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1/7/2009 10:37 AM
 
Mark Leidlein

Joined: 6/11/2007
Posts: 22

Is there a good overview of the new features in DNN5? I know there is the change log but that is too detailed. We're just looking for a good high-level overview so we have some idea on why we want to use this release.

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1/7/2009 11:32 AM
 
Alex Shirley


Joined: 1/30/2006
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There is plenty of info available in these forums, but mainly the blogs.

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1/8/2009 8:58 AM
 
iwonder

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Joined: 2/9/2007
Posts: 628

Maybe this will help.  It's a summary of the What's New info from my test DNNv5.0.0 site...

What's New in 05.00.00

Major Highlights

  • Added jQuery support to the core platform.  jQuery will now be distributed as part of the DotNetNuke installation and will be available for use by module developers.
  • Added support for Internet Explorer 8 Web Slices.  Administrators can configure any module to use IE8 Web Slices including the ability to set time-to-live and expiration values.
  • Removed distinction between admin modules and pages and normal pages.  This allows administrators to easily delegate access to any portion of the application to any group of users.
  • Updated the installation services to support manifest files for all extension types.  Now skins, containers, providers and modules are all first class citizens that can be installed and uninstalled.
  • Expanded XHTML, WCAG and ADA compliance.
  • Refactored core to improve support for Unit Testing.  Refactored several core classes to use interfaces and added a simple component factory to provide dependency injection support. 
  • Added ability to deny permissions in the permissions grid.  This new feature extends the permission framework to give administrators greater flexibility in defining permissions.
  • Added Widget framework.  The new Widget framework allows you to quickly add JavaScript/html widgets to your site with very little effort.  The framework supports the use of a simple object tag based representation which means you don’t have to know JavaScript in order to add the widgets.
  • Added new Object notation for using skin objects in Skins.  Skin designers will no longer need to include separate XML files when creating and packaging skins.  No more funky “[SKINOBJECT]” tags littering your html.  This significantly simplifies the process of creating skins and further opens up skin development to a broader group of designers.  If you include a simple JavaScript reference in your HTML skin, you can even get a full WYSIWYG experience when designing your skin.

Security Fixes

  • Includes a rollup of all 4.x security fixes

Updated Modules/Providers

The following modules and providers have been updated in the 5.0.0 packages.  Please see the specific project pages for notes on what bugs or enhancements were corrected with each release.

Providers

In addition to these highlights there are literally hundreds of bug fixes in this release.

 
 
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