Well first off ... apologies for a rather lengthy absence from posting ... this should change as I want to keep the information flowing. (sorta rubbed off from the Code Camp...)
Anyway back to the subject at hand - the Toronto Code Camp. This event ran on Saturday March 31 in Toronto (surprise) and organized by Chris Defour from the East of Toronto .Net Users Group fame. I am quiet indebted to Chris as he organized and ran a great show. All the session were packed with enthusiastic attendees - beside the price was right.
I planned to present a session on DotNetNuke and was some what concerned that interest would be in some of the more detailed software topics, however is a pre-meeting I learned that my session was listed quite favorably amoung those registered attendies that expressed a preference. So, the presure was on.
Well, from the sounds of it and the feedback given, the presentation was a hit. Approximately 100 people attended my session and this made for some lively discussion and questions. If I could, I probably could fill an entire stream on DotNetNuke (5 session). Hmmm – maybe a idea to pass onto Chris for next year.
Anyway, I wanted to mention some additional resources for those who attended the session and are new to DotNetNuke.
www.dotnetnuke.com – the main site of item DNN
www.snowcovered.comm – a shopping site for commerical modules
www.cathal.co.uk – home page for free module listings
www.traincert.net - training videos -- some older one but still worth while
www.dnncreative.com - DNN Creative - also some good videos
www.faktnet.com/DotNetNuke/DotNetNukeWebsitesDirectory/tabid/140/Default.aspx - a listing of DNN sites – few recent enteries, but over 800 sites to view – good listing to see what is doable.
One thing I forgot to mention - if you want to use the installer I demoed, it is located on the download page of www.dotnetnuke.com which is available one registered. Scroll down to "DotNetNuke Projects (New Releases)" and look for Utility:: Installer. I used the 4.4.1 version -- any day now there may be another version available. Not sure how this will be done once V4.5 is release.
Hope these sites help you get started. I will post the presentation material - check for it in the Code Camp page. /paul