1. An
Introduc+on
to
DotNetNuke
Open
Source
CMS
from
the
Dark
Side
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2. Michael
Carnell
• On
twi<er
at
@carnellm
• Partner
in
DesignTechWeb
• Data
Mechanic
in
Databases
and
VB
• Web
Development
in
WordPress
and
DNN
• This
and
other
presenta+ons
at
h<p://www.MichaelCarnell.com/presenta+ons

3. Background
DotNetNuke
Corp
MicrosoJ
based
Was
VB
now
C#
.NET
plaMorm
SQL
Server
backend
IIS
and
Windows
Server
...
and
yup,
it's
open
source

5. Edi+ons
Available
Community
Edi+on
-­‐
Free
• community
support
Professional
Edi+on
• adds
technical
support
&
training
• more
rigorous
tes+ng
and
cer+fica+on
Enterprise
Edi+on
• adds
SharePoint
connector

6. The Building Blocks

7. Where
To
Get
Add-­‐Ons
Open
Source
Repository
• The
Forge
Commercial
Repository
• DNN
Store
• Reviews
• Version
history
• Support

8. What
Version?
Current
is
6.2
-­‐
August
of
2012
Coming
is
7.0
-­‐
Announcing
on
November
14
Currently
700,000
produc+on
web
sites

9. Who
Uses
It?
Over
700,000
produc+on
websites
• Chrysler
• US
Military
• Verizon
• Bose
• Motorola
• NASCAR
And
many,
many
more
....

10. Some
Of
Our
Sites
Lowcountry
STEM
Collabora+ve
The
Unitarian
Church
of
Charleston
Charleston
Regional
Arts
Alliance
Charleston
Saltwater
Fishing
Angel
Oak
Animal
Hospital
Bohicket
Creek
Boat
Rentals
and
more
-­‐
see
our
porMolio

11. Some
of
the
Benefits
Corporate
support
Stable
plaMorm
Known
database
Known
language
Integrates
with
ADS
Integrates
with
SharePoint
and
Office
Robust
security
with
user
levels
and
groups

12. There
Are
Some
Limita+ons
Is
Windows
a
limita+on?
Seriously?
More
resource
intensive
than
some
Those
resources
can
mean
speed
Size
of
the
ecosystem
But
compared
to
...
WP?
Drupal?
Joomla?

13. So
How
Do
We
Choose?

14. And
Now
.
.
.
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15. Thanks
For
Coming!!
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