Comments on: Leaving DotNetNuke (DNN)… http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/03/01/leaving-dotnetnuke-dnn/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davemackey http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/03/01/leaving-dotnetnuke-dnn/comment-page-1/#comment-590 davemackey Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.daveenjoys.com/?p=248#comment-590 David, Thanks for the feedback. I've come to agree with your thoughts on WordPress - at this juncture it still isn't quite the full-fledged system for larger sites seeking a CMS. That said, I do see Drupal, Joomla, etc. as significant alternatives to DNN...Telligent's CommunityServer also had potential until they changed licensing schemes. One which I am especially interested in right now but haven't had a chance to mess around with is done by my friend Dave Burke (formerly of Telligent) and called Sueetie. I don't like PHP much - would much rather do .NET - but DNN just wasn't good enough...especially when you have WordPress and Drupal (the two I'm largely using now) offering not only a good framework but also excellent modules for free (I'm not arguing against premium modules - I've bought my share...). Dave. David,
Thanks for the feedback. I’ve come to agree with your thoughts on WordPress – at this juncture it still isn’t quite the full-fledged system for larger sites seeking a CMS. That said, I do see Drupal, Joomla, etc. as significant alternatives to DNN…Telligent’s CommunityServer also had potential until they changed licensing schemes. One which I am especially interested in right now but haven’t had a chance to mess around with is done by my friend Dave Burke (formerly of Telligent) and called Sueetie.
I don’t like PHP much – would much rather do .NET – but DNN just wasn’t good enough…especially when you have WordPress and Drupal (the two I’m largely using now) offering not only a good framework but also excellent modules for free (I’m not arguing against premium modules – I’ve bought my share…).
Dave.

]]> By: David Finley http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/03/01/leaving-dotnetnuke-dnn/comment-page-1/#comment-589 David Finley Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:53:54 +0000 http://www.daveenjoys.com/?p=248#comment-589 These are well crafted thoughts on DotNetNuke. Well done. We have a slightly different point of view. As developers of solutions around DNN (Mostly Module Developers) we have years invested in the making of over 23 modules. (sold at: http://www.interactivewebs.com) We look at DNN more as Web Operating System in place of a feature packed free web solution. While we totally agree that the features offered in the free modules that ship with DNN are some of the worst examples of current modules available. There is a strong and robust list of module to do just about anything you want. For this reason we feel that DNN is the Professional web masters best friend. With a solid basis, and a number of reasonably priced modules, there is almost nothing you can't do for a client with DNN. We agree that information flow is beyond terrible. And that the community around DNN is almost dead since it was made into a corporation. As for Word Press (that we use on our blog because it ROCKS for blog technology), we found that technology is much better suited to the low cost/free website end of town. It has a place and a community, but does not deliver business functionality the same way DNN does. Also, it is not asp.net and while php has a place, our future is in technologies like Silverlight and Microsoft Office integration with web technologies like CRM etc. Mixing Microsoft and PHP websites is a mistake. These are well crafted thoughts on DotNetNuke. Well done. We have a slightly different point of view. As developers of solutions around DNN (Mostly Module Developers) we have years invested in the making of over 23 modules. (sold at: http://www.interactivewebs.com)

We look at DNN more as Web Operating System in place of a feature packed free web solution. While we totally agree that the features offered in the free modules that ship with DNN are some of the worst examples of current modules available. There is a strong and robust list of module to do just about anything you want.

For this reason we feel that DNN is the Professional web masters best friend. With a solid basis, and a number of reasonably priced modules, there is almost nothing you can’t do for a client with DNN.

We agree that information flow is beyond terrible. And that the community around DNN is almost dead since it was made into a corporation.

As for Word Press (that we use on our blog because it ROCKS for blog technology), we found that technology is much better suited to the low cost/free website end of town. It has a place and a community, but does not deliver business functionality the same way DNN does.

Also, it is not asp.net and while php has a place, our future is in technologies like Silverlight and Microsoft Office integration with web technologies like CRM etc. Mixing Microsoft and PHP websites is a mistake.

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]]> By: kevin http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/03/01/leaving-dotnetnuke-dnn/comment-page-1/#comment-257 kevin Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:46:14 +0000 http://www.daveenjoys.com/?p=248#comment-257 Nice post, I definitely agree with your "development" and "openness" comments, I've shared the same feeling on those for a while now. Nice post, I definitely agree with your “development” and “openness” comments, I’ve shared the same feeling on those for a while now.

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