SunBlogNuke - DotNetNuke Blog Module

From v4.2.0 , the Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke includes custom fields features and the Content Slider Widget supports to include external scripts and styles easily. Now we have the ability to set up your content widget as a list and apply some cool jQuery slider scripts to it without any additional steps. Today we would like to show you how to integrate it with Coin Slider Plugin. Take a look at how the navigable content slideshow actions – demo link. First make sure there exists a Content Slider Widget in your dnn page and this widget works well with your configuration. Also confirm that you have set a thumbnail for every posts rendered in the list with custom fields feature. In order to make your slider more awesome, recommend that those thumbnail need to the same size in height and width. You can refer to the tutorial [Extend DNN Blog With Custom Fields] for more details about how to utilize custom fields for your blog posts. Later we will  turn it into a real content slider by integratin ...

To build friendly post url for SEO, please follow up some simple steps: 1) Enable 'Use Friendly Url' option in the Host Settings. 2) Fill the field slug when you are creating a new post. You can make it automatically by checking the option 'Auto-Generate Friendly Url' in the writing settings of your blog. 3) Until now, you will get some similar url like that: http://yourdomain.com/blog/tabid/xx/entryid/11/sample-post-title.aspx.  But you may want to remove the tabid part (tabid/xx/) and let it more clear and more SEO. Well, let’s go ahead the step 4). 4) Download the free iFinity Friendly Url Provider. There is also a professional license with more features but the free version is enough for us. 5) Install it in your dnn website. 6) Open up your web.config, find the element <friendlyUrl> and append iFinity.FriendlyUrl like this: <friendlyUrl defaultProvider="iFinity.FriendlyUrl"> <providers> <clear /> <add name="DNNFriendlyUrl" type=" ...

Here is a list of issues about comments and how to troubleshooting them for Ultimate DNN Blog Module – SunBlogNuke. Q: We just found out lots of event log with error information "That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers" if comments feature active. How to fix this issue? A: That is caused by the assembly 'Recaptcha.dll' for Google reCAPTCHA control. If you are using the older version than v5.3.1, please refer to this post with related workaround - http://www.sunblognuke.com/blog/entryid/479/fixed-recaptcha-issue-with-sunblognuke.aspx; Or simply upgrade SunBlogNuke with the latest package to exclude this bug. Q: Are anonymous comments supported in SunBlog? And I find those comment settings a bit confusing also. A: Yes, it supports. Please refer to the post 2 Easy Ways to Customize DNN Blog Module::SunBlogNuke, which clarify matters in detail. Q: After upgrading to SunBlog 4.0, submitting a comment always produces a popup "could not post your comment" error but act ...

Just list some common issues about window live writer: How to troubleshoot this issue that  when entering the Web address where our blog is reachable, but Windows Live Writer returns this error below: "A successful connection was made to your account however the server reported that you do not currently have an active blog. Please ensure that your account with this provider is current before proceeding." Please refer to the post for more details about this issue - Fixed Window Live Writer Issue with SunBlogNuke. I am trying to use Window Live Writer/Word to publish my blog. I have turned on the MetWeblog publishing in the Blog settings. I restarted the application but still isn't working. I tried to navigate to the webpage manually and get an error that the resource 'MetaWeblog.aspx' page cannot be found. Please open up the web.config of your website, find out the <httpHandlers> element and check out whether there is the child element as follows: SunBlogNuke v3.x and ol ...

Just list some issues you may like to know: How to install theme for SunBlogNuke? Connected your website root via FTP. Navigate to the $yourwebsite/DesktopModules/SunBlog directory. Locate the themes directory. This is the folder that contains all the themes for SunBlogNuke. Then just need to zip the target theme package and upload it there. That is all. How to change themes? I've made some changes to the default theme for css styling and don't want it overwritten on the next upgrade... figured I would copy the default out and give it a new name but I can't find anywhere in the settings where I assign an existing blog to a new theme? You can switch it in the edit blog panel. Now you can configure it from the 'theme' tab of customize panel in the latest version 4.2.5 and future version. How to remove meta 'posted in [xx] by xx' in the basic/detail view? Just find out the post meta, similar the code below: <div class="post-meta"><%=LocalizeByKey("PostedIn")%>  <%=Cat ...