CSK
The CSK is designed for creating community sites with content publication and management including the ability to publish and subscribe to other community sites. It has a large number of features built in including support for page skins and an administration interface.
The source code is available in multiple .NET languages.
A developer group has created an improved version with additional features, several bug fixes and improved documentation.
This improved version is known as the GotCommunityNet (GCN) version and is only available in C# and does not provide the MIS installer.
All versions of CSK make extensive use of a database which requires MSSQL 2000 or MSDE database. A single installation can support multiple community sites.
Related links
Building Websites with the ASP.NET Community Starter Kit
http://www.asp.net/Forums/ShowForum.aspx?tabindex=1&ForumID=88
http://www.asp.net/Forums/ShowForum.aspx?tabindex=1&ForumID=131
www.GotCommunityNet.com
DotNetNuke
This is a project based upon the IBuySpy workshop example and the current version of DNN is v3.0.13. (as at April 2005) http://www.asp.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?tabindex=1&PostID=579824)
DNN currently has more than 140,000 registered users and a large support forum on ASP.NET. The main application is written in VB.NET and comes with support for MSSQL. Inbuilt support for MSAccess databases was available with version 2.1 but is no longer a standard feature although it is possible this will be developed by a third party. It uses the latest data provider interface so it is possible to add other database formats if neccesary. It is possible to extend the application by creating or purchasing new modules amd page skins. Modules can be created in any .NET language and integrated without rebuilding the core DLL's.
The application requires special directory permissions as modules and page skins can be directly uploaded via the interface without the need to use FTP.
The busy ASP.NET support forum posts can provide useful information.
Page skins can be created in HTML or ASCX format and page skins can be downloaded free or purchased.
A single installation can support multiple portal sites and the host can configure administrators on a per portal basis.
The source code comes complete with several custom modules and skins which can be installed. Free modules and skins are also available from supporting web sites.
It is expected that future versions will provide SSL on a per tab basis and secure access to downloadable files.
Version 3 has been available in Beta form for some time. Version 3.012 was released March 2005 and is the final release version.
Related links
www.DotNetNuke.com
Building Websites with VB.NET and DotNetNuke 3.0
http://www.asp.net/Forums/ShowForum.aspx?tabindex=1&ForumID=90
http://www.dnnskins.com/DesktopDefault.aspx
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