How To Guides, Expert Advice, and Other Announcements from Engage

So I had hoped to have the 4.3.7 release of Engage: Publish out last week, but towards the end of the week a few things came up in the code that we decided needed to be handled prior to a release. A few of the items were small bugs that had popped up in some new testing we were doing. One of the major things was performance issues that were starting to pop up. Read Article

Last weekend most of us from Engage went down to enjoy the Tulsa Tech Fest. While the individual sessions were hit or miss, the keynotes were excellent and got us all excited to start using Silverlight, and we all definitely had fun together.

If you recall the basic marketing principles in college when you’re taking “Marketing 101”, two of the elements that contribute to the success of your products are making it easy to use/operate and writing the best user manual. Read Article

Nine of us from Engage Software went to Tulsa Tech Fest in Tulsa Oklahoma. I personally gave three presentations related to DotNetNuke, while the rest of the guys ventured around to various other presentation topics. Some of them will blog later today. Read Article

On Wednesday of this week, we made our first public release of Engage: Rotator on Engage Modules. If you've wondered about that snazzy looking rotating banner on the front page of Engage Software, this is it. This is a product that has evolved over the last few months from the needs of various clients, and has now come to the point where we've invested a lot of time in making it user friendly and configurable. Have a look on our demo site and see if this could help add a nice touch to your site. Read Article

Mr. Dukes pointed me to this blog post by Daniel Moth and of course I accepted the challenge (or was it just an inquiry......maybe I'm overly competitive...)here is the link to try it yourself: TypequickYOUR RESULTS ARE: Number of words typed: 306Test duration: 3 minSpeed: 102.2 words/min. (511 keystrokes/min.)Error penalty: 13Accuracy: 95.8%I did not have to mess with the scrolling window as some have had to.....and it was my first try....also i fix errors as i go..... Read Article

Well it's been a busy summer for me and it looks like it isn't slowing down just yet. Earlier this month I spent a week in the Washington DC area conducting some advanced DotNetNuke Module Development Training for a new client. In just over a week I'll be in Topeka Kansas for the SCCA Solo Nationals, I'm definitely looking forward to getting away from computers for a week and just enjoying racing a car or two! Read Article

Engage Software has just launched another website. The new site is a portal for The Ticket Guys (www.theticketguys.com). It is built using the DotNetNuke portal framework, though we had to develop new modules and enhance existing modules to get all of the desired functionality on the site. So if you're looking for St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Rams, or Boston Red Sox tickets be sure to check The Ticket Guys. Read Article

Have you ever wanted to change what DotNetNuke says on it's controls? Change "Register" to "Join Us" or "Terms of Use" to "Member Agreement"? It's easier than you think. Read Article

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