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May the 4th - 2sxc for public forms and file upload

5/4/2018

Every international Star Wars day we release something big. This time we've enhanced 2sxc for public forms-use with file upload and more!

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Daniel Mettler

New: Features Management in 2sxc 9.30

5/3/2018

2sxc 9.30 introduces feature-management, which allows the host-user to specify what features are enabled. Here's what you want to know.

2sxc 2sxc Release New feature

Daniel Mettler

Releasing 2sxc 9.30 - Technical Details

5/3/2018

2sxc 9.30 now has some long-awaited features like draft-write permissions and more, making it a great choice for public forms and other use cases.

2sxc Release api Data JavaScript, JS

Daniel Mettler

New DNN Theme Bootstrap4 Instant with SASS

4/25/2018

We're now releasing the Bootstrap4 version of our Instant theme. It's super slim and uses SASS, so you can create awesome derivatives in minutes / hours instead of days.

Bootstrap 3 and 4 theme or skin design

Daniel Mettler

System Fingerprint in 2sxc 9.30+ using SHA256 Hash

4/24/2018

2sxc 9.30 will use a unique installation fingerprint to enhance the security. If you enable advanced features, this will be registered to identify your installation. Here's what's inside.

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Daniel Mettler

Security First Strategy for 2sxc 9.30+

4/24/2018

Security is like money - it's no problem when you have enough. And it becomes a real problem, when you don't have enough. 2sxc is going to raise the bar now, with a threefold security strategy. Here's what you need to know.

2sxc security

Daniel Mettler

2sxc 9.22 With Built in Connect.Koi and Bootstrap 3/4 Templates

4/10/2018

Releasing 2sxc 9.22 which now includes Connect.Koi by default, and also includes Bootstrap 3 and 4 content-templates.

2sxc Release koi Code

Daniel Mettler

New Content-Templates for Bootstrap 3, 4 and others - using Connect.Koi

4/9/2018

The new default content templates now support Bootstrap 3 and 4 at the same time, thanks to Koi. Here's how we did it.

2sxc Release koi CSS

Daniel Mettler

2sxc 9.21 with Crazy 10-100x Speed

4/5/2018

2sxc was always super-fast at reading data, but writing was slow. Now 2sxc 9.21 is ten to one hundred times faster at writing data - yeah!

2sxc Release

Daniel Mettler

2sxc 9.20 Preparing for Headless .net Core, TypeScript, DNN 9.2 and way more

4/4/2018

Announcing the Pre-Release of 2sxc 9.20, with a lot of new features and some small breaking changes.

2sxc Release

Daniel Mettler

Working with the breaking change ADAM objects 2sxc 9.20

4/3/2018

2sxc 9.20 had to change ADAM a bit, to decouple it from DNN - and getting ready for .net core. Here's what you need to know.

Breaking Change adam 2sxc Release

Daniel Mettler

Connect.Koi 1.1 and 1.2 with new Features

4/2/2018

Just released Connect.Koi 1.1 and 1.2 with two new features, which we found helpful implementing multi-CSS Framework solutions. PickCss and Class with Multi-Select.

CSS best-practice koi

Daniel Mettler

Supporting Many CSS Frameworks in Components using Connect.Koi

3/2/2018

DNN modules can now adapt their output to the css framework of the skin. Introducing Connect.Koi for DNN 7+.

design view koi

Daniel Mettler

Special Edition 2sxc 9.14 LTS (long term support)

12/23/2017

Sometimes too much innovation can be scary - which is why we're releasing an LTS (Long Term Support) edition.

2sxc long-term-support 2sxc Release

Daniel Mettler

Give your DataSource a Configuration UI with Global ContentTypes (#5)

12/22/2017

When you create a custom DataSource you'll often want to have a custom configuration UI. Here's how to do this.

2sxc Form and List DataSource JSON api

Daniel Mettler

Custom DataSource - Creating a DNN Extension

12/21/2017

Now you have a custom DataSource - let's distribute it as a DNN Extension.

api 2sxc DNN / DotNetNuke DataSource

Daniel Mettler

FormAndList DataSource as Standalone DNN Extension

12/20/2017

FormAndList was a popular Dynamic / Structured Data system in the old days. You can now use the data in VisualQuery, Razor and JavaScript with a standalone DNN Extension.

2sxc Form and List DNN / DotNetNuke Visual Query Designer eav DataSource Data

Daniel Mettler

Tutorial: Custom DataSources for EAV / 2sxc #2 Lists

12/19/2017

This is part 2 of the DataSources tutorial, and shows how you can create lists.

2sxc api DataSource eav WebAPI Visual Query Designer

Daniel Mettler

Tutorial Custom DataSources #3 Unit Testing

12/19/2017

DataSource objects are ideal for unit testing. Here's how to do it.

2sxc api DataSource eav unit-testing

Daniel Mettler

Releasing 2sxc 9.13 with Custom DataSource API

12/18/2017

We finally released 2sxc 9.13 which helps you build custom DataSources and wrote all the docs you need to create awesome stuff.

2sxc 2sxc Release Data DataSource Visual Query Designer

Daniel Mettler

Custom DataSource API - EnsureConfigurationIsLoaded

12/17/2017

If a DataSource is configurable, then configuration must parse tokens before accessing the values. This is done with EnsureConfigurationIsLoaded.

eav api DataSource

Daniel Mettler

Custom DataSource API - ConfigMask

12/16/2017

DataSources often need settings which come from the App or from a settings dialog. The ConfigMask is for registering Tokens to get this configuration.

eav api DataSource