Active Social 1.1.2 Highlights

Active Social 1.1.2 includes several bug fixes, some performance improvements and a couple new features.  The biggest performance improvement is in the Messaging area.  Previously, users with large quantities of messages in their inbox would experience SQL timeout problems.  We addressed this issue in two ways.  First, we optimized the database queries.  In previous releases, the query to retrieve 300 messages for a user would take over 5 seconds.  Now the query wil

Active Social Registration Wizard

Here is a brief video I just put together that takes you through the sign up process using the Active Social Registration wizard.  Keep in mind that all of the fields you see are defined using the DotNetNuke Profile Properties.  You can create as many or as few steps as you like and also choose fields or groups of fields to display in the template.   Active Social Registration Wizard Screencast 

Active Social 1.0 Feature List

Below is a list of some of the features that you can expect to see when Active Social is released on January 15th.  General Benefits & FeaturesSingle module w/ multiple views - easy to install and configureComplete integration with DotNetNuke ProfileSocial Journal keeps track of site activity.  Easily filter by Portal, Group, User or journal activity.100% Template based - complete design and layout controlUnique notification system allows users to define alerts in addition to sendi

Active Social or Active Profile for DotNetNuke Social Networking

I know there is a bit of confusion regarding Active Social and Active Profile.  Hopefully this article will clear up the confusion.  ------------------------------------------Active Profile only addresses the user profile aspect of DotNetNuke Social Networking.  Active Social includes user profiles, groups, messaging, forums and a few other capabilities.  This will provide you with a complete social networking solution for DotNetNuke--------------------------------------------Active Profile allo

Simplified approach to building complex modules

You just installed a brand new module.  As far as you know, you only installed one module.  You create a new page, go to add the new module...What?  You don't have one module, you have 2, 3, 4 or 20 modules from just installing that one new module.  You only installed one module, but now you have "Vendor X - Module A", "Vendor X - Module B", "Vendor X - Module C", etc.  Now you are stuck trying to decide which of the multiple entries that now appear in the list to add first.  Make sure you guess

Answers to some questions about Active Social

It was great getting to talk with so many people at OpenForce last week.  Below are some of the common questions we received along with answers.Q: How much will Active Social cost?A: Active Social will be available in 3 versions:     Active Social ($499) - This is a standalone version that is pre-packaged with a custom DotNetNuke installation.     Active Social For DotNetNuke ($399) - This is the Active Social Module package for those that already have DotNetNuke installed.     Active Social Liv

Active Social - Profile Overview

One of the common requests we received with Active Profile was, "How could every user have a default profile?".  Active Social uses the built-in profile information from DotNetNuke.  This has several advantages:1) Every user will now have a profile.2) The profile can be maintained in one location.3) Custom profile fields in DotNetNuke are immediately available in Active Social.While relying on the DotNetNuke profile mechanism provides the best form of integration, we did face some challenges.1)

Social CRM with Active Social and DotNetNuke

I have never been able to keep a secret.   I just spent the past hour writing a blog post describing how you could use Active Social for your CRM.  Screen captures showing custom profiles, integration with Active CRM, Active Purchase and an external database, using social groups to organize customers by product interest, etc.   I can't help but get excited talking about our products and new features.  I know I said earlier I was going to post details about this topic before the end of the week. 

Social CRM - Have you heard about it?

Have you heard the term Social CRM yet?  If you search for Social CRM you will find various articles talking about marketing to users of social media.  I have always found it frustrating that the majority of information about CRM tools, processes and use cases are focused around lead generation.  This also seems to be the case with the term "Social CRM".  Don't get me wrong, in most cases you need to have sales to keep a business running and you can't have sales without leads.  However, CRM stan

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