Hey there,

I am a newbie considering DNN. Just installed DNN 4.3.3 and configured my site. Looks cool and all.. :) But I want to add an image which has a dynamic url based on today's date. What is the best approach to implement this image, let's say, on the Home page? I do not mean the code for getting the correct ImageUrl, but how to do it in DNN...

grtz,
Octavie

Hey Nik,

Thanx for replying. What I wanted to do is to show Garfield's Daily Comic. That url is changing every day based on today's date... that's the dynamic part...

Since I have little knowledge about the DotNetNuke Framework I puzzled for hours last night. So, here is my solution...

On my Home tab I put a Media Module and set the basic settings. In the Page_Load of the Default.aspx I placed this code:

'Setting Url Garfield Daily Comic
If PortalSettings.ActiveTab.TabName = "Home" Then

'Get all modules placed on the Home tab
Dim homeModules As ArrayList = PortalSettings.ActiveTab.Modules

'Loop through the found modules and get the Media module for Garfield
For i As Integer = 0 To homeModules.Count - 1

Dim moduleInfo As DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.ModuleInfo = CType(homeModules(i), DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.ModuleInfo)

If moduleInfo.FriendlyName = "Media" Then

'Getting and setting the info is done by the Media Controller
Dim controller As New DotNetNuke.Modules.Media.MediaController
Dim mediaInfo As DotNetNuke.Modules.Media.MediaInfo = controller.GetMedia(moduleInfo.ModuleID)

If mediaInfo.Alt = "Garfield" Then
   mediaInfo.Src = GetGarfieldDailyComicUrl()
   controller.UpdateMedia(mediaInfo)
End If

End If

Next

End If

There is also a private function to set the correct url for the image. So... this works, but is it the correct way to do it? Somehow, I've got the feeling there is a more effecient way to do it...

grtz,
Octavie