Hi GAinsworth,

Voicing frustrastions in IT circles is common, especially when they are common frustrations.  Most people involved in Open Source Initiatives such as this enjoy the IT industry and helping each other out.  Those who have been on the receiving end of support and are successfully using DNN and its feature rich modular services, are eager to become problem solvers themselves.  I cannot begin to even think were I would begin to thank the DNN Core members and the DNN community as a whole, other than to help out others in the very limited capacity I can.

On behalf of me, your non-apology is accepted.  I've noticed your website is down.  If you are looking for assistance with getting DNN up and running let me know as I would be glad to help. Also, many ISPs offer DNN as a built in "service" that you can take advantage of to quickly build your site and get it up and running.  Best of Luck!

John

Hi GAinsworth!

Wow, I must admit methodology, standards, UML, etc., are not my favorite subjects to delve into.  A recent attempt at reading a highly rated book on Extreme Programming proved futile.  The Wrox DotNetNuke book has an interesting introduction on how this effort came together and what hurdles and challenges were overcome.  I recall using Anderson's Method-1 with the various gates that we needed to get thru even before a project was funded (...I am dating myself, too!).

I have a few open posts on different boards asking for assistance on how to "sync" or export my database to my ISP in SQL 2005.  My frustration is that what was so easy in SQL 2000, i.e. the Export Wizard, does not accomplish the task of moving my SQL database to my remote site since some of the features have been removed!!! Argh!  And this is a common problem that people are finding "hacks" at, but I just think I must be missing something with SQL 2005 being so new to me.

If you are still having the same problem (sorry, I missed your other post so don't know what issue(s) you are having), please feel free to email me at itfriend@dls.net or post it here.  I would be happy to take a crack at it.  My offer still stands regarding assistance in getting a DNN site up and running (less my issue, not specific to DNN, with exporting the database to the ISP).  I do have VS 2K3/SQL 2000 & VS 2K5/SQL 2K5 and can get either up and running w/o a hitch.

Best of luck!

John