By host on Friday, June 26, 2009 5:20 PM

I required an enhanced IFrame Module that will "blur" the parameters being passed to the page referenced in the IFrame.  The issue is passing parameters in clear text is considered "bad form" by Web Inpection tools such as HP's WebInspect.  While the DNN site in a intranet site, I guess the need to "blur" the parameters does have merit. 

So I need to revise the IFrame to "blur" the parameters --  I am going to modify the parameters passed in one of two ways -- Base64 encode the value string -- this will make the effort of determining what is passed difficult for a snooper of the HTML source.  The other way will be to Encrypt the data using the standard encryption provided by .Net. 

However is creation of the module turns into a real problem with multiple control definitions for a module.

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By host on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:01 PM

As I mentioned in a recent Blog posting, I am attempting to blog more.  With blogs postings come comments to my blog -- this is a appreciated and unfortunately sometimes overlooked.  So I have added a new report to my site that displays recent blog comments.  This way when I do my daily site review I can check if I have comments that require responses.

I also have missed some feedback messages -- even though they generate an email, I do miss them so I have a report to display all the unanswered feedback messages. 

You can use the Reports module to display the information or one of the several other SQL grid modules to display the report.  For obvious reasons I use SQLGridSelectedView.

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By host on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:46 PM

The new release of DNN 5.1 does have a small (very small) issue when converting from V4 DNN site.  The problem exists with a key and the conversion script does not drop the key due to a naming issue.  There is a fix and is available from the support wesite. 

If you are upgrading from 4, please read.  The issue is simple to fix as even if you don't you should not encounter any problems.

 I have included Charles Nurses' comments and script below - a direct copy from the support.dotnetnuke.com site. 
 

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By host on Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:35 PM

Recently, I have been doing a fair amount of work with fonts and colours  (or color depending if you were not born under british rule).   During this work, I discovered a colour that I didn't know existed.  The color is "transparent".  In .Net world, this color will allow the underlying color to be shown.  Brillant!

So where does this come in very handy -- well consider things like border colours -- often the border colour is pre-defined and you are allowed to change it, but in the world of DNN and skinning, what is the correct colour today, may be horrible when you re-skin your site.  In this case, transparent works perfectly.  Instead of a colour - either a colour number or explicit colour name, use "transparent" and the problem is solved.

While this is no doubt known in the work of designers and skinner, this may be "news" to us more graphically challenged types.

Hope this helps Paul.

EDIT: Seems that IE6 and probably lower version will default "transparent" to black.  Ugh!  ...

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By host on Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:47 PM

I wanted to create some testing data, so I began adding users by hand.  One or two users is OK, but I wanted to add many so I started to play with the script that Mitchel Seller's had blogged in May, 2007 (here) .  I wanted a stored procuedure I could use to add a user.  I would then create a script calling this procedure as required.   So here is what I developed ...

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By host on Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:09 PM

 In the last few days, the DotNetNuke Web Site has been struggling.  The recent move to dogfood the 5.1 Release Candidate has surfaced the worst possible type of error – a performance error based on load.  This is probably the toughest error to determine and eliminate as it may be one issue or a combination of several.

I know there are many in the community that are not pleased at the current situation as it does publicly air the problem DotNetNuke Corp is having. I, for one, am more interested in the solution than the minor embarrassment that the Corp may feel.  In the end, once the problem is found, I am confident the cross-checks and test will be put in place so this issue will not happen again which will lead to a better product in the long run.

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By host on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:32 PM

Now that the dust has settled, I wanted to take some time and recount my time in Tampa at Day of DNN.  As many have said it was a great day and I certainly agree.

The adventure started at Toronto Pearson Airport with my flight to Tampa on Westjet.  The flight was rather common and I was lucky enough to have the seat row to myself, the plane being 75% full.  Arrival at Tampa provided the first surprise – it was really hot.  Toronto was cold in comparison, but I was not ready for +93F (34C) temperature.

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By host on Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:29 PM

I must admit the first version of the report module was viable, but lack many options I would perfer to see.  Well the new version -- release this past weekend -- is worth a new look.   While this release is just a minor release to correct some issue, the fact it is probably a the best time to take the module for a test drive. 

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By host on Friday, June 12, 2009 2:34 PM

I spent the day getting my presentation ready for the Day of DotNetNuke  (www.dayofdnn.com) .  Well they are at a point where I could tweak them all night and not really get any improvement.  So it's time to put then down for a while and relax.

The big issue is the audience I will be presenting to - you know the first rule of presentations is know your audience - but this is going to be a bit tricky.  I could get a group of all DNN pros ... gulp -- or a room of rookies.  I am hoping for a mixture. 

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By host on Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:01 PM

Well I made it down to Tampa and spent the day hanging out talking (amoung other things) about DNN. I know that a DNN ecosystem exists, but I find that description is so cold.  So when meeting other DNNers, I really enjoy the passion and the energy the "ecosystem" provides.

 

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