hello,

im a long-time asp.net app dev, but am thinking ab out using DNN for a non-profit group. they would like a community style portal, where admins can manage users, publish recent data, events, documents, house forums, etc. DNN sounded like a good fit for this.

naturally i have some questions... mostly related to customization.

1) if i want custom functionality (say for a tool specific to my client), how do i do this? create a traditional ASP.NET page that works w/ DNN somehow, or by creating a custom module?

2) some of the site hosts offer auto-installs of DNN. is custom code typically compatible w/ these environments? or if you go w/ the auto-installs are you locked to their stock modules?

...any help you can provide is appreciated.

thanks,
matt

see:

Introduction to DotNetNuke Module Development

• What is a DotNetNuke Module?
• Installing a Module
• A Look into the DotNetNuke Module Definition
• A Module Can Have Multiple Instances

...cool. sounds like then, what one does is write their new functionality into modules, package it, and install it.

thanks,
matt