Flash and the HTML5 tag

There's been a lot of discussion lately about whether or not the HTML5 tag is going to replace Flash Player for video distribution on the web. We’ve been excited about the HTML5 effort and tag for quite a while now, and most YouTube videos can now be played via our HTML5 player. This work has shown us that, while the tag is a big step forward for open standards, the Adobe Flash Platform will continue to play a critical role in video distribution.

Ever since the localization framework was first introduced in DotNetNuke 3.0, it has always been our intention to go back and complete the localization story for DotNetNuke.  When localization was first introduced in DotNetNuke, we only tackled the localization of static strings.  This support for the localization of static strings was sufficient to address the needs of many international users, however it was not adequate for addressing multi-lingual sites.

We realized from the beginning that content localization was a tough issue to address, and one which could be solved in numerous ways.  Every time we looked at tackling content localization, the effort always seemed to be a bigger than we had the resources to be able to tackle.  We wanted to make sure that whatever solution we put in place would meet the needs for a large portion of our community.

After many meetings with members of our Internationalization team, international community members and customers, and after many months of development,...

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DotNetNuke 5.4.4 Released

I am pleased to announce the release of DotNetNuke 5.4.4.  This maintenance release resolve’s two significant breaking changes that slipped through in 5.4.3 and resulted in us pulling the 5.4.3 release. Below are the highlights from this months release. As usual, you can see a full list of changes in the changelog.

If you database has grown too big and you are having issues with the schedule – this is a fantastic free tool that will keep these tasks running.

Scheduled SQL Jobs Module Keeping a DotNetNuke site database clean can be a real nightmare for those hosting sites on shared hosting providers.  With this free module we can help reduce the effort needed to keep your database working smooth as can be.  The Scheduled SQL Jobs module is a Host level module designed to allow DotNetNuke users to configure a set of known performance optimizing SQL scripts on a scheduled basis.  Future versions of this module will allow users to add their own jobs to the system for execute.

As with all of our other free modules the module, source code, and documentation are all available here.  The documentation explains the exact optimizations available and how often they "should" be executed.

Source: Scheduled SQL Jobs DotNetNuke Module | IowaComputerGurus Inc.

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Good step by step guide explaining how to use Microsoft Live Writer to publish your blog.

How to Manage Your DNN Blog Module with Windows Live Writer > DNN Professor > DotNetNuke Tutorials | DotNetNuke Training | Xmod Tutorials - DNNprofessor.com

There is a debate happening on various forums as which module/store/shopping cart is the best for ecommerce and product catalogue. I have experience with CataLook on small and large scale. We have e commerce sites from 10 to 15000 products and I would not change it for any other dnn solution. It is very flexible and does what you want - however you do need to spend some time on it, I can create a working shop in minutes now when at the beginning it took me days. One thing we do not do is to work on the source, you will find that a lot of stuff can be done by just editing templates etc - this means that we can update it at any time without any additional coding and give credit to dnnsoft they have been keeping the product up to date.

If you search on the internet for information on the use of meta tags in SEO you will come across numerous websites stressing how important it is to get your meta tags right, how many words and characters to use etc. 

But is it really that important?

For Google's web search results, the answer is no.

Here is what Matt Cuts from Google Search Quality Team has to say:

Q: Does Google ever use the "keywords" meta tag in its web search ranking?
A: In a word, no. Google does sell a Google Search Appliance, and that product has the ability to match meta tags, which could include the keywords meta tag. But that's an enterprise search appliance that is completely separate from our main web search. Our web search (the well-known search at Google.com that hundreds of millions of people use each day) disregards keyword meta tags completely. They simply don't have any effect in our search ranking at present.