This year marked the first year that I was able to attend the annual, official DotNetNuke Conference. And what a conference it was! This was the first year that DotNetNuke decided to host the event apart from the Microsoft DevConnections and they did a fantastic job!

There were several high points around the conference. The sessions were great and I was able to gather some important information in many different aspects of DNN including some insights to the way DotNetNuke is referring to the new UI elements. The keynote, by Shaun Walker, also included some great news about where DotNetNuke is going in the near future. I believe, however, my favorite session was...

This year, Arrow Consulting and Design was proud to be a silver sponsor for the DotNetNuke World 2011. We were glad to be able to contribute to help put on a successful event. DotNetNuke Corporation did a fantastic job with the conference proving that it was a wise choice to hold a separate conference from Microsoft Connections for the first time. With about 400 attendees, it was a great turnout!
 

With the latest major update to DotNetNuke, there have been some questions as to what has changed in skinning for DotNetNuke 6.0. One big change has been the introduction to the new Manage button automatically into the containers. Some love it, some hate it, and others seem to still be undecided.