Just in time for Christmas a new version of DotNetNuke has been released. On it's 4 year anniversary of the first release, DotNetNuke released version 4.4. "On December 24th, 2002, the code which was to become the DotNetNuke web application framework was first released to the community.  On the fourth anniversary of this date, DotNetNuke version 4.4.0 - a release with significant performance enhancements - has now been made available for download"If you've never used DotNetNuke before, do yourself a favor and try it out, there are no licensing fees to download it, use it, or even modify it. It's open source, free, and a great way to easily start building a website via an intuitive web based UI. Version 4.4 marks the first ASP.NET 2.0 only release, prior to this release DNN was maintaining two sets of code, one for .Net 1.1 and one for .Net 2.0. 4.4 marks significant improvements in performance over previous versions as this version was heavily tested and tweaked in a full scale performance lab.Here's an edited list of changes from the change log available at https://support.dotnetnuke.com/project/ChangeLog.aspx?PROJID=2Component Issue Type SummaryAdmin / Host Functions Bug Page Head tags are not properly processedAdmin / Host Functions Bug Action Menu with Module Specific Permissions is not displayedAdmin / Host Functions Bug Cannot use icon from module directory in action buttonsAdmin / Host Functions Bug ModuleTitle in multi definition modulesAdmin / Host Functions Enhancement Improve Delete Portal FunctionalityAdmin / Host Functions Enhancement Convert Site Wizard to use .NET Framework classesAdmin / Host Functions New Feature Add Page QuotasAdmin / Host Functions New Feature Add User QuotaAdmin / Host Functions New Feature Improve Portal ManagementAdmin / Host Functions New Feature Add a new Delete Expired Portals actionLocalization / ML Bug Pop-up calendar localized date format bugLocalization / ML Bug Popup calendarLocalization / ML Bug Localized images break when using the "ShowMissingKeys" app setting.Localization / ML Bug Collation issue with Event LogLocalization / ML New Feature Force a specific language for first visitorsPerformance Bug Performance: ClientAPICaps.config cachingPerformance Bug Performance: XmlSerializerPerformance Bug Performance : TabCachePerformance Bug Performance ; Menu providersPerformance Bug Performance: XPathDocument vs XmlDocumentPerformance Bug Performance: Reduce Database CallsPerformance Bug Performance: CBO and ReflectionPerformance Enhancement Imporve Startup performancePerformance Enhancement Implement HTTP compressionSecurity Bug Exception when deleting role groups Posted from...

Welcome to another installment of the DotNetNuke Tips to help simplify your life. This is a simple one, but can save you a TON of headache and troubleshooting.I was helping a coworker out today, trying to track down a gremlin for a new development install on Windows XP SP2. The coworker, we'll call Whistle, was having troubles getting his new environment up and running. The site wouldn't run thus it wouldn't create the proper database tables, stored procs and related data.After a few minutes of beating his head on the desk I sat down to assist. He had completed the usual setup process, created a database, extracted the ZIP file, modified the web.config file for the newly created database, and of course, he set the proper permissions on the folders.But for some reason the site wouldn't load in IE, repeating errors that DNN was unable to modify the web.config file. After his 10 minutes, and myself spending another 5 minutes trying to get it running we ran across the most simplest of issues, that I'm sure many of you have also faced, as have I a few times as well.When you setup the permissions on your folders, if you're on a domain, and setting up an IIS5 machine (Win2k or XP) be sure to change the "LOCATION" of the user to be the local machine and not the domain ASPNET user!Such a simple thing, yet very easy to miss and hard to track down. Stay tuned for more DotNetNuke tips, brought to you by Chris Hammond from Engage Software. Posted from...