SunBlogNuke - DotNetNuke Blog Module

Finally the SunBlogNuke 5.0 is available to free upgrade today and it will be first version of next generation blog optimized for DNN5 & DNN6. In this building we completed few critical performance optimizations with cache mechanism and enhanced admin panels with uniform UI for better user experience, for example, we provided a new dashboard, which allows you to see the both published and draft posts, categories, tags, and comments pending approval at a quick glance.

Major Highlights in v5.0:

• ENH - Implemented paging control with better user experience.
• ENH - Included dashboard panel with lots of awesome widgets, such as Statistics & Quick Press.
• ENH - Optimized theme configure.
• FIX - Bookmark not compatible with the latest 'sharethis' widget code.
• FIX - Update failure on the configure 'Module Extension' panel due to invalid email address field.
• FIX - Import bug with blogml - views & permalink not updated correctly.

NOTE: from v5.0 the SunBlogNuke will begin to not support dnn4 any more because it will utilize lots of core APIs introduced from DNN5+, such as Taxonomy. If you are still using the dnn4, you don’t have to be worry about it because we will also maintain independent branch of the older version 4.x, which will always be compatible with dnn4 and may be updated with fixes without new features any more.

You can get it here. We hope that with this generation dnn blog module  you can enjoy the blog writing and it will make your life better; plus if you have any good advice about our products, please feel free to leave a comment or contact us.

The SunBlogNuke Team

Today we are glad that the monthly release v3.7.8 for Ultimate DotNetNuke blog module – SunBlogNuke is available for download. In this building we extended dnn core token replace functionality with more awesome & handy tokens and integrated with dnn core profile avatar. In the meant time, that is also a fixed and enhanced version with solving lots of issues and some performance optimizations.As usual, the complete details for all of the changes can be found in the Release Notes.

Major Highlights in v3.7.8:

• Supported [coreprofilelink] token for blog users so that you can custom it with redirecting to dnn core profile page.
• Integrated with dnn core profile avatar, which is available in DotNetNuke 5.3.x and later version.
• Added alternate option to switch comments to Disqus, which is a 3rd party comment system.
• Enhanced Content Slider Widget with supporting more flexible tokens like [ENTRYTEXT], [blog:title] & [author:avatarurl].
• Enhanced edit post panel for better user experience.
• Converted comment status "Reject" into "Delete" to fix issue that Rejected Actually Deletes the Comment from db.
• Fixed issue where comments with links getting mangled sometimes.
• Fixed issue where notification always sent no matter whether checked or unchecked in the assignment process.
• Fixed issue where can not parse template - "Header in the Post" and permalink issue in the template.
• Fixed issue where thumbnail not works well in the Content Slider Widget.
• Fixed issue where directly enter specific admin panel without correct permission.
• Fixed issue where "Latest Without Featured" mode is NOT WORKING in the Content Slider Widget.
• Fixed issue where the Toggle Dashboard fails pretty badly to use IE7.
• Fixed issue where modifying user role not work in assign user panel.
• Fixed issue where ignore "Max.Items.Count" option when applying "LatestWithoutFeatured" mode in Content Slider Widget.
• Fixed issue where contributors are able to publish post without moderation in WLW.
• Fixed issue where cannot create new category in WLW.
• Fixed issue where comments still displays in the recent comment widget after related post deleted.
• Fixed issue where new tag appears in the tag cloud immediately event if the post is scheduled to publish in the future time.
• Code refactoring & performance optimization.
• Other small fixes & customizations.

As with any release, we recommend you perform a complete file and database backup before performing any upgrade on a production website and that you first conduct a trial upgrade on a staging version of the site. Following these guidelines will ensure that you are able to recover should any unforeseen problems arise during the upgrade process.

Note that some issues may occur in the upgrade process if you've developed your customized theme. Just refer to the tutorial - A Quick Note for Enhanced and Fixed Version - SunBlogNuke 3.7.x and follow the instructions. Another possible issue may like the post mentioned - Windows Live Writer failure. Hope it makes sense.

You can get it here. Enjoy blogging and good writing! :)

The SunBlogNuke Team

In the past months there are lots of feature requests for Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke from our customers; we are appreciate those feedback and review them carefully. Today the enhanced version SunBlogNuke 3.1.0 is available with automatic authors assignment, which is also one of the high priority feature requests. As usual, the complete details for all of the changes can be found in the Release Notes.

Major Highlights (updated for fixed version 3.3)

• Supported the sort order feature when editing categories.
• Supported links in comments.
• Fixed the issue where multiple contents in the core search results.
• Fixed the issue where TagCumulus disappear without enabling Friendly Urls.
• Fixed issue where all featured posts disappear when posted back.
• Fixed issue where there are spaces in tags.
• Fixed issue with the tagcloud where it is not compatible with the iFinity URL Master module.
• Fixed issue where all posts disappear when upgrading with v2.4.x.
• Enhanced RPC client service with Metaweblog API.
• Enhanced RssFeed output and fixed some Rss format validate issues.
• Provided the switch option to control the comments order, like from oldest to newest or vice versa.
• Extended blog permission/role – Allow bind the blog role with DNN core role. You get the detailed issue from the post - Automatic authors assignment.
• Fixed issue where toolbar and share icons cut off in IE.
• Supported for RSS auto-discovery aggregation so that your blog RSS feed is easily accessible to visitors for subscribing to it in the latest web browsers, such as IE or Firefox.
• Supported for RSD (Really Simple Discoverability) which allows client software to auto-discover RPC services using nothing more than the URL for your blog.
• Other fixes and more customizations.

As with any release, we recommend you perform a complete file and database backup before performing any upgrade on a production website and that you first conduct a trial upgrade on a staging version of the site. Following these guidelines will ensure that you are able to recover should any unforeseen problems arise during the upgrade process.

You can get it here. Enjoy blogging and good writing! :)

The SunBlogNuke Team

The future of SunBlogNuke looks bright and we have a lot of ideas we want to implement. As I promised in the last post, we will update the Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke Roadmap for new year 2010 so you can see the good stuff we are planning for.

To all of you who are our clients and follow Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke , I wish you the happiness and success during 2010.  I hope that 2010 finds you in good health and full of happiness.

What are your goals and resolutions for this coming year? What are your dreams? What do you hope to accomplish with your DNN website or in your business in general? Here I would like to share us that my goals and resolutions for 2010 are mainly about our Ultimate Blog Module –SunBlogNuke for DotNetNuke CMS:

1. More improvements, optimizations and customizations
2. Get the official website SunBlogNuke recognized/known
3. Provide more tutorials and documents for our clients
4. Build our own community and hope it will established trust and a deep sense of connection with our clients
5. Provide great supports and feedback for our products

Next we will post a detailed roadmap about our Ultimate Blog Module –SunBlogNuke in the new year. Please stay tuned and request your expected features. :)

Today we are very happy to announce that DNN Blog Module ("SunBlogNuke") v2.4.8 is now available. This release includes various enhancements and some bug fixes. Please review the last post about 5 killer features implemented in this release.

Highlight in v2.4.8:

• add the captcha feature to prevent comment spam.
• optimize the feed settings and support the alternate Feed Url, i.e http://feeds.feedburner.com/username .
• fix the default category feature.
• trackback enhancement in post-edit panel
• WLW enhancement, including support author feature and tag autucomplete.
• replace the filed [EntryName] with post slug.
• support the new category feature while writing post.
• some fixes and more customizations.

You can get it here.

If you want to see information about past releases, check out the release notes.