DNN 5 Beta has been released to a few people with products for sale on the DNN marketplace - After spending several hours with it, I thought I'd share some of the new features.

Here is a an easy fix to a very common problem I'm seeing with newcomers to DNN. Most often created by incorrectly installing a container instead of a skin. Use this attached file to resolve it quickly.

Ugrading DotNetNuke from any version can be a challenge, but with these tips it should help you make the 4.5 > 4.8 transition easier.

Can you really run a business based on the Windows based Open Source solution - DotNetNuke... I've given a bit of an insight on my thoughts on the matter...

Updated http://www.catalooksupport.com to the latest version of DNN 4.8 - it was an original 4.1 version upgraded to 4.3 and then 4.5, but after reading issues with upgrading, was a bit hestitant, however, it was worth the effort.

Back on deck - new sites, new challenges, new information... New Free Skins

Learn how to manage your portals by creating a more user friendly naming convention that is available when creating your portals.

Like the discussion about should we use tables in skins, and what's the difference about compatibility and compliance... it's a bit subjective, but the step towards making your URLS friendlier is always a more positive move, regardless of SEO, let's think about the end user visiting the site - how much help would it be for them to be able to logically or intuitively navigate around a website. But even there area a few pros and cons.

Brought out in 4.6 was the ability to customise/modify some of the skin tokens that appear in the DNN skins, so I thought I'd have a look and evaluate how handy it would be.

Looking for ways to improve the speed of your slow DotNetNuke website? One of the biggest DotNetNuke websites - http://www.afl.com.au uses it, and you can too. But who's running PageBlaster? Here's how to find out.