DotNetNuke is a powerful platform for building feature rich websites with fairly quick results. Not only do you have all the great features included with DotNetNuke immediately at your disposal, but you also have an arsenal of thousands of modules and skins to easily extend your website.

As the popularity of DNN has grown, converting existing websites to the DotNetNuke platform is a common practice. In this session I would like to provide a few pointers on how to make such conversions a success in regards to organic search engine optimization (SEO.) The goal is to ensure that the switch from static HTML pages (or other CMS) to DNN does not result in any significant drop of search engine ranking for the core set of key phrases. In order to meet that goal, I will discuss best practices and techniques in regards to 301 redirects, custom 404 pages, XML sitemaps, and on-page DNN SEO.

There are many books that give developers the "basics" of creating custom modules, but how do you dig deeper? This session will start to explore more of the nitty gritty sections of the DotNetNuke core API and will show you how to navigate the API and methods for leveraging the full power of the core. WOrking with Users, Tabs, Modules, Friendly URL's, and other provider extension points will all be discussed in this "Mostly code" focused session. In the end, attendees should be much more comfortable with the Core API and integration points. Best practices for leveraging the core will also be discussed.

The most common mistake that large enterprises make when deploying DotNetNuke is not planning for a webfarm environment. Most applications are developed and tested within a single server DotNetNuke instance. Most stress testing isn’t done until the site has been deployed and ready for launch. This session dissects key characteristics of high performance sites, and shows how to properly configure your instance to be a high performing site. We will examine proper configuration of DotNetNuke in a webfarm environment, identify key pitfalls to avoid, and discuss how to properly plan for a webfarm deployment.

This session is geared towards performance diagnostics and tips and tricks to properly isolate and resolve the issues. A systematic approach is discussed focusing on the methods possible to quickly identify and eventually resolve issues that may come up, including items such as server capacity, third-party module functionality, and/or DotNetNuke configuration items and more. The information presented can be applied right away.

Utilizing the client in the extreme to support modern User Experiences around the Dotnetnuke Framework.

Session attendees will learn how to build a basic business website in DotNetNuke using only core modules provided with the framework. Session attendees should have a basic understanding of online CMS systems and an interest in building websites.

There are quite a few misconceptions out there about the level of difficulty when installing and upgrading DotNetNuke. This session is intended to walk you through the entire installation and upgrade process, outlining some of the common problems and solutions. As an add-on, we will also go through installing modules on DotNetNuke. At the end of this session, you will walk out being inspired to install DotNetNuke right away, and install all of your favorite modules. After we're done, you too will think it's easy!

Database-driven websites and content management systems such as DNN are traditionally labeled as "hard to optimize" or "outright bad" for search engines by many “SEO experts.” Don’t believe the hype! Explore how the basics of on-page search engine optimization (SEO) apply to DotNetNuke. No previous online marketing and SEO experience required. Revisit your HTML meta tags and learn about the importance of quality copy and standard-compliant skins. Minimize duplicate content and discover XML sitemaps, robots.txt as well as modules, tools, and techniques used to impress Google, Bing and Yahoo.

SEO conscious skin developers know that the core DNN menu is not the best solution for getting your pages indexed. In this session, we will cover the basics of what you need to know to start using the Telerik RadMenu in your DotNetNuke skins. You will learn how to install and configure the basic menu, as well as how to begin customizing the look of the menu. We will also cover some more advanced RadMenu skinning techniques, such as Active and Focused states, implementing unique looks for each menu level and simple Jquery techniques that allow for even more customization.

This session will cover the absolute, basic fundamentals of DNN skinning. Topics covered will be: what skining is and is not; skin using HTML or .ascx; basic skin objects; packaging your skin. This session will not cover styling a skin, just the basics!

Throw away those tables for design! Making the change to CSS skinning can be difficult. This session will show you, it doesn't have to be. We will walk through taking a skin from a Photoshop file to a full DotNetNuke Skin. A basic understanding of DotNetNuke skinning will be required. We will probably cover a few CSS3 enhancements that will really help to reduce your development time.

Are you tired? Tired of commuting... tired of co-workers, over bearing bosses, exhausting your efforts for little reward or recognition, missing the kids getting off the bus? Join Gifford Watkins (Founder of DotNetNuke Nova Scotia User Group and Atlantic Webfitters) and learn how to build a successful DNN-based IT firm. This engaging and open rapid-fire presentation will deal with topics as: 1) The DNN Opportunity 2) Strategy 3) Support 4) Hosting 5) Infrastructure 6) Design 7) SEO 8) Programming 9) Snowcovered.com 10) Revenue generation. This presentation is for the person inspired to become a DNN entrepreneur but needs to create a business model that will prove successful through startup.

Have you ever wondered what all the excitement is around cloud services? Do you want to know how you can use Windows Azure to improve your own DotNetNuke website? In this session we'll look at some of the fundamental building blocks of Windows Azure. You'll also learn how to leverage Windows Azure services in your DotNetNuke websites. Finally, We'll wrap up this session by showing you how you can fully host your DotNetNuke website using Windows Azure.

A major advantage to the DotNetNuke community is the amount of third party modules available. These range from free add-ons to complex vendor created solutions. When used correctly, these modules can save a ton of development time and cost. Unfortunately businesses rarely utilize these modules correctly. One of the main sources of projects falling off schedule (and off budget) is the concept that these modules will act as a silver bullet to all of your requirements. This session will identify how to utilize many third party modules as a framework rather than a complete solution. We will examine the pro’s and con’s of full module use, and how we can still benefit from a module that only meets 50% (or less) of our needs.