Hi,
I'm currently running my community site on Community Server 2008.5 SP2 and due to the changes licensing prices etc. then I'm now evaluating DNN as a replacement. My site has approx. 58000 members, 80000 treads and 160000 forum posts, plus about 50 different blogs, the wikipedia and quite a lot of entries in the "MediaGallery" (used for downloads).
I have seen that Chris Hammond have created a migration project on Codeplex to upgrade from CS 2.2 to DNN, but since the data structure has not changed that much, then I expect that this can be altered to upgrade from my CS 2008.5. But it's only upgrading the forums. At least that means that I don't have to do everything from the beginning. So if anyone knows other tools that can be used to migrate blogs, wiki and media, then I would love to hear about it.
In the regards to the CS 2 DNN migration tool, then I have a question. This tool migrates to the DNN Forums, not the new Active Forums. So I guess that the best way is to install the DNN forums and migrate to this and then upgrade the DNN Forums to AF. I have seen that an upgrade tool should be available in Q2 2011, but I cannot find this anywhere.
In terms of a multi blog setup, what options do I have with DNN? I mean what modules/extensions do I need for this. And the same question goes in the direction of a replacement for the CS wikipedia. In regards to my current Download section (based on CS' media gallery), is there a comparable module/extension for DNN. Or even better something that has been created specific for handling software and documentation downloads?
Otherwise my evaluation of DNN so far looks good. I tested DNN 2-3 years ago and I'm happily surprised of the way it looks today.
Best regards,
Erik Ernst