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Ordinarily, you'd be at the right spot, but we've recently launched a brand new community website... For the community, by the community.

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2/14/2009 1:00 PM
 

Mike: The side nav is with a simple control I wrote speficifically for this site. Most of the menu solutions I encountered did Parent, Child or Sibling. I needed something that detected the highest level root item for a page and then displayed the entire contents of that section. (I'll be honest, I did not search for very long before writing my own because it turned out to be very simple.) I'll clean-up the code so it is not embarrassing and share the control.

John: Hi (been a while). Forum skin is coming as are new icons that are more consistent.

Tak: Can you tell me what browser has the problem you described?

Nik

 


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2/14/2009 1:11 PM
 

Icons partly visible in IE7 and IE8 RC1 comp. mode. Looks nice in IE8 normal mode.

 

 
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2/14/2009 1:26 PM
 

Hi Nik,

I would love to have a copy of that control.  I use Ventrian Child Links on everything I do but it would sure be nice to have the functionality you have here, it is a very smart way of keeping the site user-friendly.  I keep wanting to learn asp.net programming, I did a lot of .asp stuff but lost most of my skills when I started using DNN as most good things are already made.

Keep up the good work, DNN is looking great and I look forward to 5.01

Mike

 
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2/14/2009 1:44 PM
 

Sooo much better.  Glad to see the clutter gone.  I think the buttons along the top add a nice touch.

I noticed right away, however, that there needs to be a bit more clarity for the Community and the Professional version.  Although this encorporates the site changes with some branding issues, I figured this might be a good place to put it.

1.  On every page past the home page, you show the purchase version of DotNetNuke in the left pane.  Add a reference to the community version on every page as well.

2.  As often as possible (such as in the image of the Professional DNN software box), you need to remind people (at the minimum) that it is the open source code plus professional support.  Perhaps the image of the box should have the words "Certified Open Source Code + Professional Support" on it.  If you have a second box showing the Community Version, you could have the words "Open Source Code + Community Support".  Although those short descriptions do not encompass all the differences between the two versions, it would go a long way towards educating your audience about the basics.

3.  As soon as possible, create a feature matrix.  Because the Community edition contains all of the same features and benefits as DNN before the Professional edition, you can show with a checkmark that the features are the same.  Then, everywhere you are adding new benefits such as the professional support, you very prominantly add a "NEW" icon of some sort.  New potential users will understand what the differences are and you might avoid those old suspicious users who think that they are getting less than they were before. 

Thanks for all your hard work on this!

 
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2/14/2009 5:23 PM
 

irisheyes wrote

Sooo much better.  Glad to see the clutter gone.  I think the buttons along the top add a nice touch.

I noticed right away, however, that there needs to be a bit more clarity for the Community and the Professional version.  Although this encorporates the site changes with some branding issues, I figured this might be a good place to put it.

1.  On every page past the home page, you show the purchase version of DotNetNuke in the left pane.  Add a reference to the community version on every page as well.

2.  As often as possible (such as in the image of the Professional DNN software box), you need to remind people (at the minimum) that it is the open source code plus professional support.  Perhaps the image of the box should have the words "Certified Open Source Code + Professional Support" on it.  If you have a second box showing the Community Version, you could have the words "Open Source Code + Community Support".  Although those short descriptions do not encompass all the differences between the two versions, it would go a long way towards educating your audience about the basics.

3.  As soon as possible, create a feature matrix.  Because the Community edition contains all of the same features and benefits as DNN before the Professional edition, you can show with a checkmark that the features are the same.  Then, everywhere you are adding new benefits such as the professional support, you very prominantly add a "NEW" icon of some sort.  New potential users will understand what the differences are and you might avoid those old suspicious users who think that they are getting less than they were before. 

Thanks for all your hard work on this!

I second the above suggestions. I would also love to know the cost of getting the professional edition right away instead of my spend time looking for it.

 

 
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