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This release comes with a number of module updates including the following:

• Documents 04.01.00
• Events 04.00.02
• Help 03.00.02
• HTML 04.08.01
• Links 04.00.01
• NewsFeeds 04.00.00
• Repository 03.01.15
• Survey 04.50.00
• UserDefinedTable 03.05.01
• Wiki 04.01.00

• FCK Html Editor Provider 02.00.02
• AD Authentication Provider 01.00.04

This new version can be dowloaded from the DotNetNuke website.

The links module for DotNetNuke was updated today to allow installation on DNN 4.7.  The 4.0.0 release had an issue with installation on 4.7 as well not allowing it to be installed on DNN 4.9 which is soon to be released.  This is the version that will be included with the new version of DotNetNuke that should be released very shortly.   The issue was around the compatibility node of the DNN Config file for installation.

DotNetNuke Links Home

DotNetNuke Links Discussion

DotNetNuke Links Download

I was brought in to work on an asp.net web site recently that had been written by another company.  I was asked to add some features to their current site as well as to fix some bugs that had been left by the previous developers.  Once I had the site ready I moved this web site project to my staging server and then started receiving this error on a couple of pages.  Now I had chosen to publish the website instead of just doing a copy of the site with the code-behind files as well.  This is when this problem started.

I did some searching on the web and came up with the following that the class I had on these pages were duplicates on other pages or other compiled dlls within the published site.  So I started looking for the pages that had the offending classes and I discovered them within the web site.  I wish I had the time to move this web site into a web application project to avoid these issues.  More information can be found here as well.

Mads Kristensen has just announced the release of Version 1.4.5 of the DotNet Blog Engine.  Guess I really have to start getting this blog site up to the latest version.  I’m a bit behind in updating my site and it has suffered for it, but back to the announcement.

The changes that have been implemented in this update:

• File upload improvement – Files and images uploaded will be placed in folders based the year and month. IE /files/2008/07/test.jpg
• Database Support out of the box – With this release the setup folder has support and instructions to get started with Sql Server, MySql, SQLite and VistaDB Express.
• HTML Editor Defaults – There is now a switch to remember to use the TinyMCE editor or to enter your own HTML and now the engine remembers your choice.
• Enhanced Metaweblog API – You can now publish for any user from within Windows Live Writer as well as support for SSL now as well
• Filter by APML – You can now filter your posts of a blog by your own APML file. An APML file is a prioritized list of your own interests in XML.

The latest can be downloaded here.

On July 28, 2008, the Gallery project released a long awaited beta of their new gallery module for DotNetNuke. This version 4.3.0 is a .NET 2.0 compatible version for use with DotNetNuke 4.8.4 and above.  The recommendation is that it not be used in a production environment just because they do not know if there will be breaking changes between this version and the final released version that would prevent a forward upgrade path.

They have also developed a new site specifically for demonstrating the new features and the latest version for users of the gallery.  This new site can be found at http://www.dnnmediagallery.com/, it has information about the module as well as some documentation and there is a forum setup there as well.

Great job to the Gallery team.

As we wait for the Cambrian release of DotNetNuke, we have another service release in our imminent future.  As you can see from the image DotNetNuke.com is currently testing the next version of the 4.8 release for our consumption.  This follows on the release of a few weeks ago of version 4.8.3 that had several security issues that needed to be resolved.  Here's hoping that we quickly get access to this new release and that it doesn't hinder the core team's ability to get us the next great major release of the platform.

With the continued wait for the release of Cambrian, we have been treated to another release of the 4.0 variety.

This release fixes 4 security vulnerabilities that have become obvious over the past couple of weeks. These security concerns can be found at http://security.dotnetnuke.com

This release was tested on the DotNetNuke site over the weekend and then released today.  This allowed time for business owners and other users that were on holiday to have the weekend not to worry about performing updates to their web site because of security issues.

The new release can be downloaded at http://downloads.dotnetnuke.com/

Interesting note for Blogengine.net developers who are looking for some alternate extension ideas. There is a new spam filtering service that is currently being placed out there in the wild in alpha format. This is written entirely in .NET and should be something worth looking at in the next couple of months to see if he can carry through with his ambitious plans for this new service.

Introducing Waegis

Shancer Software has released an awesome host module for use with the DotNetNuke framework.  This module installs easily and creates it's own host menu item and page with the module already installed.

With the module installed it was easy to encrypt my connection string section and my app settings section of my web.config file.  The site's performance was not impacted at all and continued on as normal with all testing.

This module solves the issue of not being able to secure entries within the config file securely.  It is a simple module developed in a professional manner to make security of your config file a sure thing.  The module can be purchased at Snowcovered.  More information about the module can be found at Shancer Software's website.

For anyone who uses the blogengine.net blog for their site and would like to be kept up to date.  Check out the following link to get information about vulnerabilites and news about what is happening with our beloved blog engine.

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