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cchodnicki
Dec 21 2011
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Social, Mobile & Brand Awareness…All in Less Than 45 Days

Big brand websites have been learning how to leverage social tools and consumer commentary to their benefit. Adding a mobile optimized app on top of this social toolset is a natural next step to fully closing the loop on the consumer experience. Recently, I was asked to be on a panel to discuss ‘real world’ CMS platform best practices for B2C sites requiring social content and mobile optimization.

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cchodnicki
Dec 16 2011
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R2i & Carnegie Mellon Collaborate on Social Analytics Through Capstone & Recruiting

The cornerstone of a successful company is its employees, and r2i is no exception; without ours we’d be sitting on the sidelines. As a leading internet marketing and technology company, we’re always looking for the right individuals to help drive our company vision.

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Cheryl Dickison
Nov 22 2011
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DNN, Stay True to Your Roots

I attended DNN’s first user conference in November 2011 in sunny Orlando, Florida. For those who aren’t familiar with DNN, it stands for DotNetNuke, which is an open-source content management system built on a .net framework. If you are like a lot of non-technical folks that I talk to on a daily basis you’re scratching your head right now and thinking what the heck does that mean? Let me break it down for you...

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Jaina Baumgartner
Nov 21 2011
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Reading and Writing to the SiteUrls.config file via OWS

The SiteUrls.config file in DotNetNuke (DNN) is used for automatic redirection. It is especially useful for delivering complete URLs without querystring parameters for SEO purposes. In this article, the manipulation of the SiteUrls.config file via DNN is described.

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Chris Chodnicki
Nov 11 2011
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DNN Database Model Diagram & Changes

Here at R2i we work with DotNetNuke (DNN) Community and Professional Edition CMS versions building custom modules, integrating outside systems, data sources and performing regular upgrades for many clients sites.

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Pavan Vangara
Oct 15 2011
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eSignature Using jQuery

Currently documents, applications and various business automations are being extended to capture electronic signatures. This eSignature is authorized and is embedded in many business approval processes and workflow.

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Jaina Baumgartner
Oct 15 2011
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HTML 5 – An Introduction, the Present, and the Future

The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) began work on the new HTML 5 standards in 2004. However, HTML 5 received widespread media attention in April 2010, when Steve Jobs (Apple) announced in his public letter titled “Thoughts on Flash” that Flash would no longer

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Jaina Baumgartner
Sep 01 2011
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Deployment and Setup of the DotNetNuke 6.0 SharePoint Connector

The DotNetNuke (DNN) 6.x SharePoint Connector is easy and flexible to configure and use. This blog provides a tutorial to utilize the SharePoint Connector effectively. Your environment must include SharePoint 2007 and DNN 6.x Enterprise Edition. The Connector provides a one-way communication to copy over documents from your SharePoint instance into your DNN instance.

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Pavan Vangara
Aug 30 2011
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Creating PDF Documents in .Net using ITextSharp

Report output to standard formats such as MSFT XLS, Word as well as PDF is standard practice for most portal sites. PDF formatted documents continue to be the accepted standard for universal reporting output due to the adoption of the Adobe Reader, document security and file compression capability.

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Jaina Baumgartner
Aug 01 2011
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DNN 6 and the SharePoint Connector

Keivan Beigi, of DotNetNuke (DNN) posted in his blog that the one new feature that is receiving the most positive feedback during the MIX11 in Vegas, was the SharePoint Connector. Has this new, highly anticipated DNN 6.0 feature lived up to its hype?

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