number of Text/HTML modules being used as a summarization for the function of the page. Using the Text/HTML module in that function is fine, but it's not taking advantage of linking to other pages on the site or token replacement, it's kind of a waste.
How do you get around that though? Well, every module in DNN has an advanced setting where you can specify header or footer text. In the case outlined above, this works perfectly. One of the benefits of using this is with less modules on the page, page loads become a little more efficient.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
4/25/2008 7:50 PM
For work, I recently had to expand a system disk for a VMware VM. Of course, the conventional wisdom is that you cannot expand the system disk. But did I let something like common sense stop me? No!
Basically, I converted the VM. The VMware converter allows you to P2V (physical to virtual) and V2V (virtual to virtual) computer systems (mostly servers). But, one option allows you to convert one machine between ESX hosts. During the conversion process, you can state how large you want the disk to be. Once at that point, you can expand the size of the disk. Afterwards you can run the vm with the completely expanded disk. I'll post a more detailed walkthrough later.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
4/25/2008 7:44 PM
This past Monday, I gave a presentation at the monthly St. Louis DNN User Group meeting on the basics of integrating ASP.Net AJAX in DotNetNuke Module Development. I thought it was a decent presentation, but hey, I am a little partial. Here's a the sample project I used. It includes building a dynamic data dropdownlist and communication between two modules. Feel free to download it and play around. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
4/7/2008 8:55 AM
OpenForce is back! I went to it last year and thought it highly useful and worthwhile. It's still in the planning phases, but it'll be during Nov. 10 - 13 at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Vegas. If you use DotNetNuke or are even thinking about it, I suggest you go. I'll post more details as I find them.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
3/27/2008 9:56 PM
Ok. My alarm clock system is working fairly well. The last few days have been pretty nice waking up to music I love. Anyway, so I made a few changes:
- Some "nice" red light/green light images have been added to display alarm enablement.
- The alarm can be stopped without shutting down the application
- Added a nice date/time stamp of when the alarm will sound.
So far, the alarm will still only go off at 6AM. My next step will be to add custom times.
If you're interested, the standalone application is located here, and the source code is available here.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
3/24/2008 10:40 PM
I finally got subversion up and running. Now I can actually do development! I'll post some stuff later on how I got Subversion running on Ubuntu Server.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
3/22/2008 12:18 PM
Next month (4/21), I'll be giving a presentation on AJAX integration into DotNetNuke Modules. If you're interested, the meetings are at TricorBraun, and they start at 7PM. if you have any suggestions or ideas, please post a comment. Thanks!
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
3/17/2008 7:01 AM
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
2/18/2008 10:54 AM
There is a DNN User group meeting this evening. The topic is Skinning. Location is 10330 Old Olive Blvd, ST. Louis MO at approximately 7PM.
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By scott@n3bu1a.com on
1/29/2008 9:33 AM
Just found a really good resource for DotNetNuke development/administration. Check out Mitch Seller's information at www.mitchsellers.com. He's got some great information for beginners and advanced users alike.
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