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2/16/2009 8:22 PM
 
I struggle to find a list which tells me what is new in DNN 5.0 as compared to previous versions. It makes it hard to make a decision (and sell this decision to others) to upgrade to the next version if we don't know what it will give us. Am I just too dumb to find a page on dotnetnuke.com which tells me the latest and greatest about the new version? Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find anything! Thank you Peter
 
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2/16/2009 8:49 PM
 

1) Google "dotnetnuke 5" + "what's new"

2) Search "dotnetnuke 5" or "cambrian" in the blogs

3) Evaluate DotNetNuke 5 yourself (install it locally), there are is also a section within the application that tells you.

Don't install DotNetNuke 5 until 5.0.1 is released (my best bit of advice), test your upgrade first and backup!

Hope this helps...



Alex Shirley


 
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2/16/2009 9:17 PM
 

Cheers for your answer. I did most of it! The google search returns nothing really satisfactory (first link brings up a slide show of 9 slides where 5 are not about DNN 5.0). I am not part of the DNN team I am just a user. So to be honest, I never heard of Cambrian . The serach in the blogs was the only way I could find something which helped me! So thanks for this advice. Just a thought, when a software organisation releases a major release like DNN 5.0 wouldn't it be benefitial to "market" the new features on the home page? I could imagine that a lot of people using DNN are looking for a list of changes. Not necessarily for a list of every bug fix but for some arguments to convince their clients to upgrade (and maybe pay for the upgrade). 

The "evaluate DNN 5.0 yourself" option might be good but is very time consuming to find all the new features. 

And yes, I agree with the "wait for 5.0.1" approach! 

Anyway, thank you again for replying. It was veru helpful!

Cheers

Peter

Alex Shirley wrote

1) Google "dotnetnuke 5" + "what's new"

2) Search "dotnetnuke 5" or "cambrian" in the blogs

3) Evaluate DotNetNuke 5 yourself (install it locally), there are is also a section within the application that tells you.

Don't install DotNetNuke 5 until 5.0.1 is released (my best bit of advice), test your upgrade first and backup!

Hope this helps...

 
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2/17/2009 3:38 AM
 

 Just a comprehensive summary of the new features:

  • Admin modules now behave like other modules, you can grant access to any role/users.
  • You can grant deploy permission to any module definition, i.e. to allow specific roles/users to place the module on a page (or hide a definition from the dropdown list of available modules)
  • you can now not only grant but revoke permissions
  • there is now a universal installer for modules, Skins, Containers, Skin Objects, Providers and Language Packs, which is extensible and supports rollback.
  • All installable add-ons are now listed inside "Extensions" admin/host module.

Many additional changes has been made "under the hood" to prepare for future extensions being announced for 5.x in 2009 (Content Localization, Workflow & Versioning, Social Community Features).


Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

dnnWerk - The DotNetNuke Experts   German Spoken DotNetNuke User Group

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2/17/2009 7:22 PM
 

> Just a thought, when a software organisation releases a major release like DNN 5.0 wouldn't it be benefitial to "market" the new features on the home page?

The availability is advertised on the home page, the detail is generally done through the blogs (and the real story is often the forums!)...

My approach is to just install it locally and play around with it for half a day to a day.

Thanks



Alex Shirley


 
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