DotNetNuke creator Shaun Walker leads this superlative author team of MVPs while delivering the latest update of a bestseller. They offer complete coverage of the major revisions to DotNetNuke 5, such as more granular administration, widgets, XHTML compliance, improved social networking, workflow, and better content management. They thoroughly cover installing, configuring, administering, and developing modules for DotNetNuke. You?ll learn portal and host administration, configuration in a hosted environment, developing and working with modules, designing a DotNetNuke portal with skins, integrating workflow in DotNetNuke, using DotNetNuke social networking tools, and much more.

This book details the development techniques needed to work within the DotNetNuke framework. It discusses the available methods to extend the framework, as well as the situations and rules governing when each respective extension model should be used. Additionally, the book stresses leveraging the framework in as many areas as possible, and ultimately using the framework to the advantage of the developer. Samples in the book are provided in both C# and Visual Basic (VB), and provides some excellent new features that are supported, starting with DotNetNuke 5.0.

Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals DotNetNuke, the popular ASP.NET open source application, is sweeping through the ranks of ASP.NET and Web developers. Whether you've never programmed your own Web site before or you are an experienced ASP.NET developer, you'll find DotNetNuke and this book have something to offer you. You'll get started with invaluable hands-on insight for installing DotNetNuke on the server and then move on to developing and administering portals created with DotNetNuke. Written by the creator and programmers of the DotNetNuke project, the book discusses operating a DotNetNuke portal. You'll see how DotNetNuke gives you a flexible architecture for rapidly developing Web applications and you'll find ways to extend the portal framework by developing modules that plug into DotNetNuke. Step-by-step instructions to administer DotNetNuke in various real-world scenarios will help you save time developing your own DotNetNuke ASP.NET sites. What you will learn from this book * How to easily develop a dynamic content managed Web site * Management of user membership and permissions * Other features you can add to a DotNetNuke site including discussion forums, RSS feeds, calendars, and more * How to instantly change your Web site user interface with skins * Techniques for hosting multiple Web sites from a single account with the multiple portal capability Who this book is for Web developers or administrators who have never used ASP or ASP.NET can use this book to create their first ASP.NET portal site with no programming skill required. Experienced ASP.NET developers can use this to create ASP.NET sites quickly and efficiently using DotNetNuke. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education for new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

DotNetNuke is a powerful open source framework that creates and deploys robust modules on the ASP.NET platform. Written by its core team of developers, this book will provide you with the tools and insight you'll need to install, configure, and develop your own stunning Web applications using DotNetNuke 4. You'll first gain an inside look into the history of this project as well as the basic operations of a DotNetNuke portal. You'll then find detailed information on how the application is architected and how you can extend it by building modules and skins. With this information, you'll be able to complete projects such as commercial Web sites, corporate intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications. What you will learn from this book The latest features and functionality of DotNetNuke 4 for ASP.NET 2.0 The best way to install DotNetNuke on the server Proven tips for managing and administering a DotNetNuke portal How to dramatically enhance your Web site's user interface using skins Techniques for extending the portal framework Ways to create a unique look for your porta Who this book is for This book is for the nondeveloper or administrator who wants to dive into the exciting DotNetNuke framework. It is also for experienced ASP.NET developers who want to use DotNetNuke to build dynamic ASP.NET sites or create add-ins to DotNetNuke. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

An authoritative introduction to implementing DotNetNuke Web sites, by experienced DotNetNuke implementers and trainers An impressive author team shows you how to easily build Web sites with a variety of content features - no programming experience required. If your goal is to build the site without worrying about the programming behind it, DotNetNuke 5 User's Guide gives you exactly what you need. After developing a groundwork in the DotNetNuke framework and DotNetNuke as a content management system, it provides installation and administration information. Then it takes you step by step through a variety of use cases, implementation strategies, and configuration decisions for various sites. Introduces the benefits of content management systems, open source, how DotNetNuke functions as a content management system, and DotNetNuke modules, pages, and skins Explains the installation process, options for installing DotNetNuke, and requirements, as well as administration functionality and content management fundamentals for DNN sites Examines different use cases, implementation strategies, and configuration decisions Shows how to develop and implement a personal Web site, a team or club community, a small business site, and an enterprise solution Looks at various advanced topics relevant to all use cases, ranging from advanced installation options to detailed administrative features Includes a foreword by Shaun Walker, creator of DotNetNuke and Wrox DotnetNuke series editor DotNetNuke 5 User's Guide provides the tools you need to put this valuable technology to work.

This Wrox Blox will give you a high-level overview of the core Membership Provider and its default implementation, (ASP.NET Membership), and demonstrate how to build and configure your own custom provider. The Provider Model is a design pattern introduced in .NET to provide a simple way to extend API functionality. DotNetNuke uses this architecture to allow some of its core functionality to be replaced without modifying core code. While this Wrox Blox describes how to develop a custom DotNetNuke Membership Provider, it also provides some general information about the .NET Framework’s (2.0 and above) Provider Model, the ASP.NET Membership Provider included in the System.Web.Security namespace, and how they relate to DotNetNuke’s core framework. It also discusses reasons to consider writing a custom provider and gives some guidance as to when doing so is recommended and when it may not be a good choice. Because this is an advanced DotNetNuke development topic, readers should already know how to install the source code version of DotNetNuke on your development environment. Therefore, this Wrox Blox does not provide a step-by-step guide on how to do that. If readers need help in setting up a DotNetNuke development environment, visit www.dotnetnuke.com and click on the documentation or forum areas. All code samples accompanying this Wrox Blox are written in VB.NET, although a C# translation of the same code will yield the same functional results. Table of Contents The Provider Model 1 ASP.NET Membership Provider and DotNetNuke 2 Why Build a Custom Membership Provider? 5 Building the Custom Membership Provider 6 Setting Up DotNetNuke 6 Setting Up the Sample CRM Database 7 Putting It All Together 13 Wrapping Up 21 About Antonio Chagoury 22

This Wrox Blox teaches you how to use jQuery with your ASP.NET-based websites. jQuery greatly simplifies JavaScript development and allows you to create highly interactive and responsive websites using the latest JavaScript and AJAX techniques. The author walks you through the jQuery API using a simple ASP.NET MVC application to highlight major topics, and shows how you can apply jQuery to your own applications. After learning the basics of using jQuery, you’ll discover how easy it is to use within your own ASP.NET projects. Whether you are using WebForms or the MVC framework, jQuery will greatly simplify your code. As you will quickly find out, jQuery really is the “write less, do more” framework. Table of Contents Overview 1 Getting Started 2 jQuery Basics 2 Jumping into the API 5 jQuery Core Functions 5 jQuery Selectors 14 DOM Retrieval, Manipulation, and Traversal 23 Event Handling 32 Effects 42 AJAX 48 Plug-Ins 52 Using jQuery in ASP.NET 58 Visual Studio 2010 58 Web Forms 58 MVC Framework 59 Summary 61 About Joe Brinkman 62

Create real-time, highly interactive apps quickly with the powerful XMPP protocol XMPP is a robust protocol used for a wide range of applications, including instant messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video conferencing, collaborative spaces, real-time gaming, data synchronization, and search. This book teaches you how to harness the power of XMPP in your own apps and presents you with all the tools you need to build the next generation of apps using XMPP or add new features to your current apps. Featuring the JavaScript language throughout and making use of the jQuery library, the book contains several XMPP apps of increasing complexity that serve as ideal learning tools. Coverage Includes: Getting to Know XMPP Designing XMPP Applications Saying Hello: The First Application Exploring the XMPP Protocol: A Debugging Console Microblogging in Real Time: An Identica Client Talking with Friends: One-on-One Chat Exploring Services: Service Discovery and Browsing Group Chatting: A Multi-User Chat Client Publishing and Subscribing: A Shared Sketch Pad Introduction Writing with Friends: A Collaborative Text Editor Playing Games: Head to Head Tic-Tac-Toe Getting Attached: Bootstrapping BOSH Deploying XMPP Applications Writing Strophe Plug-ins Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

DotNetNuke is a framework for creating and deploying web projects in ASP.NET 2.0. This book opens with detailed installation instructions for DotNetNuke, Visual Web Developer, and SQL Server 2005. This ensures that every reader, whatever their level or ability, has a working suite of tools that will see them through the rest of the book, and stand them in good stead throughout their ASP.NET 2.0 careers. Next come tutorials on creating and publishing an ASP.NET 2.0 website written in Visual Basic 2005, without excluding non-programmers who will be using the book to get up to speed on DotNetNuke.

DotNetNuke is an open source framework built on top of the ASP.Net platform. While this system offers an impressive set of out-of-the-box features for public and private sites, it also includes a compelling story for folks who want to present a unique look and feel to visitors. The skinning engine inside of DotNetNuke has strengthened over the course of several years and hundreds of thousands of registered users. The success of its skin and module developer community is another key indicator of the depth and breadth of this technology. The Core Team responsible for the DotNetNuke brand has gone to great lengths to enable a predictable and positive experience for both the visitors of the site and the developers who build them. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.