[...]... interested in learning more about how DotNetNuke works Who This Book Is For Experienced developers of ASP.NET and those who are knowledgeable about DotNetNuke may want to skip Chapters 1–6 These chapters provide an overview of DotNetNuke and its operations Chapters 7–14 get right into DotNetNuke architecture and development However, we think you’ll gain valuable insight into how DotNetNuke works by reading the... installing DotNetNuke on the server, and then show how to manage and administer a DotNetNuke portal The second part is for developers Starting with Chapter 7, we discuss the DotNetNuke application architecture and how the application works We then move on to extending the portal framework by developing modules that plug into a DotNetNuke portal Finally, we cover the flexible skinning capabilities of DotNetNuke. .. technologies, including ASP, VB, ASP.NET, Access, and SQL Server, since 1998 Vicenç joined the DotNetNuke community in summer 2003 coming from IBS portal Today, his role within the DotNetNuke team is contributing as a Core Developer, Bugs & Enhancement Specialist, and DotNetNuke Evangelist for the Spanish area Currently, Vicenç is working on a number of projects based on the DotNetNuke platform Specializing... and Wrox books To read the FAQs, click the FAQ link on any P2P page xxv Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals Shaun Walker, Patrick J Santry, Joe Brinkman, Daniel Caron, Scott McCulloch, Scott Willhite, and Bruce Hopkins An Inside Look at the Evolution of DotNetNuke As much as I would like people to believe that DotNetNuke was intentionally created as a premier open source project for the Microsoft... functionality Most notably is the Solution Partners ASP.NET Hierarchical Menu, which is the default menu that is used within DotNetNuke Recently for version 3, Jon initiated the development of the DotNetNuke ClientAPI, which enables developers to write rich client-side cross-browser logic against a simple API Jim Duffy is a Microsoft MVP, self-proclaimed DotNetNuke Evangelist, and the president of TakeNote... modules With these basic services, the portal offered just enough to whet the appetite of many aspiring ASP.NET developers Figure 1-1 2 An Inside Look at the Evolution of DotNetNuke ASP.NET The second critical item that Microsoft delivered at this point in time was a community Forums page on the www .asp.net web site (see Figure 1-2) This Forum provided a focal point for Microsoft developers to meet and... (such as Oracle, SQL, and MySql Server) He has created the company’s intranet and a customer bug-reporting web site (now both using DotNetNuke of course) He joined the DotNetNuke team in mid 2003 and has been working mainly on Localization and Bug Fixing The first third-party dotnetnuke dataprovider (for MySql) was created by him as well as a DNN installer Jeremy White is founder and president of Webstone... events including detailed security practices at CA-World in New Orleans Bo Nørgaard is CEO of Bonosoft and operates the DotNetNuke developer community site (www .dotnetnuke. dk), which has numerous resources for both Visual Basic and Visual C# programmers writing plug-in modules for DotNetNuke xviii Preface Bryan Andrews has been developing web applications since Netscape 1.0 and has worked in many different... and is an active speaker on DotNetNuke topics around the Midwest On the side, he specializes in portal development and search engine optimization through Christoc.com (http://www.christoc.com) Chris has multiple DotNetNuke endeavors including DnnCart.com (http://www.dnncart.com/) where he provides DNN Support and Module development services He also runs multiple community portals focusing around the... foundation member of the DotNetNuke Core Team, a Microsoft Certified Application Developer and is experienced in the development and commercial application of the DotNetNuke Framework based on Microsoft’s NET technology He has successfully developed and implemented sites for clients in Australia and overseas and was recently awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in ASP /ASP.NET Scott McCulloch, . Evolution of DotNetNuke 1 IBuySpy Portal 2 ASP. NET 3 IBuySpy Portal Forum 5 IBuySpy Workshop 6 DotNetNuke (DNN) Web Site 22 Chapter 2: Installing DotNetNuke. 198 Data Layer 199 Security Model 201 Security in ASP. NET 2.0 201 DotNetNuke and ASP. NET 2.0 202 Security in DotNetNuke 3.0 202 Namespace Overview 205 Summary