Fast and Easy LightSwitch and DotNetNuke Development by Michael Washington - Thursday June 2, 2011, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Michael Washington (DotNetNuke Core Member and Silverlight MVP) will create a DotNetNuke "Craigslist type" application using LightSwitch and HTML pages from scratch, to demonstrate the awesome functionality that using LightSwitch with DotNetNuke provides.

These are just some of the topics that Michael Washington will be talking about. Come, learn and particpate.

This meeting will be held at our new location: 17222 Von Karman Ave in Irvine.  From the north follow these  directions:

1. Get on the 405 South.
2. Take the MacArthur Blvd exit 8 toward John Wayne Airport.
3. Take the MacArthur Blvd North ramp. 
4. Merge onto MacArthur Blvd.
   
5. Turn Slight Right onto Main St.
6. Turn Left onto Von Karman Ave. (Von Karman Ave. is 0.1 miles past Gillette Ave.)
   
7. 17222 Von Karman Ave. is just past McGaw on the right.
8. It's an unmarked building on the corner of Von Karman and McGaw.

The Meeting Has Been Cancelled For May - Thursday May 5, 2011, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

There will be no meeting during May.

See you at the June event.

How to Improve DNN's Loading Times and Page Weight by Darcy Mayer - Thursday April 7, 2011, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Darcy will briefly go over some of the ways that you can improve the load times of your DNN sites by using compression, CDN's, gzip, caching, etc.  These concepts can not only be used for DNN but for other .NET sites as well.

These are just some of the topics that Darcy Mayer will be talking about. Come, learn and particpate.

This meeting will be held at our new location: 17222 Von Karman Ave in Irvine.  From the north follow these  directions:

1. Get on the 405 South.
2. Take the MacArthur Blvd exit 8 toward John Wayne Airport.
3. Take the MacArthur Blvd North ramp. 
4. Merge onto MacArthur Blvd.
   
5. Turn Slight Right onto Main St.
6. Turn Left onto Von Karman Ave. (Von Karman Ave. is 0.1 miles past Gillette Ave.)
   
7. 17222 Von Karman Ave. is just past McGaw on the right.
8. It's an unmarked building on the corner of Von Karman and McGaw.

IPhone Development by Mandeep Singh - Thursday February 3, 2011, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Leverage your existing .NET skills to develop apps for iOS (iPhone and iPad). In this session we will cover the basics to get started with MonoTouch. Some of the topics covered include: Minimum Requirements, coding “Hello World” application, working with “Interface Builder” (User Interface), debugging, and deployment to simulator, an actual device such as an iPhone, and getting your app ready for distribution on “App Store. Time permitting will cover some of the advanced topics such as: working with SQLite, remote data such as web services, integrating with other applications on iPhone, and finally working with your app settings.

These are just some of the topics that Mandeep Singh will be talking about. Come, learn and particpate.

This meeting will be held at our new location: 17222 Von Karman Ave in Irvine.  From the north follow these  directions:

1. Get on the 405 South.
2. Take the MacArthur Blvd exit 8 toward John Wayne Airport.
3. Take the MacArthur Blvd North ramp. 
4. Merge onto MacArthur Blvd.
   
5. Turn Slight Right onto Main St.
6. Turn Left onto Von Karman Ave. (Von Karman Ave. is 0.1 miles past Gillette Ave.)
   
7. 17222 Von Karman Ave. is just past McGaw on the right.
8. It's an unmarked building on the corner of Von Karman and McGaw.

HTML 5 by Mandeep Singh - Thursday January 6, 2011, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

What is HTML 5? What does it mean to me in the context of DotNetNuke?

Is it going to replace Silverlight or Flash? Should I begin incorporating HTML 5 in my modules and/or skins? Should I even pay attention to it at this time?

These are just some of the topics that Mandeep Singh will be talking about. Come, learn and particpate.

This meeting will be held at the new location: Borders Book Store.  The address is 2110 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, 90815.  From the Airport location follow these directions or load the address into mapquest:

1. Go south on Clarke to Willow and turn left.
2. Go to Bellflower and turn right.
3. Go approximately 6 blocks to Stearns. 
4. Borders is on the Southeast corner of Bellflower and Stearns.
   

Topic:  Learn how to develop DotNetNuke 5 modules using Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4

Meeting Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:30 PM til 9pm.

March 10, 2010  DNN Presentation -  SmithCart

David Smith will speak about his commercially available DNN Shopping Cart Module. Those of you looking to add E-Commerce to your DNN Sites should bring your questions and issues for David

Presentation Outline:
1.   Company overview
2.   Shopping cart module demo/discussion
3.   Registration module demo/discussion
a.   Registration Pro
b.   Registration Standard
c.   Registration with Authorize.net payment page
4.   Q&AHere is a link where you can download the trial version of the cart.  When you purchase a license you can just upload the license key and the trial message will be removed.

http://www.smith-consulting.com/products/dotnetnukemodules/shoppingcartmodule.aspx

 
Also here is a link to the cart users guide:
http://www.smith-consulting.com/Portals/0/docs/smithshoppingcartmanual.pdf  

Dave Smith is a local dotnetnuke developer located in southern California in Laguna Niguel.  He has been in the credit card processing business for 15 years and has been developing DNN modules for a little over 3 years.  His company has developed a shopping cart and registration modules for DNN which we sell on snowcovered.
  
David H. Smith
Smith Consulting, Inc
20 Kendall St, Suite 100
Laguna Niguel, California 92677
(949) 244-9739 (office)
(714) 276-9047 (fax)
dave@smith-consulting.com
www.smith-consulting.com

Paul took some screenshots of his Live Demo here 

http://paulchu.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/dotnetnuke-user-group-smith-consulting-dnn-shopping-cart-module-demo 

Next DNN Mar 10, 2010 Meeting - location / speaker to be announced !

Feb Meeting at SCE Location,  Wed February 10, 2010 - 6:30pm

DNN Google Checkout Module and SEO with DNN - Mandeep Singh

Mandeep will discuss and show DNN coding to use his Google Checkout Module and discuss Search Engine Optimization SEO.

 

 Sample Code

 Mandeeps Sample DNN Google Checkout zip file 

 

Thanks to members Emma and David Simmons for finding/coordinating use of the SCE facility for us and hosting it on our meeting day.

New Meeting Location SCE ( Southern California Edison ) -  Orange Coast Service Center  (across the street from the Post Office)

7333 Bolsa Ave. Westminster, CA 92683

 

- it's right off the 405 Fwy
- at the corner of Bolsa and Chestnut - there's good parking at the  front and on the side of the building

 

Mandeep Singh is the CEO of a DotNetnuke Development Company with website

http://mandeeps.com/

 

The topic is ECommerce using Google Checkout ( as opposed to Paypal ) to buy stuff on the Web safely.

 

His DNN Modules are popular products and sold on sites such as

snowcovered.com

 

He will talk about how to code and use his

1. Google Payout Module

 

http://mandeeps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=76&language=en-US  click on Demo #4 to see a  quantity , item dropdown and payout button

 

2. Search Engine Optimization in DNN

how to have your Website be found by google, bing, yahoo

Secure building - front door is locked and you will be let in 

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SCE ( Southern California Edison )

Orange Coast Service Center

7333 Bolsa Ave. Westminster, CA 92683

(across the street from the Post Office)

- it's right off the 405 Fwy - at the corner of Bolsa and Chestnut

- there's good parking at the front and on the side of the building