https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN DotNetNuke (DNN) Consultants and Experts in St. Louis, Missouri - RSS Feed en-us david@efficionconsulting.com david@efficionconsulting.com Saturday, April 27, 2024 EfficionConsulting Articles Module (www.efficionconsulting.com) Copyright 2024, Efficion Consulting Efficion has been working with Jazz Cruises for many years now and in that time we've built over 50 websites for their various annual music themed cruises and related events. Jazz Cruises generally provides the design to us and we build out the sites based on those. Current sites we've built include: The Smooth Jazz Cruise , The Jazz Cruise , McDonald Labelle Cruise , and Botti at Sea . We've also built custom applications for things like Seat Selection, Reservations, CRM integration, and more. Technologies:  WordPress, Angular, PHP https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/694/mid/1747/jazz-cruises-llc Darby Holiday Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT Korein Tillery is one of the country's leading complex-litigation firms, representing a broad array of clients in high-stakes lawsuits. Efficion provides a wide range of services for them including maintaining their main website, site hosting, creation of landing pages, creation of subsidiary websites, and updates and maintenance of their intranet. Technologies: WordPress, Wix, PHP, JavaScript https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/692/mid/1747/korein-tillery j k Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT Working with Brian Schultz Design , Efficion created this great-looking WordPress site for Executive Search firm, KSquared. Efficion allows designers to design sites exactly as they want without being limited by a WordPress theme. Efficion's extensive knowlegdge of WordPress, PHP, and CSS let's us build fast, clean, responsive sites that look great and don't rely on tons of plug-ins that slow the site down and make it hard to maintain. View Site... Technologies: WordPress https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/691/mid/1747/ksquaredsearchcom j k Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT Dedicated to being the best source of information about the best outdoor destinations and experiences near St. Louis. Hoping to inspire a love of the outdoors through fun and adventure. View Site... Technologies: WordPress, Responsive Design, PHP https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/690/mid/1747/st-louis-outdoor-adventures j k Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT Does your company use lots of spreadsheets? Is there a crazy amount on internal email to keep track of everything? Are there tons of meetings to keep everyone on the same page? There's probably a better way. The quality and effectiveness of business-focused software has come a long way in the last few years and costs have come way down. Efficion is focused on helping companies run more efficiently by utilizing powerful software packages like Customer Relationship Management systems (CRM), Issue Tracking Software, Order Management Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Data Integration Services, Intranets, E-Commerce, and more. We integrate data from systems so your people don't have to go 8 different places to try to piece it all together. We help small and mid-size sized companies run like well-oiled machines. We are currently seeking new clients, which is fairly rare. So if you think your company might benefit from our services, let us know. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/689/mid/1747/there-is-a-better-way Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT Everidis needed help handling a very large increase in sales volume. We  modernized their custom Order Management System and implemented automated integrations with a variety of partners' systems using APIs, EDI, and SQL to automate the flow of order and payment information between systems, eliminating previously manual proceesses and simplifying the accounting and reconciliation processes. We have taken on a large variety of technical roles to really help Everidis run like a well-oiled machine allowing a fairly small staff to handle a large volume of sales. Learn More... Technologies: React, .NET, WebAPI, SQL Server, WordPress, Azure, .NET Core, PHP https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/688/mid/1747/everidis Diamandis Akmanidis Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT I recently saw some articles about well-respected free SSL certificates from Lets Encrypt. Not only are Let's Encrypt certificates free, but they are also much easier to setup because the whole process is automated and, once you've got DNN properly configured, completes in about 10 seconds as opposed to a whole lot of manual steps for most SSL Certs. Most of the Lets Encrypt stuff is intended for Linux machines but there are now nice solutions for Windows Servers running IIS. As I tried to add a certificate to a DNN site, I ran into a few issues but they were fairly easy to solve. There are a couple other blogs that describe similar solutions, this one uses the LetsEncrypt-Win-Simple command line utility but is otherwise nice and simple. I prefer, the Certify The Web application as it has a nice UI and is simple to use. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/687/mid/1747/free-ssl-certificates-through-lets-encrypt-for-dnn Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Look at Reports -> Message Traffic. Look at the total number of messages being sent  under Trend mode. Then switch to Domain mode and verify the numbers are similar.  Search your Delivery Logs (Manage -> Troubleshooting -> View Logs) for "Sending remote mail" and verify all the email addresses involved are valid for your server.  Check your Spool - you may have a bunch of emails trying to go to invalid email addresses. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/686/mid/1747/determine-if-smartermail-16-is-being-used-as-an-open-relay Administrator Account Fri, 06 Oct 2017 10:28:03 GMT Efficion has been working with Dynalabs in a wide variety of roles including: implementation of a custom Customer Relationship Management system built on top of their existing data model for tight integration to their overall workflow and data; development of a company Intranet, development of an Issue Tracking system utilized by multiple departments, work on their public WordPress site; and helping with development of an Extranet / Web Application for their clients.   Technologies: .NET MVC, KnockoutJS, Javascript, DNN, WordPress, PHP, SQL Server https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/685/mid/1747/dynalabs Administrator Account Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT Do you have an idea that you think could make some money are solve a real issue? Do you need help bringing that idea to life? Money, marketing, manufacturing, technical help, ... Then GotThisIdea.com is the site for you. Just $25 to put your idea in front of the people that can help you make it happen, or just by your idea from you. Technologies: DNN, Responsive, HTML5, Video, KendoUI, WebAPI https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/684/mid/1747/gotthisideacom Administrator Account Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT We've been hard at work on version 5.0 of Efficion's Articles module. The new version features the following changes: New underlying technologies : Built in C# instead of VB and is now a compiled DLL rather than a WSP project. Open Source and shared development: The Articles module will have the MIT license to allow anyone to use it for anything for free. We'll be posting the code on GitHub and DNN's forge and encouraging others to contribute. New Data Access Model : Uses PetaPoco / DAL2 for most data access providing improved performance and flexibility and resulting in much cleaner and simpler code. Improve templates: we've cleaned up templates to make the code cleaner, eliminate all layout tables, and allow a lot more flexibility in design using only CSS. DNN Compatibility: We're targeting DNN 7 and 8 with this release and removing all outdated calls to old code Improve install and upgrade experience: We've updated our manifests and install files for an improved experience. Lots More: There's are lots of addition improvements coming in this release. We'll provide more detail at release time. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/680/mid/1747/version-50-of-efficions-articles-module-for-dnn-coming-soon Administrator Account Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT A new budget-friendly website for Dedicated Staffing, Inc. The site includes a custom, modern, responsive design and a Job Board that makes it easy for DSI to add open positions and for potential candidates to apply and upload their resume Technologies: WordPress, jQuery, Bootstrap. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/675/mid/1747/dsijobsnet Administrator Account Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT CRMagnetics needed a new website that provided E-Commerce capabilities, parametric search capabilities, backend integration with their existing MAS inventory and pricing system, improved search engine rankings, intuitive navigation, and a modern custom appearance. Technologies: AbleCommerce https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/616/mid/1747/crmagneticscom Administrator Account Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT We've finally released version 4.3.1 of our free and open source Articles module for DNN. Key enhancements for this version include: Lots compatibility improvements for DNN 6 and 7. Conversion of EditArticle and Settings to DNNForms pattern Template Cleanup - Much less unnecessary markup generated by templates Lots of cleanup and reorganization of Settings page Adds Gravatar support for comments. Added Category Tabs control that allows Tabs of Categories to be displayed at the top of the module so users can filter by a Category by clicking on the corresponding tab. New SlideShow Templates New manifest file for improved install experience Other minor fixes and enhancements The download link is in the top left corner of this page. Enjoy! https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/669/mid/1747/articles-431-released Administrator Account Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT We've decided to stop selling the Articles module and just give it away for free like we did in the beginning. The download links will be available for everyone once we finish up 4.3. We also have plans to move the module into the DNNForge once we get further along in making the sweeping improvements we're planning. Stayed tuned! https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/666/mid/1747/articles-module-free-again Administrator Account Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT We've spent the last day working on improving the DNN 6-7 compatibility of the module and finishing up some of the updates that we've made since 4.2.7 was release long ago. 4.3 should be out soon and is hopefully the start of a much more active development path for Articles. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/668/mid/1747/version-43-coming-soon Administrator Account Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ventrian has been making great DNN modules for many years now. Some of the modules though are beginning to show their age a bit and are using markup heavy techniques that were at one time common but can now be replaced with much cleaner CSS for most browsers. In particular, the Ventrian Gallery module wraps each photo in a table that has a cell for every corner and every side so that fancy borders can be added around the photos. This technique results in lots of extra markup and causes issues if you're wanting the gallery to be responsive (adjust to the users viewable area). It is actually fairly easy to make a few changes to cleanup the rendered HTML to allow for more modern and lightweight techniques for styling. We'll go through the steps... https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/665/mid/1747/making-ventrians-simple-gallery-responsive Administrator Account Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT AbleCommerce is a great E-Commerce solution but there are a few areas that need improvement and Coupon administration is one of them. We've created a new version of the /Admin/Marketing/Coupons/Default.aspx page that filters out Used and Expired Coupons by default and lets you search for a particular coupon code quickly and easily. The code is quite simple so rather than try to sell this, we're making it available to everyone for free. Download the code To install the code, first, MAKE A BACKUP of the original files then simply replace Admin/Marketing/Coupons/Default.aspx and Admin/Marketing/Coupons/Default.aspx.cs with the corresponding files in the zip (do not place the files in the root of your install) and run the SQL in the root of the zip to create the Stored Procedure that is used by the code. We welcome suggestions for improvements to the code and would be happy to set it up on CodePlex or GitHub or similar so others can contribute. https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/662/mid/1747/ablecommerce-improved-coupon-administration-page David O'Leary Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT One of our clients for which we built an AbleCommerce based E-Commerce site needed the ability to have certain items ship as a completely separate shipment from any other items in the users order, including if the user order multiples of the same item. AbleCommerce doesn't implement this functionality so we had to customize some of the existing functionality... https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/661/mid/1747/ablecommerce-force-separate-shipments-for-some-products David O'Leary Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT I really like the idea of the Client Resource Management features added to DotNetNuke in version 6. But, it can make building a new skin or a new site on a live instance of DNN rather painful as any changes you make to the .CSS or .JS files won't be seen unless you clear the site's cache or put the site into DEBUG mode. In theory, all skin development should probably happen on a development instance and the live site should only be updated once the skin updates are complete. But, in practice, we find lots of cases where we do need to be able to make CSS updates to a live instance (though not necessarily a live site) of DNN. You can do this by updating the .css file and then clicking "Clear Cache" in the control panel. But, every time you do that, a new version of the combined files is created and users will need to download the file again. So, it's best to avoid that. What I've found works better is to create a section within your skin and for any changes you want to make, make those changes within that style section. Once you've got all your changes done, migrate them into the .css file and delete the section from the skin, and clear the cache. That method allows us to quickly and painlessly make changes. Also, for experimenting with minor updates, Firebug is a great tool as you can see what your changes will look like and then apply them when you're happy with them. Happy coding! https://www.efficionconsulting.com/DNN/ctl/details/itemid/658/mid/1747/updating-css-with-client-resource-management-enabled-and-without-having-to-clea David O'Leary Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT