Subodh's Blog

Packaging multiple DNN modules via Command line

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:37:26 GMT

How does somebody package a DNN module? Login as host, go to Module Definitions, hit Edit on the module you want to package and voila, there’s a Create Package button! How do you create a package from command line? Or, how do you create a package that contains multiple packages? I have to admit, I couldn’t Google enough to find a solution. So, here it goes.

Is PowerDNN Hosting a Rip-Off? Maybe not.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:19:33 GMT

I’ve never hosted with PowerDNN. I have no idea why their services are so -- “Expensive.” I also hate spammers. And scammers. So tell me people; what is it that I have missed about PowerDNN? Is it a ripoff? What’s with all the TVs and Giveaways spamming my DNN search tabs on twitter? Are people really stupid? Or is it just me? Updated.

Hello SpeedBlog for DotNetNuke

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:02:57 GMT

It’s done! It’s over. Goodbye DNN Blog , Hello SpeedBlog. Written from grounds-up, SpeedBlog is my own platform for writing blogs and articles. Now, now I’m not going to say much except for quoting purely-narcotic - “Normal blogging shall resume soon.”

Goodbye DNN Blog.

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:09:00 GMT

This was bound to happen. But it didn’t have to. For an open source framework like DotNetNuke, so powerful and widely adopted, yet blogging or even publishing an article was an after-thought. In the OpenSource world they say, “The product has to be absolutely top-notch to succeed” and yet instead of harnessing and shoring up on the success of DNN, the Blog module stands there, lackluster in every sense, reeking of neglect, derelict, unending wait except for the oohs and aahs of what’s about to come in the next version.

Notify on reply to Comment in DNN Blog Module

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:21:00 GMT

I know I have been looking like a totally third class blogger (with DNN Blog) without the ability of notifying commenters when their comments have been replied to. Without the notification in place, nobody knows that you’ve replied to them and you cannot really build a meaningful discussion in the absence of a Notification. Even if people do come back and reply to you, the thought chain gets spread over multiple, in-between comments that make no sense to a passer-by. DNN Blog really needs a Notification. Oh well, DNN Blog needs a lot of things to be really up to par. Here’s my quick and dirty solution to add a ‘Notify’ solution to the DNN Blog module.

Fixing the DNN Blog and Feedburner issues

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:03:00 GMT

Maybe its the sign of old age. I’m not used to people ignoring me. Alright, so DNN Blog module has been bugging me coz of its incompatibility with Feedburner. If you try to import your DNN Blog module feed into feedburner, you would notice the images are all missing. Here’s a quick fix for a happy feed burning.

10 Must-have Blog Features

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:56:00 GMT

“We hates it.” “We loves it.” No. I think “we mostly hates it.” I’m so jealous of all the bloggers around me that I decided to put down my own list of top 10 must have features for DNN Blog. Bear with me, while I list down features that you have already been using for years, at LiveJournal, Wordpress, Typepad or the likes and I haven’t been. And I sure hope I can get to use some of these, at least.