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11/20/2006 11:12 AM
 
I have a customer who runs many different sites which each have their own domain and identity. The problem is that there is no CMS so all the staff have a copy of frontpage on their desktops which makes the sites very hard to maintain and there is also no company standards for building quality sites before launch.

I have been contracted to recommend and implement a system that will allow staff to manage content using a permission structure. Also, there is an in house developer who will be writing modules such as database driven forms, lists, event calendars etc.

It is very important that each of the sites maintain their own identity and the client also launches several microsites every couple of months which need to be maintained by staff.

Is DNN suitable for this situtation or is it more of an intranet product? If so, can someone give me a vague idea of what i should setup in regards to portal, where the core code should sit and should 1 database manage all sites?

Thanks, AG
 
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11/21/2006 8:33 AM
 

It sounds like DNN would be very helpful in your situation because it is very easy to configure security groups and give certain people access to only certain pages to edit. It is very easy to maintain, just log in and make your chages. DNN is good for intranets or regular websites. We use it for both. We have a few different websites and subsites within our company and we keep the different websites seperate - on a different dnn installation so they each have their own database. We do this just to play it safe, so if something goes wrong with one of the sites the others are unaffected. We also use database driven forms, so we programmed them and put them out on the server, then we had to iframe them into a page, and it works great. For the most part we use pre-made modules from www.SnowCovered.com and make any changes if we need to. They have some great modules - I would see if you could find something first before creating one, the modules are usually very cheap and very good. Good luck!
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11/21/2006 9:03 AM
 
IMO DotNetNuke can be setup to suit the needs f your customre very well. Of course, for detailed configuration additional informationabout the demands are needed. Try to get fimiliar with the Framework or find a DNN professional assisting you.

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Sebastian Leupold

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11/28/2006 7:09 PM
 

For managing your existing web pages I wouldn't recommend DNN as a source code vault. Check out SourceSafe from microsoft. There's a free source code control system on the web but I forget it's name.

 

DNN should be great for moving forward on future customers as you can have all your code in one area, the skinning interface leaves the look of your sites limited only to your ability and you can make it do anything you want if you can write your own modules.

 
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11/29/2006 12:17 AM
 
From what you described DNN would be a very good match for what you want to do and you can control who can change what content at the module instance level, so it can be very fined tuned.  I do agree with previous post that you should download DNN, play with it, and even find a DNN professional to help you implement this.  For some help in that area you should check you www.dnnguru.com/
 
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