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5/9/2006 10:48 AM
 
Bill Grieser

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I am evaluating content management systems for a US Government client. I have a few questions about DotNetNuke that I was hoping someone could help me with.

1) It appears that all DotNetNuke pages are dynamically generated. The content on my client's pages will only change a few times per day. Is it possible to create a static version of all the pages and change them when needed? For instance, some kind of timer that expired every 5 minutes and determined if the underlying data changed and regenerated the pages affected would be fine. We may not be able to install DNN on the actual web server that the general public accesses but we are able to give it static pages through a mechanism I am still investigating.

2) The client desires to have an approval process for content. For instance, the PR person may create an announcement but it requires the general manager's approval before publishing. Is this approval feature a part of DNN? Also the client would like to be able to rollback changes if they end up publishing something that they didn't mean to.

3) The client generates a feature story each week for the web about their operations which includes text and a picture. Their desire is that every time there is a new story, the old ones are available to the public through an archive section. Is there a DNN module that would do this kind of thing?

4) The client requires the site to be Section 508 compliant -- in other words, the site has to be accessible to screen readers and so forth. Is there support in DNN for this?

Thanks very much for the help --

Bill

 

 

 
 
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5/17/2006 1:51 PM
 
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  1. In every module's settings, you can specify how long it's cached. The most you can do is 999999 seconds, which is just 11d 13h 46m 39s. This won't really give you "static" pages, per se; but, along with the rest of the caching, this should help performance for static content. Also of note, you can clear this cache at any time in the action menu. Additionally/alternatively, you can go to a page's settings to add meta tags for caching.

  2. Workflow and historical data aren't built into DNN at this time, but it is something that's being looked at. You'll need to look at 3rd party modules for something like this. The Wiki Module should have some of these capabilities, but it's currently in beta.

  3. There are probably 50 different ways to do this. Ok, maybe that's an exaguration, but I bet I could come close! One way you could accomplish this would be to add a module to the page and specify start/end dates. As long as modules were started/stopped in conjunction with each other, you would receive the desired affect. Another option would be to publish stories in an XML file and use the XML Module to render the XML with an XSL file that limits the display to one item - I've done this before. Alternatively, you can use this same approach with the Blogs Module, which could manage the stories and publish the feed in RSS. Like I said, these are only a few of the options you have.

  4. I haven't done a full test on DNN for this, but I'm pretty confident the answer is no. We are working dilligently to fix this, but it takes time. I have noticed that the 3.3/4.1 release is much better when it comes to standards; however, there are still some places where it's lacking. All we can suggest is that you let us know when you find an issue in this (or any other) area. One important thing to note, however, is that third party modules must also implement standards on their own. We cannot control how others implement modules. So, if you plan on purchasing third party modules, I'd talk to them about their standardization support as well.

Best of luck with your implementation! DNN is perfect for the government because of its incredible flexibility. While it may be questioned in the federal space because of standards compliance and even that it's open source, it proves to be a great solution for common problems. I also have a US gov't client who is interested in Section 508. Luckily, the features DNN brings to the table distract them enough to not question compliance that much
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