Entries for August 2008

I am very proud to announce that this evening my business IowaComputerGurus inc. has achieved the designation of Microsoft Certified Partner.  Although not necessarily a major thing to the regular readers of this blog, this is a very important milestone for myself as I continue to build the business.  The support of past customers providi...

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Recently I have been fielding a number of questions regarding DotNetNuke development environments and the valid URLs associated with them. People that have been setting up local instances of DotNetNuke for testing or development, then trying to expose the site to a larger group for validation. The process to make this work is very simple, however, for individuals unfamiliar with DotNetNuke settings it can be a bit difficult to determine exactly what needs to change. This post investigates the DotNetNuke concept of Portal Aliases and will show an individual how they can be used to solve this specific business need.

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A while back I created a monitoring application for Pingdom Corporation called Pingdom Alerter.  This application has been used by a wide customer base to monitor their site status on the Pingdom service.  I am looking to find at least 3 individuals that have used the Pindom Alerter, created by my company IowaComputerGurus Inc. that would...

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Well it has been a few weeks since I last provided an update on the progress of my "Professional DotNetNuke 5 Module Programming" book.  Thus far I am about 60-65% completed with the book, with only 4.5 chapters to complete until the book is finished with its first revision.  I also just noticed this morning that Amazon.com has finally up...

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I have recently been given the opportunity to preview the upcoming Active Forums 4.0 release.  In this starter review I will give my first opinions after working with the module for a short time and experimenting with the new features.  A full review of the module will come after it has been released and I am able to test/work with the full edition.

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After a change of heart I have decided today that I will be attending OpenForce '08 this fall, I will also have a booth in Expo Hall that I will be sharing with another company.  So I'm looking forward to another sucessful conference and opportunites to put faces to names.  From the schedule of events it looks like this fall's conference ...

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