Nik Kalyani's Irrationally Exuberant Musings on Technology
In an average week, I communicate on the phone, by email, through webinars and in person, with some 100 DotNetNuke business customers, prospects and partners. A majority of them use DotNetNuke in some mission-critical way. I enjoy these conversations and get many insights on their real-world experience with DotNetNuke. I have noticed that there are some common things that end-users find problematic with... 
Here’s an illustration depicting a common scenario for DotNetNuke Deployment in the Enterprise. Click the image for a higher-res version. If you find the image helpful, feel free to use it as needed without any restrictions or attribution... 
If you are using IIS7, it’s very easy to ensure that all requests always go to your preferred canonical URL. It’s a two step process:
Step 1: Install the UrlRewrite module for IIS: http://www.iis.net/expand/URLRewrite
Step 2: Add the following rule to your applications web.config file:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<clear... 
This is the last post in my four-part series on DotNetNuke Widgets. Here’s a review of the other posts in this series:
Part 1 – Overview of DotNetNuke Widgets
Part 2 – DotNetNuke Widgets reference
Part 3 – Insights into how you can develop your own Widgets for DotNetNuke
In this post, I’ll walk you through the code of the TechBubble CatalogWidget. This Widget displays a... 
Continuing my series on DotNetNuke Widgets, here is Part 3 where I provide insights into how you can develop your own Widgets for DotNetNuke. If you haven’t already done so, read Part 1 (overview of DotNetNuke Widgets) and Part 2 (DotNetNuke Widgets reference) to better understand the concepts explored in this post. Let’s get started.
Location and Naming Conventions
Widgets are located in two... 
