SunBlogNuke - DotNetNuke Blog Module

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

During Ultimate dnn blog module – SunBlogNuke installation, different problems may arise which pop-up frequently on the SunBlogNuke Support Forums and it may stop an installation dead in its tracks. Today I am attempting to cover solution for these issues and hope it makes sense while you are facing the same problems.

Some Screenshots about SunBlogNuke:

Clear Administrative Panel

Integration with Windows Live Writer and so easy to manage your posts

Free and extreme SunBlogNuke themes directory

More will be available later. Please stay tune.

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.

This tutorial covers how to fix issues said "No Blogs Found on Server" meaning "you do not have currently have an active blog" when connecting our dnn blog module with Window Live Writer at the first time. Hope it helps if you also encountered the same problem.

As mentioned previously on that post Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke Roadmap, we are trying to develop the import feature for SunBlogNuke. I have seen multiple posts around our forum asking if there were any migration tool away from the core blog module and well now there is! In this blog post I want to share a SQL script, which will migrate all blog posts from the core blog to the SunBlogNuke module.

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

In this post we’ll look at a combination of tutorials for improving a DNN-based site with SunBlogNuke that help you improve your blog as well as your blogging experience, like providing added functionality that will bring new possibilities.

Today you will learn how to develop a customized theme quickly and easily within Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke from this tutorial. Hope it helps you a little when you look to design your blog’s theme or critique it to your needs. Let's go ahead.

Today I would like to a detailed tutorial to share how to utilize the built-in lightbox(or facebox) feature of ultimate dnn blog module – SunBlogNuke when you want to show more big and clear presentation within dnn blog post.