Professional DotNetNuke ASP NET Portals
Posted by aspnetnerd on 05 Oct 2008 at 06:16 pm | Tagged as: Book
Professional DotNetNuke ASP NET Portals
Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals
DotNetNuke, the popular ASP.NET open source application, is sweeping through the ranks of ASP.NET and Web developers. Whether you’ve never programmed your own Web site before or you are an experienced ASP.NET developer, you’ll find DotNetNuke and this book have something to offer you. You’ll get started with invaluable hands-on insight for installing DotNetNuke on the server and then move on to developing and administering portals created with DotNetNuke.
Written by the creator and programmers of the DotNetNuke project, the book discusses operating a DotNetNuke portal. You’ll see how DotNetNuke gives you a flexible architecture for rapidly developing Web applications and you’ll find ways to extend the portal framework by developing modules that plug into DotNetNuke. Step-by-step instructions to administer DotNetNuke in various real-world scenarios will help you save time developing your own DotNetNuke ASP.NET sites.
What you will learn from this book
* How to easily develop a dynamic content managed Web site
* Management of user membership and permissions
* Other features you can add to a DotNetNuke site including discussion forums, RSS feeds, calendars, and more
* How to instantly change your Web site user interface with skins
* Techniques for hosting multiple Web sites from a single account with the multiple portal capability
Who this book is for
Web developers or administrators who have never used ASP or ASP.NET can use this book to create their first ASP.NET portal site with no programming skill required. Experienced ASP.NET developers can use this to create ASP.NET sites quickly and efficiently using DotNetNuke.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education for new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Bad Book.
When I first say DNN and the interface I was impressed until I tried to actually use it. The book is by far poor and riddle with mistakes and a discombobulated mess. I would not recommend anyone using DNN or buying the book.
2 Stars Disappointed
If you are hoping to get help installing DotNetNike you will be disappointed in this book.
3 Stars Not really for Developers
An interesting enough background history of DNN with a bit of technical information thrown in and put into context. But don’t buy this book if you expect it to help you build your own modules.
1 Star Seriously Lacking
After having taken the (very) expensive classroom training, attendance at seminars/conventions, I have come to the conclusion that there will “Never” be a book or set of books that will cover what someone needs in order to fully understand the workings of DNN without paying the extreme prices for official DNN corp training and support. Too many “secrets” exist within DNN to be published in printed material. Professional skinning results require support and extra training (even to comply with published HTMl/XHTML standards), let alone ADA compliance.
DNN may be “Free”, but the training, seminars, books and paid for support are NOT. Beware “Free” Gifts. The DNN corporation is making their money off of support for a product that doesn’t even rate within the top 30 content management systems.
2 Stars not enough for anybody
hard to read, not complete, messy but still something that brings you forward when you have no access to other resources.
Still compared with what you can download for free from the DNN homepage (especially the training videos) this book is a waste of money and time for the novice as well as for the experienced professional.
