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With a database table comprising of two zip codes, it is easy to calculate a distance between these two points for basic location-aware searching.

Developers often think that their applications are automatically setup for the best performance when it comes to images and other static content, however, that is not the case. A simple change to your configuration however, can fix this.

It is often said the cobblers kids have no shoes, well the same goes for IT Professionals. I finally upgraded this site, and ran into numerous issues that I thought I would share for the benefit of others.

Upgrades of any type come with some risk, how can you manage that risk when working with DotNetNuke to make upgrades as seamless as possible?

SQL Cursors can be helpful, although over-use or misuse by developers is quite common. Understanding the proper methods to use and implement Cursors can improve chances for success.

Canonical Portal Alias features were added to make life easier, however, with 5.6.2 that might not exactly be the experience at first.

DotNetNuke provides its own internal data access strategy for accessing SQL Server, this process works well for most standard situations. However, complex items such as the ability to call using Table-Valued Parameters can be less straightforward to implement.

Errors from Scheduled Tasks within DNN can be a nuisance and can even mask more critical errors, so digging into and resolving these items is important for long-term site health.

Working with custom solutions it is commonplace to need multiple extensions, it is possible with small modifications to package those extensions all at once.