By Rodney Joyce on 1/31/2008

The new Smart-Thinker Wall module allows you to attach a Facebook-style Wall to a Group, Event, UserProfile or other entity. This allows users to collaborate, discuss or simply leave comments.This was a sponsored enhancement/project and is based loosely on the Facebook Wall design and is fully templatable/localisable so you can change the look and feel to match your site.

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By Rodney Joyce on 1/10/2008

The new version of the UserProfile module has a single token improvement (ISINROLE) to display data based on a user's role. and a few small bug fixes. You can see it in action on PokerDIY (feel free to set up an account to test) or you can download a trial version here.

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By Rodney Joyce on 11/14/2007

The new version of the UserProfile module has optimisation and integration improvements. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 10/22/2007

The core DNN forums has it's own limited user profile system built into it. We already use the Smart-Thinker UserProfile to display templated views of the core profile data, so we want to remove the Forums UserProfiles and redirect all views to the Smart-Thinker UserProfile module, thus providing the user with a single user interface and more pleasing browsing experience. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 10/12/2007

Major Update: Group Member Approval (this was a sponsored enhancement) - group owners can decide if new member requests require approval or not. Users can now accept or decline group invitations (before they were instanly added). Now offers better integration with the Smart-Thinker UserProfile module, so that when inviting new members to your group you can select from All site users, MyFriends or both (this is a module-level setting). This follows the Facebook concept of only allowing users to interact with their Friend Lists. Email templates are used which can be localised to improve usability. Caching and SQL optimisations improvements have been ported in this version. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 9/26/2007

The new version of the Smart-Thinker Events DNN Module is now available for download. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 9/11/2007

A quick summary of what you can expect from your fav DNN modules Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 5/11/2007

The latest version of the social-networking component - Smart-Thinker UserGroups - has now been released Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 5/9/2007

We've recently had to migrate to better, faster servers to handle all the traffic PokerDIY.com is getting these days (almost 2000 visitors per day), and we hit a few snags along the way that meant Smart-Thinker and PokerDIY were down for a few hours or a bit sluggish. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 5/9/2007

The latest version of the popular UserProfile module introduces some new tokens like "Add to Group". It is highly recommended that you upgrade to this version. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 4/26/2007

The latest version of the popular UserProfile module has massive performance improvements and introduces profile caching to reduce DB traffic. It is highly recommended that you upgrade to this version. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 4/12/2007

Smart-Thinker Events is a DotNetNuke Event Management System with email notifications - This version is essential if you are using DNN 4.5+ This module can be seen in action on PokerDIY.com (A free service to manage your home poker leagues). Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 4/11/2007

Recently Smart-Thinker was moved onto a new VPS server. Since then we've had a range of problems. We are aware of this and ask for your patience please. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 3/14/2007

Major new features are improvements to the Guest templating system, and the ability to publish text in the event detail based on the RSVP. There are a lot of bug fixes in this version. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 3/7/2007

I want to implement Recurring Events in the ST Events module, but there are a number of architectural design decisions to make. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 3/1/2007

The latest version comes with MySpace-like MyFriends capabilities - see PokerDIY for an example (feel free to set up an account to test) or you can download a trial version. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 2/9/2007

It is with much regret that I've decided to retire this module from the suite due to a number of reasons... Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 2/1/2007

If you use this module please take a moment to read and understand the direction this module will be moving in... Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 10/4/2006

I was recently asked about what was in the next version of the events module so I thought I would blog about it. We looking at a release in the next 3-4 weeks, depending on other requirements and projects I am working on. I am giving a broad range as dev is progressing well but I have lots of ideas I want to get in and it’s a question of freezing dev and moving it into testing and QA and then packaging it (something always comes up!). The hardest thing for me is to stop working on it (and believe me I have a years worth of good ideas for EACH of the Smart-Thinker modules alone!) and actually release it. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 9/5/2006

A little while ago we decided to start a real website powered by Smart-Thinker modules in order to dogfood and demonstrate our products on a real, live community-based website. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 8/8/2006

On a personal level, you may be aware that I have a full-time job as an Analyst Programmer in a London software company and work on Smart-Thinker in my spare time. What exists today has been built over the last year and a half on weekends and a few hours during the week when time permitted. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 8/7/2006

In most other industries, software and components are sold with volume licenses, or per seat, developer or server. This concept has not really taken off in the commercial DotNetNuke module world, although curiously I have seen many skins that come with a “Single Portal” restriction. Most modules are sold with very laid-back licenses and few restrictions, although recently I have seen “Single Server” licenses (i.e. one DNN Installation) and a few other variants. I do, however, think that the Portal License is the best way forward and the most fair… Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 8/2/2006

You may have noticed some changes recently – we’ve tried to make things less cluttered and simpler on Smart-Thinker! Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 7/20/2006

It’s the moment we have all been waiting for – the “Final Release” of DotNetNuke 4.3 (It seems as though it will be versioned 4.3.3) has been released. This version is a minor update from 4.3.2, and I would imagine the DNN core team were focusing on stability and scalability issues raised during the recent DogFooding session. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 7/19/2006

As a regular Forum user (I answer a lot of questions and ask quite a few myself!) I often see the same questions over and over again. What also struck me was the amount of information available to the DNN community that was hidden on websites all over the web. Just today I found a DNN website with some great free modules that I had never seen before, and I thought I had quite a good handle on what was out there! Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 7/18/2006

I get a lot of requests from users who want to test the Smart-Thinker modules before buying them. I always point them to the online demos, but these users have a very valid point. Why would you want to buy something before seeing if it actually meets your requirements? How do you guage quality without a hands-on test? You can look at shoes in a window to get an idea of the product, but it’s fairly common to try the shoes on before buying them. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 7/14/2006

Now that DotNetNuke 4.3.2 RC is out, I think it is a good time to share my vision for Smart-Thinker and what I see happening in the next 3-6 months. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 7/14/2006

My personal view is that the sooner the core drop new versions of 3.x the better. Before you burn me at the stake (all my websites, including Smart-Thinker and PokerDIY.com are in 3.x still by the way), hear me out. Read More »

By Rodney Joyce on 6/20/2006

As a DotNetNuke developer, I am often surprised by the amount of functionality and useful code hidden away in the Global methods and libraries. Occasionally I come across similar nuggets of functionality hidden in the UI which should be shared by everyone. One such snippet is the ability to report on the number of clickthroughs you receive from an Affiliate or advertising campaign. It is not very well publicized, but did you know that this has been possible to do since at least the original 3.x version? Read More »