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.
Read Full ArticleUpgrades of any type come with some risk, how can you manage that risk when working with DotNetNuke to make upgrades as seamless as possible?
Read Full ArticleSQL 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.
Read Full ArticleCanonical Portal Alias features were added to make life easier, however, with 5.6.2 that might not exactly be the experience at first.
Read Full ArticleDotNetNuke 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.
Read Full ArticleErrors 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.
Read Full ArticleWorking with custom solutions it is commonplace to need multiple extensions, it is possible with small modifications to package those extensions all at once.
Read Full ArticleMany extension developers rely on the internal DotNetNuke Text Editor to provide rich-text editing experiences to users, however, Visual Studio may not always make this process straightforward.
Read Full ArticleThere are times where via Javascript, or otherwise, we need to trigger a specific ASP.NET WebForms control to postback, this post explores how to accomplish that goal.
Read Full ArticleDefault controls in WPF provide a great bit of functionality, however, it is also easy to adjust the behaviors of those controls to make them work exactly how you desire.
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