Monday, May 04, 2009 by Cuong Dang
Filed under: Elsewhere

DotNetNuke® has gained some great momentum over the past few years. But is it because I’ve been working with it for so long and being bias? Well, I don’t know but truth to be told, not many of my friends (who are also working in similar industry) or people that I’ve talked to know about it. Whether you’ve heard about it or not, Day of DotNetNuke® is a great opportunity to explore the project and meet some of the greatest minds in the community.
Day of DotNetNuke® is a one-day event that is organized by Will Strohl, creator of the Orlando DotNetNuke® User Group. He puts some great effort out to organize this event with the hope to help people learn more about the platform without spending a fortune. So far I have seen many of the respective community members hinted on coming and speaking at the event.
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Friday, May 01, 2009 by Cuong Dang
Filed under: Elsewhere, Skinning
Designing with grid has been around for decades and applied through various traditional design mediums. But in recent years, the trend to use this technique on the web has become quite popular since many influential web designers took the initiative to introduce it to the world. Among those is Khoi Vinh, a Creative Director for The New Yorks Times Online, and Mark Boulton, a well-know author for publishing his series of his approach in grid design.
Many people have discussed the benefits of using grids so in this article, I won’t be talking much about why you should use it. There will be a different post to discuss the reasons to follow grid designs and when to use it.

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