tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post8541518769804862177..comments2024-01-02T08:54:14.406-05:00Comments on Peter Bromberg's UnBlog: DotNetNuke: Ready for Prime Time?peterbromberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-53038996349500076202008-12-31T11:20:00.000-05:002008-12-31T11:20:00.000-05:00A lot of the XHTML compatibility comes from proper...A lot of the XHTML compatibility comes from properly crafted skins.<BR/><BR/>The front-runner for any .Net-based CMS is Kentico, IMO. We've been using it for almost 8 months and haven't run into ANY brick walls...period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-48951158403978326742008-08-31T08:41:00.000-05:002008-08-31T08:41:00.000-05:00Umbraco can't run under medium-level trust environ...Umbraco can't run under medium-level trust environment which most of hosting providers enforce. However MWPSK can, and the second point is MWPSK can use XML instead of and RDBMSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-32168947632109008272008-01-21T22:22:00.000-05:002008-01-21T22:22:00.000-05:00I downloaded Umbraco again today from codeplex (th...I downloaded Umbraco again today from codeplex (the sources) and tried to install it from a built solution, and had issues. I'm going to download the MSI and give that a try tomorrow and test it out. Time permitting, I'll post my findings.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-62228982702178393842008-01-20T01:14:00.000-05:002008-01-20T01:14:00.000-05:00Hmmm...reread the earlier post and the "starter ki...Hmmm...reread the earlier post and the "starter kit" refers to http://www.codeplex.com/MyWebPagesStarterKit. Haven't tried but will now go take a look.Ted Jardinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416023144936179791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-34161782622476001232008-01-20T01:13:00.000-05:002008-01-20T01:13:00.000-05:00Umbraco is also recommended from my end. Implement...Umbraco is also recommended from my end. Implemented for multiple clients and always happy with the clean and powerful results. I've also fooled around the starter kit (hooked in with SubSonic which is great), but Umbraco is still by far our fave.Ted Jardinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416023144936179791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-89711758695405685712007-12-31T16:33:00.000-05:002007-12-31T16:33:00.000-05:00Yeah, well this is the thing- making DNN "reallyre...Yeah, well this is the thing- making DNN "reallyreallydumb" for clients so they don't go bonkers trying to add or edit a page. I did look at MyWebPagesStarterKit and it is really nice- extremely simple and easy to use, doesn't even require a database.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-62301765406196332952007-12-31T14:42:00.000-05:002007-12-31T14:42:00.000-05:00Keep us posted on how it goes. I've tried it sever...Keep us posted on how it goes. I've tried it several times for small projects with mixed results. The feature set is no doubt extremely rich, but I found that you have to spend serious time with DNN in order to do keep it going and make tweaks to it. It sounds from your post that you guys are committed to this so your mileage might be different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-35649681064341803012007-12-29T07:44:00.000-05:002007-12-29T07:44:00.000-05:00Good comments. @Duckboy: I've gone through a coupl...Good comments. <BR/>@Duckboy: I've gone through a couple video tutorials on "Fixing up" DNN so that it is XHTML transitional compliant, but not XHTML strict. <BR/><BR/>@oarfish: I've also looked at the starter kit and I guess I should probably go back and look at it again since the jury is still out on DNN.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-85572554919939501542007-12-29T07:35:00.000-05:002007-12-29T07:35:00.000-05:00I'm currently going through the pain of making DNN...I'm currently going through the pain of making DNN XHTML compliant. You absolutely certain you got your site to validate as transitional/strict without patching half of the framework? Half of the default modules emit tables all over the bloody place by default too. If I ever meet Shawn Walker in a dark alley I'll be sorely tempted to beat him to death with a printout of w3c.<BR/><BR/>If you want a .net CMS that is actualy capable of doing xhtml strict without rewrites, try www.umbraco.org (validates xhtml strict) not www.dotnetnuke.com (fails validation of html4 with 300+ errors).Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380212308975032310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-87223115212902182052007-12-29T06:46:00.000-05:002007-12-29T06:46:00.000-05:00Whoa there big boy! I've (re-)evaluated DNN at eac...Whoa there big boy! I've (re-)evaluated DNN at each major release since its inception several years ago, and have had to deploy it for several clients large and small, and on *every* occasion have come to the same conclusion: it's unwieldy to deploy and customise and, most importantly, clients (non-technical people) HATE the admin mode and find it hard to know where to start and what to do when they want to log in and edit content. When a client forces me to use DNN (normally because they've read great things about it online), they often end up calling me for help or emailing me the content to be added/changed, which kind of defeats the object of a CMS, wouldn't you say?<BR/><BR/>For the last year or so I've been deploying for non-technical clients the simple little "My Web Pages Starter Kit" ( http://www.codeplex.com/MyWebPagesStarterKit ), a non-MS, free CMS system which, although it doesn't get much press or blog write-ups, I find much nicer work with and easier to customise and add/edit skins, as well as being quicker and simpler to deploy than DNN. And, most importantly, my clients find it easier to administer and add/edit content than DNN. Also, it's written in C#, has a clean modular design, several useful built-in modules, and offers about as much extensibility as DNN to boot.<BR/><BR/>So, before you go down that DNN road, why not take a look at MWPSK and see if it will work for you and your clients.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I'm not affiliated with the MWPSK project; just a big fan.Duckboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17452108743931976473noreply@blogger.com