In the times, when everything is getting virtual, there is no need to harp on the advantages of Internet and Websites and tell you the multiple benefits of websites for individuals, organizations and businesses. The question now is how efficiently you can manage your web presence and stays updated with the latest happenings in the fast-paced World Wide Web community that has a new development every fraction of a second.
What is DotNetNuke?
DotNetNuke also known as DNN is a versatile web application framework with a wide range of amazing features and possibilities for multiple web based applications. You can use DNN for creating Websites, Web Portals, and E-commerce sites, Corporate Intranets, Extranets, Online Publishing Portals, Customer Vertical Applications and other similar applications.
DNN is a VB.NET/ASP.NET based web application framework. DNN is available as open source software under the BSD agreement. This means that it has Linux type of versatility and the members of DNN community and public have the access to and the permission for getting the software. Ability of the users and members of DNN community to view the source code of the software and add new modules, skins and features enhance the functionality of DotNetNuke to suit different requirements. This versatile web application software is available free. You simply have to download it from the DNN website www.DotNetNuke.com.
Moreover, you can even update the software, create your own modules, skins and help the DNN community. Individuals and companies work to provide new modules and skins for the DNN framework. Sometimes these modules are available free.
DNN- Amazing Features
DNN provides all the conceivable options, features and tools for designing and maintaining a website. With a DNN based website, the Website administrator enjoys a complete control over the content, design, layout, updating, membership and security of the website. These days when static sites are passé and everyone is looking for real time content management and information sharing, DNN comes as a boon for the website administrators and webmasters. An efficient Content Management System (CMS), sets you free from the shackles of setting up HTML based websites. When you need to update and add new content and information to your web applications, DNN based web applications simplify all your website content management and updating requirements. By using this amazing web application framework, uploading and adding text and graphics to your website, providing regular updates and even providing and managing an online shop is a simple task and a person with no programming knowledge can handle these tasks easily with DNN based websites and applications.
DotNetNuke, which started from the IBUYSPY project of Microsoft Corporation, aimed at providing a portal with shopping facility. However, now DotNetNuke has achieved magnanimous proportions and have a wide range of versatile features that were once a distant dream for the webmasters. The content deployment, updating and modification have become very simple and timely. The Website administrators can handle these tasks rather easily without having to take the HTML tutorials. All this is possible because of this multifunctional and easy to use web application framework called DNN.
The working of DNN is so simple that within a few minutes after downloading the software, even a person with no knowledge of web programming can piece together a compete web portal with advanced features. DNN framework allows you to create and update content pages, change website layout and design, use DNN modules for making announcements, new events, launches, creating banner advertisements, and even submitting the site to search engines. Moreover, DNN framework provides you complete control over membership logins and site security.
Imagine, now you can make new announcements, place the images of your new products and even show the real time news, that too without any specialized web programming knowledge. Sounds Utopian! No, it is true and all this and much more is possible with DotNetNuke framework.
The enhanced functionally of DNN is based in its amazing modules that can perform unbelievable task rather easily. The biggest advantage of DNN based sites is its flexibility and adaptability for different requirements without many hassles.
The possibilities with DNN framework are endless. The version 2 of DNN provides you the freedom from a website template that has a series of vertical columns. Moreover, you can even have multiple templates across one website. More than 200,000 and still growing members of the DNN community are striving to provide you enhanced functionality in the DNN framework. Now what are you waiting for? Join the DNN Community and be a part of the web application framework that has already created history and still growing strong.
David Cohanoff