SunBlogNuke - DotNetNuke Blog Module

Today we are glad that the release candidate version 4.0 for Ultimate DotNetNuke blog module - SunBlogNuke is available for free upgrade finally. In this building we had taken lots of attentions on "Refactor". With refactor it will be able to extend more features easily. Plus, we make it stay flexible by reducing obstacles to changes so that you will respond to customers' requirements quickly. We hope that it will be the kind of beautiful, elegant and productive software. Also it includes some awesome features, like integration with Google reCAPTCHA, support for Vote Up/Vote Down and new theme configure process with providing thumbnail and preview feature. As usual, the complete details for all of the changes can be found in the Release Notes.

Major Highlights in v4.0:

• ENH - Refactored theme configure process with providing thumbnail and preview feature.
• ENH - Extended thumbnail feature when editing post.
• ENH - Split "TagCloud Widget" into an optional module so that you can add it into any page at any time and point it to any blog on the portal.
• ENH - Converted old url with new "year/x/month/x" format in the monthly archive.
• ENH - Added new option for coping any existing blog settings when creating new blog, so don't have to go through and do all of it manually every time.
• ENH - New rule with no captcha for post author.
• ENH - Integrated with Google reCAPTCHA
• ENH - Implemented new Vote Up/Vote Down feature.
• ENH - Released new themes - eNews theme with supporting thumbnail view.
• FIX - Journal entry in the Active Social not posted when publishing draft.
• Lots of fixes & enhancements.

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. Please refer to the tutorial - Must-Read Note for SunBlogNuke v4.0 and follow the instructions. Hope it makes sense.

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

The SunBlogNuke Team

Today I am glad to announce that the latest version of Ultimate DNN Blog Module - SunBlogNuke v3.5.4 Release Candidate is available for free upgrade, which implemented some the high priority feature requests and fixed some urgent bugs. As usual, the complete details for all of the changes can be found in the Release Notes.

Major Highlights in v3.5.4

• Fixed issue where draft posts appear in the archive post count.
• Fixed issue where scheduled posts appear in the archive view.
• Fixed issue where view count should exclude clicks from search engine crawlers and robots.
• Enhanced Author Widget with template support which you configure in the widget settings like Content Slider Widget.
• Supported search feature in post manage panel.
• Supported blogid and current (EntryInfo) properties in post view model.
• Added DashBoardZone widget which will provide better User Experience.
• Added new fields [Slug], [MetaKeywords] & [MetaDescription] for SEO and provided you more control over how your content is recognized.
• Supported convenient feature - the single-click approval emails for pending review comments.
• Supported new option with which you can control the length of Auto-Generated Feed Summary.
• Other small fixes & 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.

When we released the SunBlogNuke v3.5.0 last week, some issues occurred in the upgrade process. Then we looked into the install package and found out the problem. It is because of their customized theme not compatible with the latest version as we came to the Conclusion in the post [Develop Your Customized Theme for DNN Blog Module]:

The benefits of developing customized theme is that you will not overwrite the modified design in the upgrade process. There may be some compatible issues with the latest version but it should not occur in common. Please note that if there exists some errors you may have to compare it with the core theme and try to fix it. And if you have any questions simply leave a comment and I’ll jump in and help you out.

For example, you open up the detailview.ascx in your customized theme and find out the register line and modify it as follows:

Original:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="uc" TagName="Rating" Src="~/DesktopModules/SunBlog/Shared/Widget_**Rating.ascx**" %>

Modified:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="uc" TagName="Rating" Src="~/DesktopModules/SunBlog/Shared/**Rating.ascx**" %>

Well, please feel free to get this release candidate here. Enjoy blogging and good writing! :)

The SunBlogNuke Team

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!  It’s been a little while since our last SunBlogNuke Update, but things here at SunBlogNuke Modules have remained busy!  Ultimate blog module SunBlogNuke 03.04.00 was released yesterday evening.  This release contains several fixes to issues that had emerged with previous releases, as well as enhancements, such as the ability to support [EXCERPTTEXT] & [EXCERPT] token for customized template, to provide you with the option for rendering items of monthly archive list.  For complete release notes, please follow this link Release Notes.