Beginning Dotnetnuke 4.0 Website Creation in C# 2005 With Visual Web Developer 2005 Express

by Symmonds, Nick

• ISBN13: 9781590596814
• ISBN10: 1590596811
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-26
• Publisher: Apress

Summary

Are you tasked with creating and maintaining a web presence? Do you suspect that there is a better way to manage business internally? Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express is for you. It leads you through the emerging world of web portals by applying the most user-friendly and current development software, like C# Express and the powerful, flexible DotNetNuke. You will learn to create the professional web presence your company needs. The book takes you through the steps necessary to get an internal web portal running for employee use. If you have some programming experience and creativity, this book will help you expand your business presence in a short amount of time. It features simple explanations and proof- of-concept examples throughout. The book concludes with the creation of a web portlet that you can plug into an external website for a web presence.

Table of Contents

About the Author	xiii
About the Technical Reviewer	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
The Basics	1	(22)
What You Need to Know	1	(11)
Programming Experience	1	(1)
Web Experience	2	(10)
What You Need to Have	12	(9)
Hardware	13	(1)
Software	13	(3)
Configuring the Browser	16	(5)
Summary	21	(2)
The Express and DotNetNuke Combination	23	(12)
Microsoft .NET	23	(9)
Before .NET	23	(2)
What .NET Fixes	25	(1)
Garbage Collection	26	(2)
Safe Code	28	(1)
Versioned Assemblies	28	(1)
Complete Classes	29	(1)
Common Data Types	30	(1)
.NET Remoting	31	(1)
Reversion to Configuration Files	31	(1)
Discontinued Use of Pointers	31	(1)
The Evolution of DotNetNuke	32	(2)
DotNetNuke Features	32	(2)
Summary	34	(1)
Installation	35	(30)
Installing IIS	36	(3)
Steps for Installation	36	(3)
Installing Visual C# Express Edition	39	(3)
Installing Visual Web Developer	42	(1)
Installing DotNetNuke	43	(14)
A Better Install	44	(2)
Using VWD to Complete the DNN Install	46	(11)
Installing and Configuring SQL Server Express Edition	57	(7)
Installing SQL Server Express	58	(6)
Summary	64	(1)
Basic C#	65	(34)
The C# Integrated Development Environment	65	(33)
The Look and Feel	66	(1)
Creating a New Project	67	(1)
Starting the Project	68	(2)
Project Setup	70	(5)
Designing the Form	75	(1)
Adding the Code	76	(20)
Trying the Code	96	(2)
Summary	98	(1)
Visual Web Developer	99	(44)
The VWD IDE	99	(19)
The Look and Feel	99	(8)
The Code-Behind File	107	(5)
Coding the Event Handler	112	(6)
Adding More Controls	118	(22)
The New Web Screen	119	(5)
The HTML Code Page	124	(1)
Completing the Code-Behind	125	(9)
Changing State	134	(6)
Summary	140	(3)
DotNetNuke Basics	143	(38)
A DotNetNuke Review	143	(2)
What Now?	144	(1)
How DotNetNuke Works	145	(16)
A Look at Modules	148	(2)
Editing a DNN Site	150	(3)
Settings	153	(8)
The Project	161	(19)
Getting Started	162	(1)
Setting Up the Site	163	(1)
Creating Pages	164	(1)
Adding Modules to the Home Page	165	(6)
Adding Modules to the Menu Page	171	(3)
Adding Modules to the Inventory Page	174	(3)
Adding Modules to the Registration Page	177	(2)
Adding Modules to the Contacts Page	179	(1)
Summary	180	(1)
Creating a DNN Module	181	(48)
Creating the Module	181	(9)
Creating Tables	185	(1)
Viewing the SQL Results	186	(2)
Starting the Module	188	(1)
What Did You Do?	188	(2)
Enhancing the Module	190	(37)
The Database Layer	190	(16)
The Business Logic Layer	206	(5)
The Presentation Layer	211	(16)
Summary	227	(2)
Finishing the DotNetNuke Module	229	(22)
Setting Up the Code Transfer	229	(13)
The CalculateHours Method	230	(1)
The WeekPunches Class	230	(3)
The FillData Method	233	(8)
Initial State	241	(1)
Editing the ViewTimePunch Code	242	(6)
Member Variables	242	(1)
The DisplayWeek Method	243	(1)
The Combo Box Event Handler	244	(1)
The Punch Button Event Handler	244	(2)
The Page_Load Event Handler	246	(2)
Last Edit	248	(1)
Testing It All Out	248	(2)
Looking at the Data	248	(2)
Summary	250	(1)
DNN Permissions and Portals	251	(24)
Permissions	251	(7)
The Host Role	251	(5)
The Registered User	256	(1)
The Subscriber	256	(1)
All Users	257	(1)
Unauthenticated Users	257	(1)
The Administrator Role	258	(1)
Managing the Website	258	(6)
A New Role	258	(2)
Adjusting Page Permissions	260	(1)
Testing the Permissions	261	(3)
Managing Portals	264	(7)
What Is a DNN Portal?	264	(2)
Creating the Portal	266	(2)
Editing the Portal	268	(3)
The Look and Feel	271	(1)
Summary	272	(3)
DNN Hosting	275	(18)
Hosting	275	(4)
What You Get from a Host	277	(1)
Downloading Your Project	277	(1)
Finding a Host	278	(1)
Installing a Skin	279	(7)
Uploading a New Skin	279	(5)
Installing the Container	284	(2)
DNN Security	286	(5)
Unauthorized Break-Ins	287	(3)
Secure Sockets Layer	290	(1)
Summary	291	(2)
Creating a DNN Skin	293	(46)
What Is a Skin?	293	(5)
How DNN Does Skins	293	(2)
DNN Tokens	295	(1)
CSS Basics	296	(2)
Preparation	298	(9)
Using a Template	299	(8)
Editing the Skin	307	(9)
Rearranging the Table	310	(2)
Adjusting the .css File	312	(4)
Testing the Skin	316	(11)
Packaging the Skin	316	(1)
Creating the Test Harness	317	(1)
Uploading the Skin	318	(2)
Skin Edit Cycle	320	(4)
The Last Panel	324	(1)
Other Skinning Tasks	325	(1)
What Else Can Be Skinned?	326	(1)
Creating a Container	327	(10)
Copying a Template	327	(3)
Editing the Template	330	(3)
Packaging the Container	333	(4)
Summary	337	(2)
JavaScript and Ajax	339	(24)
JavaScript	339	(14)
What Can JavaScript Do?	339	(1)
JavaScript Syntax	340	(1)
When to Use JavaScript in ASP.NET	341	(1)
A Small Example	341	(10)
Debugging JavaScript	351	(2)
Ajax	353	(9)
Ajax and JavaScript	354	(1)
Ajax Limitations	354	(2)
ASP .NET and Ajax	356	(1)
A Small Ajax Example	356	(6)
Summary	362	(1)
Next Steps and Suggestions	363
ASP .NET Development	363	(4)
Investigating ASP .NET	365	(2)
Other .NET Stuff	367	(1)
More Fun with DotNetNuke	367	(2)
Modules	367	(1)
Other DNN Tricks	368	(1)
Summary	369
Index	357