Chris Hammond
Author: Chris Hammond Created: 9/21/2006 9:06 AM
This blog is from DotNetNuke Core Team Member, and Engage Software's Product Manager for Internet Solutions, Chris Hammond.

Workflow and Versioning for DotNetNuke, a true CMS module
By Chris Hammond on 2/7/2008 11:47 PM
Earlier today we had a customer post a question in the forums on www.engagemodules.com regarding using Engage: Publish as a replacement for the Text/HTML module within DotNetNuke.
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Engage: Publish site featured in DNN Newsletter
By Chris Hammond on 2/5/2008 10:59 AM
In the first DotNetNuke newsletter from the DotNetNuke Corporation for 2008 the project spotlight showcases a website that is using Engage: Publish for content management. Here's some of the text that was included in the newsletter. "At the ZoneDiet.com site, visitors can get a wealth of information about the Zone Diet, in additon to being able to order official Zone Products (Omega-3 Concentrates, Food Items, Polyphenols, Supplements, Skin Care Products, Books) through the e-commerce store. "
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Engage: Publish Conversion Writeup
By Chris Hammond on 2/2/2008 7:01 PM
For my personal website I converted from CommunityServer to DotNetNuke, using Engage: Publish as the Blogging platform. I did a pretty lengthy writeup of the conversion process. You can read more about the conversion on the writeup.
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Engage: Publish 4.5 Opens New Frontiers
By Chris Hammond on 1/25/2008 12:12 AM
For those of you who may have missed it, Engage: Publish 4.5 released last week. This release has some big improvements for the module, and lays the groundwork for a new major releasing coming in the next month or so. Read more for more information!
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Free Module: Text/HTML Search and Replace Engage: F3
By Chris Hammond on 12/12/2007 12:19 AM
In April of this year I threw a little module together called Engage: F3 that allows site administrators and superusers to easily search for strings of content within their Text/HTML modules and Engage: Publish content on a site. Recently I've taken the time to come up with a new release of the module that provides Search and Replace functionality for the Text/HTML module.
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Engage Publish 4.4.4 Released
By Chris Hammond on 12/10/2007 12:39 AM
Tonight we released the latest version of Engage Publish, 4.4.4 (12/9/2007). This release has a few minor bug fixes, a few UI improvements, and some enhanced features!
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Configuring SMTP Settings for DotNetNuke
By Chris Hammond on 12/5/2007 3:13 PM
If you're DotNetNuke portal isn't sending emails as you would expect you likely haven't configured your SMTP settings properly. To configure your SMTP settings try the following.
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OpenForce Blog Posts
By Chris Hammond on 11/12/2007 11:39 AM
As some of you know Myself, Rich and Henry from Engage Software have been at OpenForce07 in Las Vegas this week. OpenForce07 is the first North American DotNetNuke conference, being held this week.
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OpenForce07 Update For Monday Evening
By Chris Hammond on 11/6/2007 1:05 AM

Well today was a fun day for the first day of OpenForce07. At noon we had a core team gathering over at the Luxor. It was an excellent time for everyone to socialize and meet face to face, many for the first time. I can't even begin to list off all the names of people I met for the first time today but it was a great event. Many thanks to Michael Washington for organizing it and Will M. from Activemodules.com for sponsoring it. The discussions we all got to have were great and I look forward to continuing many of them throughout the week!

I didn't take the camera with me so I had to snap a quick picture with my cell phone. This is a shot of Michael saying "respect the nuke!"

This evening there was a keynote and then vendor expo. There was plenty of goodies to be had. My favorite being ...

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Engage: Publish 4.4 released!
By Chris Hammond on 11/2/2007 3:57 PM

I'm personally excited to announce that the 4.4 release of Engage: Publish has been uploaded to our EngageModules.com website and is available for purchase. If you've previously purchased Engage: Publish and are within your one year window you can also download this release for free.

The biggest feature for 4.4 is the implementation of Caching within the module which should help to speed up sites that utilize Engage: Publish and minimize the number of database requests for each page load. You can find out more new features and bug fixes by checking out the

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