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8/8/2007 4:55 PM
 
akb

Joined: 10/9/2006
Posts: 11

Hi there,

I'd like to start writing a navigation plugin to have a good start in writing plugins for DotNetNuke. Well, I am more of a newbie in windows programming as I am coming from the usual LAMP website development scheme. So I'd be glad if someone could tell me a bit more of the coherencies I have to take a look at.

I assume I have to compile this plugin as a dll that I can call from an .ascx file, right? How would this all look like, how are the dependencies, what can be done using the dll and what has to be written as script code (.ascx, .ascx.vb/cs) and things like that?

Well, I do not want a complex tutorial with this request or something like that, I just need a bit of visualization of what I have to do.

I've alrady taken a look at the module development resources, but I don't get the clue regarding the writing of what I have described above, these development resources look more like a guide to site modules for me, not handling the thing that goes into templates and things like that.

Well, maybe my request is a bit strange, but I have to get some type of overview about this.

 

Thanks in advance

Arne

 
 
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8/9/2007 8:34 AM
 
Wes Tatters


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I would suggest that trying to build a NAVIGATION component may be a big ask as your first exploration of the DNN framework.
And in reality, there are any number of navigation tools already in the DNN core or available for download.

Getting hold of a generic book on ASP.NET 2.0 web development would be a good start
 - to get an understanding of how the various elements of a ASP.NET based web site function.

Such a book will not cover the specifics of DNN coding but is still a good place to start.

In terms of DNN and your request.

Most Navigation elements are created as [SKIN] components ... you can create a skin component either as a COMPILED DLL module
or simply as a DYNAMIC module.  Both methods work perfectly fine.

Westa
 
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