A couple of handy tips to make working with your DotNetNuke site a little more user friendly and quicker to install those well used modules and move those 'less used ones' further down the selection box. One is about naming the files in the dropdown box to make them shorter and more useful and the other is how to make the selection box bigger.

This week I will be presenting DotNetNuke to one of the biggest audiences I've spoke publicly to and the topic of interest is - DotNetNuke - how an over-40 left-handed woman built her own web site for free.

It's April Fools day here ... and I'm starting my new post called - DNN Bloopers - where I want to share with you some of the funnies an sillies that we see from time to time and of course you'll have to be a DNN person to appreciate this. Here's a good one... I called.. Babble Fish - it's the new langauge for how the 'little people' get spoken to on the DNN forums. It's this new language that is a cross between BS and WTF on a forum that is becoming so restrictive in protecting 'the community' I'm wondering if it's some secret code for 'protecting our personal business interests'.

DNN Way Back When... it was just a baby - Here's how it used to look and you can download the skin from dnnskins.com

So you're not a coder, not a developer, not an SQL guru and you just want an easier way to work with SQL 2005 & SQL Express - these screen shots and link to the download tool should help you out.

Yes, finally booked the ticket, have 4 days of accomodation covered, but staying for 11 days - maybe more if I need to visit other places. MVP 2007 Summit is going to be so exciting and I'm thrilled being part of it.

Does the word 'mission critical' always run chills down the spine when thinking of upgrading?? Why can't the mission critical upgrades behave as well as the ones I'm prepared to trash....

A skin will NEVER kill your dnn install, if you have ftp you can fix up any problems caused by standard skins!!

Looking for ways to customise DotNetNuke and put your own touches in? Here's a start on how to put your own logo on pages instead of the dotnetnuke one.

Not enough 'local' homework... DNN is moving into a 'developer only' environment, but even the smart ones are getting caught up when trying to get it working.

Have you checked your installation version? If you're running 4.3.6 / 3.3.6 and below you need to upgrade your website - Make sure you are NOT a DotNetNuke Sitting Duck - An learn how to 'mask' your version from the public

I love DotNetNuke and all of what it offers, but after 3 years, and being somewhat battle scarred and weary - I got sick of having to compromise in so many ways with having to put up with 'second' best. And it flows on to many aspects about DotNetNuke that I guess I've had to grin and bear, and I would get so jealous of these very cool and funky looking blogs others had.

Thought I'd be a bit more creative than I have been. And done a cool new free skin.

I was quite excited to get an email a two days ago announcing that I'd been awarded MVP status for contributions to the DotNetNuke community and an exciting way to start off 2007. I didn't realise how exciting the award was, until I read about others who had achieved them... And I came to the conclusion that passion and community spirit make a difference.

It's interesting as I look at the advancements of DNN over the last 4 years, and it's hard to believe that on Christmas Eve - DotNetNuke celebrates it's 4th Birthday..