Thickbox and Google Maps API - avoiding random thickbox initialization

dnnuke.blogspot.com — Thickbox is a very nice JQuery-based Javascript plugin that allows you to present images and other stuff (even whole pages!) in your page in a popup manner but without leaving the current page or opening a new one. Essentially, it's considered an evolution of the Lightbox script which only works with images. read more...

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Creating pages based on templates - eventually!

dnnuke.blogspot.com — All my attempts to use custom templates when creating new DNN pages for my portals were frustrating. Even though I exported the template from a page using the Export feature, the new template would not show up at all in the combo box when creating a new page, although it existed in the file system. Even the default template wouldn't show up! read more...

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Integrating the Lightbox JS 2.03.3 image overlay script with DNN

dnnuke.blogspot.com — According to its creators, "Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers." And it really does what they say. So, why not use it with DNN? The fact that it can also work with groups of pictures providing basic back/forward navigation functionality makes it ideal as a lightweight picture gallery. Of course, it can be used with single pictures too, eliminating popup windows in order to see a picture, complete with (optional) caption, at a larger size. read more...

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Using the ListX module to create a DotNetNuke master-detail interface

dnnuke.blogspot.com — The title may seem complex at first, but in fact what I would like to demonstrate is the exciting functionality of the ListX module with which not only can you issue custom queries (for tables inside your own DotNetNuke database or for any other source) and display results as a grid or repeater-like style, but you can also easily create detail pages - AJAX-enabled - which can reflect your choice in the "master" part without even having to reload the current web page. read more...

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Testing the ISearchable interface

dnnuke.blogspot.com — When you create a DotNetNuke custom module you often have to implement the ISearchable interface which allows you to integrate your module's data in DotNetNuke's Search indexer so that they are available when a user performs a search on your portal. read more...

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Creating a simple, reusable Windows Service (template code) - Part II

dotnetzone.gr — In part I, we examined how we can extend the Service Control methods by adding methods for all states of the Windows service in addition to the two methods provided by the designer. As you may remember, each of those methods called our own private Service Control method. Our private Service Control methods are implemented below: read more...

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Debugging ... With a fishbone

dotnetzone.gr — Sounds familiar? The customer reports a problem that can't be reproduced. No errors were logged and no error messages generated. No-one can go to the customer's site for at least a day. All we have to work with are the symptoms reported by the customer and the source code. How do we find the bug with so little information ? read more...

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Using a trigger to perform mass-update-safe, specific-field calculatio

dotnetzone.gr — You’ve got a table which contains some information and you want to perform calculations based on this information and store them in the same table or in another table. The calculations must always be up-to-date. The calculations are performed via a complex User Defined Function which accepts the other fields’ values as parameters. The table has got thousands of rows and thus you do not want to use a view because it’ll degrade the overall performance. For the same reason, you do not want to use a calculated field. read more...

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