DotNetNuke is a free, open source evolution of Microsoft's celebrated ASP.NET reference implementation, the IBuySpy Portal Solution Kit. DotNetNuke began life as a framework for constructing data-driven intranet and Internet portal applications. It has now developed into an advanced web content management system with tools to manage a dynamic and interactive data-driven website. If you work with ASP.NET and VB.NET, and want an interactive website, with forums, news and image management, where visitors can register, participate and contribute to your site, then DotNetNuke is the ideal solution for you. This book is your indispensable guide to creating content-rich websites with DotNetNuke 3.0, as quickly as possible. The first part of this book gives you a deep understanding of working with basic DotNetNuke sites, guiding you through the features and giving you the confidence to create and manage your own site. After that, you will journey to the heart of DotNetNuke, and learn about its core architecture. From there, you will learn how to customize DotNetNuke sites through skinning and creating custom modules. Enhancing your site with forums and ecommerce functionality, creating multiple sites and deploying your site round off the book. You will master each of these topics as you leap into the development of a DotNetNuke 3.0 site.

Download 4 Free Sample Chapters from this book. First, you'll learn how to obtain, install and configure all the necessary software you'll need, then you'll build a fully functional Intranet, shopping cart and ecommerce system with credit card processing all while learning database and object oriented programming concepts along the way.

Harness next-generation ASP.NET features to create dynamic Web applications. Whether you're a Web development newcomer or a Classic ASP veteran, this friendly guide is just what you need to tap the power of the totally revamped ASP.NET. From Visual Basic.NET fundamentals and object-oriented techniques to using Web Forms to create interactive pages and harnessing ADO.NET to retrieve information and update databases, it's just what you need to take your pages to the next level.

The book teaches: -Extensive coverage of the Publishing API (PAPI) -Managing Channels and Postings with the PAPI -Managing Templates, Template Galleries, Resources, and Users with the PAPI -Getting Sharepoint and MCMS to work together -Publishing content between MCMS and SharePoint -Preparing postings for search indexing -Creating Sharepoint Web Parts to display MCMS data -Creating powerful custom Placeholder Controls -Adding validation to Placeholder Controls -Combining InfoPath, Web Services and MCMS's robust content repository -Using RSS to syndicate content from your site, and display content from other sites -Staging static versions of your pages -A further 60 pages of invaluable MCMS tips and tricks

Microsoft's ASP.NET Community Starter Kit (CSK) is a powerful, freely available application that allows you to quickly create a fully featured community-driven website, complete with article and news management, downloads, forums, and user handling. Supported and tested by thousands of developers in the ASP.NET community across the world, the Community Starter Kit offers you the luxury of a scalable and extensible architecture, and the ability to brand your own site. This book will take you inside the Community Starter Kit, allowing you to harness its power for easily creating your own websites. The book is structured to help you understand, implement and extend the Community Starter Kit: - Understand how the Community Starter Kit works. - Build the skills to implement your own site. - Develop the confidence to extend the system for your own needs. With this book, you will learn how to: - Install and configure the CSK - Find your way around the CSKs towering range of features - Create and administer community websites - Become familiar with the common CSK ASP.NET controls - Customize your CSK site - Discover the secrets of the CSK core architecture - Explore the inner workings of CSK modules - Extend the CSK by creating new modules - Customize existing modules with Web controls - Add an RSS feed to share your content with others - Deploy your CSK website This book is for ASP.NET developers with a sound grasp of C# and access to Visual Studio .NET.

Provides Online DotNetNuke Documentation, User Guides, Tutorials and examples with links to Marvin's DotNetNuke SEO Guides plus My-ASP.Nets Skin Gallery to help you search engine optimize your DotNetNuke web design

This book is aimed at relatively inexperienced web developers who are looking to enrich their sites with dynamically-generated content, and want to learn how to start building web applications using ASP.NET. The title provides a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET with plenty of worked examples to help you gain a deep understanding of what ASP.NET is all about. Topics covered: Creating basic ASP.NET pages, Learning the basics of VB.NET, Understanding the concepts of Object Oriented Programming, Working with Data and XML, The ASP.NET Server Controls, Creating User Controls and Components, Exploring the world of Web Services, Configuring your ASP.NET Applications, and The future of VoiceXML technologies, including VoiceXML 2.0.