Dot Net Nuke at dot MUGS

DotNetNuke User Group Switzerland&dotMUGSpresent: : DotNetNuke User Group Switzerland & dotMUGS present:


Schedule : Schedule Background Info Today's Goals What is DNN? Who are you? Who are we? DNN Basics Development w/DNN DNN Programming System Model Skinning Providers Modules Business Focus


Todays Goals : Todays Goals Get an overview over DotNetNuke See how you can do your things better using DotNetNuke See how you can earn more money using standardized, world-class free software Get Excited Get Started


FYI - Organizational : FYI - Organizational We have provided simple handouts This presentation will be available on the DotNetNuke User Group Switzerland site www.dnn.ch You may ask questions during the session Daniel Mettler & Marc Zuber will be available for special questions afterwards Information Presentation is Non-Linear


DNN Basics and Introductions : DNN Basics and Introductions Who you are, Who we are, What DotNetNuke is


Who are You? : Who are You? Programmers vs. Software Architects VB vs. C# IT / Network / Servers / Infrastructure Non-Technical (Management, Users)


Using DotNetNuke : Using DotNetNuke Simple Login and Text change Title changes w/AJAX Moving modules Adding modules Installing a module


Who am I : Who am I Daniel Mettler Swiss, 28 years old Grew up in Indonesia, Switzerland, Papua New Guinea, England Speaks EN, DE, IN Programmed since 12 Founded 2sic in 1998


What is DotNetNuke? : What is DotNetNuke? Ultra-Quick-History – IBuySpy to DNN It’s a CMS It’s a portal system It’s a programming framework It’s not SharePoint SharePoint: Documents and Workspaces DNN: Webs, Info-/Theme-Portals, Intranets, Applications


Marc is… : Marc is… Swiss, 23 years old Grew up in CH Semi-Prof. Tennis player (CH top 100) DNN Leader at 2sic Focus Media / Skinning Shops XMOD, Flash


Some Examples of Projects : Some Examples of Projects Simple Site  www.birchmeier.com Medium Complexity – using XMod  www.naegele-capaul.ch Medium Complexity – simple custom Mod  www.ewbuchs.ch (charting modules) Complex Sites  www.horizon21.ch (with dynamic Flash)  www.sevelen.ch (big, many modules)


2sic – Eckdaten : 2sic – Eckdaten Founded 1998 by von Daniel Mettler 13 Employees Full-Service 300+ Customers 300+ Projects Solid Cash Flow English


2sic & DotNetNuke : 2sic & DotNetNuke Ca. 200 DNN projects for für Government, SMB (KMU), Shops, etc. Many custom projects Own Modules Schooling Videos DNN-Partner for Microsoft Switzerland Founded the DNN User Group Switzerland


DotNetNuke User Group Switzerland : DotNetNuke User Group Switzerland Promote the use of DotNetNuke for Companies and Government For Webs, Portals, Intranets, Applications “Alone we grow - together we grow exponentially”


Questions : Questions Questions about the basics?


DNN Programming – Overview : DNN Programming – Overview For VS 2003 & .net 1.1 use DNN 3.2+ For VS 2005 & .net 2.0 use DNN 4.0+ VB.net and C# Recommendations Don’t touch the core! Buy, don’t build Develop in own web, move to live system


DotNetNuke – Model Basics : DotNetNuke – Model Basics DotNetNuke “engine” Modules Skins Containers Content Providers Backend Database (exchangeable) User / Role Management (exchangeable)


Skinning : Skinning For Site Layout For Module Layout Mostly HTML (for Web Designers) A bit of tagging or .net programming Very easy if you know HTML Recommended reading: watch skinning videos on Snowcovered


The Provider Model : The Provider Model Recommended by Microsoft A core strategy in the .net 2.0 Framework The idea: Replace Core Components of a software with the best solution Some Providers WYSIWYG Provider Login Provider Data Provider


Provider: User Login : Provider: User Login Show web.config with standard user login Show web.config with AD login


What’s a module? : What’s a module? ASCX Controls that Inherits the base class Registered as a module in the DB (show) Optional: Binaries Optional: Assets (Images, etc.) Optional: Data tables Optional: Data providers …


Getting Started with Modules : Getting Started with Modules Watch DNN Videos for Mod Development http://www.dotnetnuke.com/About/TrainingVideos/tabid/810/Default.aspx Watch TrainCert Videos http://www.traincert.net/ Look at the integrated modules Use Module Template from Starter Kit Installation basics PA (Packaged Assembly) contains ascx, bins, images, etc. All precompiled


Questions : Questions Databases: MS SQL or other? Are Modules = SharePoint WebParts? Can we use SharePoint WebParts? Can Modules interact with each other? Can I create an own user database? Can I integrate my existing application? Your questions…


Business Focus : Business Focus Doing business and earning Money with DotNetNuke


Business Focus – Open Source : Business Focus – Open Source Note: There are different Open Source models, the one used by DNN is… You may change everything You may rename it You may remove the copyright You may resell it For more details, see licensing agreement in DotNetNuke


Business Focus – Earning Money : Business Focus – Earning Money Full Services Partial services (like Consulting, Design…) Special Sectors (Health…) DNN-based Products (Intranets, MIS, …) Sell Modules (like DMX) Create your own CMS (like 2flex)


Business Focus – Why DNN? : Business Focus – Why DNN? Windows is a must in SMB (KMU) DNN is the leading system on Windows Free Widely used Many modules (www.snowcovered.com) Not official standard, but close Very clean architecture DNN does more and more I personally believe a descendant of DotNetNuke will become the standard foundation of future web applications


Special Thanks to… : Special Thanks to… zühlke – die Denkfabrik dotMUGS, insbesonders Atif


Important Links : Important Links DotNetNuke User Group Switzerland DotNetNuke SnowCovered 2sic Internet Solutions 2flex