Buck's Briefs include XMod information, tutorials, and observations from working in the trenches as a longtime XMod application developer and business coach. http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/BlogId/8/Default.aspx en-US buck@dnnprofessor.com kford@knowbetter.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:20:44 GMT Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:20:44 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 Although I try to keep blog postings related to XMod subjects, sometimes I need to share the fun. How difficult is it to have a network news story created about you? Learn how in less then 5 minutes... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/52/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/52/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=52 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:57:45 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=52 I was recently asked the question, "Buck, I have been getting a ton of spam to my emails via my contact forms on some of my sites. Any suggestions for eliminating this problem? I do not have my email on the sites for the spammers to get." http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/51/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/51/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=51 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:25:53 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=51 Out of the cubicle that is. The other day as I explained to my wife, Mara, the virtues of living a life that did not involve the cubicle mentality, she stopped me in mid sentence and said... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/50/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/50/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=50 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:24:24 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=50 As a result, when I discovered DotNetNuke, and later XMod, I quit what I was doing. I left my Corporate job as Senior Web Developer, and spent several years learning all I could about these wonderful products and trying different things with a new approach. And that's when my new business mantra was presented to me... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/49/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/49/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=49 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:36:19 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=49 I recently sat in on a meeting with one of our project managers who was having a tough time motivating his team. His team was working on several large DotNetNuke projects that involved several custom XMod applications. Their project timelines were way behind and customer satisfaction was being affected... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/48/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/48/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=48 Fri, 23 May 2008 22:57:09 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=48 According to Tony Valenti, CEO of Powerdnn.com a leading DotNetNuke hosting company, PowerDNN technicians have just discovered numerous security vulnerabilities in DotNetNuke core software... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/47/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/47/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=47 Fri, 23 May 2008 22:56:49 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=47 The subscription website model is fast becoming the number one method of income generation on the Internet today. In this article we will explore the potential of owning your own profitable subscription web site powered by XMod and DotNetNuke... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/45/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/45/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=45 Sun, 04 May 2008 15:31:52 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=45 The most memorable two events of a persons life are their wedding day and their funeral. Statistics show that the average amount of people that attend these events are 250. This leads me to believe that the sphere of influence that surrounds all of us is an accumulation of 250 people that we come in contact with or retain some relationship with... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/46/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/46/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=46 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:31:52 GMT 1 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=46 Testify. A good testimonial attracts attention, conveys a benefit, and achieves credibility. If a testimonial sounds so good that you couldn't have said it better yourself, then it probably won't sound credible to the reader. http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/44/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/44/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=44 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:23:40 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=44 Have you ever had a need to make a form control read only and required? Well folks, it ain't gonna work. Here is a simple solution... http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/42/Default.aspx buck@dnnprofessor.com http://www.dnndev.com/Blog/tabid/347/EntryID/42/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.dnndev.com/Default.aspx?tabid=347&EntryID=42 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:36:06 GMT 0 http://www.dnndev.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=42