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DNN Module Update Policy

Interactive Webs Australia is focused on the development of technology associated with the Internet. For many years we have been producing and continue to produce a large range of DotNetNuke modules.

For several years we have been producing the DNN modules and continuing to ensure that the module's work as advertised in the various release versions of DNN. As a result of these upgrades of DNN and our continued improvement and bug fixing of our own modules, we produce a number of regular updates. To date we have always provided these updates free of charge. The latest version of all our modules is available on our download page on our website www.interactivewebs.com.

Our plan for the foreseeable future is to continue to provide the upgrades to our modules free of charge!

However, we would like to be completely clear that it is not a condition of sale that these modules are provided with upgrades indefinitely free of charge. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time and without notice. At any time we may select to charge for upgrades, or stop producing upgrades altogether.

If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact us using our contact us page from our website listed above.

Module News

One of the most asked for features of the DotNetNuke user registration process is to allow users to register without the need for a user name.

Today we have added this feature to the DotNetNuke Advanced Login Module.

User Name Omission

Normally DotNetNuke requires a user name to be entered at registration. The Advanced Login Module will automatically create a DNN user name at registration time, even if the token for User Name is not included in the registration form. This way you can allow users to register with an email address and no user name, while in the background the Advanced Login Module handles the user name for you.

How It Works

If omitted from the registration form, the user name will be taken from the email address.

david@domain.com for example will generate a user name using all data from before the @ symbol.

david@domain.com = david as the user name.

If david is already taken as a user name, then david-01 or david-02 etc. will be used automatically.

This keeps the username familiar to users should it ever be provided to them, yet keeps the registration process as simple as possible.

The module is available as a Free DNN Module trial on our site.
We have found an issue that would prevent the Google Analytics report module from rendering in certain websites under certain conditions.

The symptoms of the issue are that the module reports “invalid data” when you have configured the module settings.

If you experience this error messages, then the solution is easy…

Ensure you have a version of the module that is later than 45.06.02 – Available from our website as a download here: http://www.interactivewebs.com/DotNetNukeModules/ModuleDownloads.aspx

Then after updating, you need to check the option that says: “Render Chart from Control”

This should allow the chart to report past the Invalid data error.

The error relates to the DotNetNuke Alias redirection settings in the DNN Site Admin settings, and appears to be when a redirection has been defined in the settings.

If the redirection is turned to none, this should also fix the error.

Alternatively it appears to have been fixed in DotNeTNuke release 06.01.01. But who is to day that the issue will not creep into later releases of the module.
DotNetNuke 6x has a great looking default skin called DarkKnight, and the skin design has previously caused some layout issues with the Mushroom Light Module Templates.

To correct this, we have created two new templates that are designed specifically to work with the DarkKnight skin in DotNetNuke.

Called:
- DarkKnight-Small
- DarkKnight-Large
They produce the following results…

With the Large template being the content on the left, and the bottom right showing the content of the small template.

This makes the module perfect for use with DotNetNuke 6x our of the box.

How to Set the Templates

The templates are selected through the normal RSS Template Tab in the module.

1. Select Load Template Button

2. Select the appropriate template and press the select button.

That will load the new templates and be ready to use on your site.
Today we are please to announce that the Activity Emailer Module for DotNetNuke, will support and run on DNN 6x.

This single package will now run on all DNN versions from 04.05.05 and later, including DNN 5x (all versions) and DNN 6x.

To Understand the Module

To understand the best use for this module, it is necessary to understand the type of situation it was designed for…

Any business that has a membership database, for example a gym, club or association, church etc. Who currently have an in office database of membership details, and want to run a website that allows members to update their details online, will need a way to have the databases linked from the website back to the membership database in the office.

In many cases we develop custom modules that feed and sync data to a “backend database” to meet specific needs. However sometimes clients simply cannot afford the expense of a customized application that links membership databases.

This module is the cost effective solution. This module sends a simple email to a configured email address with a list of the changes that members who have logged into their website have made. This email can then manually be entered into the “backend database” by staff in the office.

Example
- A local gym with 500 members has a database to manage membership and billing information in the office.
- The office database is proprietary software and although a connection module is possible, the cost of development is prohibitive.
- Membership details are exported from the office to the web.
- Members of the gym are encouraged via promotions etc. to keep their details up to date on the login area of the gyms DNN website.
If you are using the Advanced Email Module for DotNeTNuke, called bulk emailer, and you find that the links you place in your emails are not working when they arrive as an email. Then the fix is simple.

In the Bulk Emailer Settings Menu

Click on the option to Update Link

This will force the module to operate on the URL that you are currently working with on the site. It is necessary when you install the module in a dev URL and then try to operate through another URL such as a final domain name url.

The help for the item reads:

If you change the domain name that this module is operating on, then you should click ‘Update Links’ to reset the base URL for Email Tracking, Unsubscription and View Online.