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DotNetNuke Best Practices is available in the following formats:

DotNetNuke Best Practices is available in the following formats:

DotNetNuke Best Practices

DotNetNuke Best Practices - Post-Conference Training

DotNetNuke Best Practices covers DotNetNuke hosting, development, skinning and administration. You’ll be exposed to tips and tricks for configuring and maintaining your portals, users and modules for a broad range of websites. We will cover security and hosting configurations for public websites as well as corporate intranet/extranet environments. Module development topics include best practices for solution configuration, debugging, packaging and deployment. We will also cover the new extension types, as well as best practices for the provider model, multiview modules as well as other advanced module development topics.

Goals and Objectives

The goals of this course are to provide insight into some of the lessons we've learned with our many years of DotNetNuke development, skinning and administration experience. Upon completion of this course students should have a better understand of DNN as well as a "checklist" of items that can immediately be implemented into your own environments to improve your DNN experience.

The goals of this course are to provide insight into some of the lessons we've learned with our many years of DotNetNuke development, skinning and administration experience. Upon completion of this course students should have a better understand of DNN as well as a "checklist" of items that can immediately be implemented into your own environments to improve your DNN experience.

Who Should Attend?

This class has a wide variety of topics, for portal adminstrators, designers, and developers.
This class has a wide variety of topics, for portal adminstrators, designers, and developers.

Prerequisites

An understanding of DotNetNuke Installations and Administration, Skinning, and Module development is necessary to get the full benefits of the Best Practices course, but students with exposure only one or two key areas will still benefit from the class as a whole.
An understanding of DotNetNuke Installations and Administration, Skinning, and Module development is necessary to get the full benefits of the Best Practices course, but students with exposure only one or two key areas will still benefit from the class as a whole.

Topics

  1. Best Practices for Managing Your Instance of DotNetNuke 
    1. Installing DotNetNuke and Proper Setup
    2. Upgrading DotNetNuke
    3. Maintaining Your Portals
    4. Performance Settings
    5. Maintaining Your Instance
  2. Best Practices for Managing Your Portals
    1. Portal Deployment
    2. Site (Portal) Administration
    3. Page Creation and Setup
    4. A New Look at Permissions
    5. Portal Health Metrics and Indicators
    6. Site Search
    7. Utilizing Templates
    8. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
    9. Web Analytics
    10. Segmenting the Admin Modules
  3. Skinning Best Practices
    1. Analyzing Design in a DotNetNuke Skinning World
    2. Skinning a Pre-Existing Design
    3. Organizing your Skin Package
    4. Development Approaches
    5. Navigation
    6. Leveraging "Global Skin Elements" in Design
    7. Containers
    8. General Web Design Best Practices in DNN
    9. Determining the Right CSS Files
    10. Making your Skin Lightweight
  4. Module Development Best Practices
    1. Compatibility Considerations
    2. Organize your Development Environment
    3. Process Improvement
    4. Re-Use Functionality across Modules
    5. Automate for Efficiency
    6. Release Process 

 

  1. Best Practices for Managing Your Instance of DotNetNuke 
    1. Installing DotNetNuke and Proper Setup
    2. Upgrading DotNetNuke
    3. Maintaining Your Portals
    4. Performance Settings
    5. Maintaining Your Instance
  2. Best Practices for Managing Your Portals
    1. Portal Deployment
    2. Site (Portal) Administration
    3. Page Creation and Setup
    4. A New Look at Permissions
    5. Portal Health Metrics and Indicators
    6. Site Search
    7. Utilizing Templates
    8. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
    9. Web Analytics
    10. Segmenting the Admin Modules
  3. Skinning Best Practices
    1. Analyzing Design in a DotNetNuke Skinning World
    2. Skinning a Pre-Existing Design
    3. Organizing your Skin Package
    4. Development Approaches
    5. Navigation
    6. Leveraging "Global Skin Elements" in Design
    7. Containers
    8. General Web Design Best Practices in DNN
    9. Determining the Right CSS Files
    10. Making your Skin Lightweight
  4. Module Development Best Practices
    1. Compatibility Considerations
    2. Organize your Development Environment
    3. Process Improvement
    4. Re-Use Functionality across Modules
    5. Automate for Efficiency
    6. Release Process 

 

Now Available: Best Practices Guide

Want to make the most of DNN? Curious about the recommended site settings? Couldn’t make it to one of our workshops? We’ve got you covered.

The Best Practices Workshop Guide packs all the valuable tips and tricks covered in our workshop into a 61 page guide. You have the luxury to study and review these expert tips at your own pace and as many times as you'd like.

best practices guide

The guide contains 4 sections:

  • Best Practices for Managing your Instance of DotNetNuke
  • Best Practices for Managing your Portals
  • Skinning Best Practices
  • Module Development Best Practices

Price: $75 ( $5 shipping)
Buy Now!

Want to make the most of DNN? Curious about the recommended site settings? Couldn’t make it to one of our workshops? We’ve got you covered.

The Best Practices Workshop Guide packs all the valuable tips and tricks covered in our workshop into a 61 page guide. You have the luxury to study and review these expert tips at your own pace and as many times as you'd like.

best practices guide

The guide contains 4 sections:

  • Best Practices for Managing your Instance of DotNetNuke
  • Best Practices for Managing your Portals
  • Skinning Best Practices
  • Module Development Best Practices

Price: $75 ( $5 shipping)
Buy Now!

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