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Cliff Hammock
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06 Apr 2011 02:06 PM
    • Active Social Version: 1.9.1
    • DotNetNuke Version: 5.6.1
    Actually on DNN 5.6.2 and AS 1.9.2.

    I am working on my Mega Menu based on Dao's new MM provider that now has module injection capabilities. I want to create something like the MM under www.reuters.com. Go to www.homeschoolcommunity.com/default.aspx and look at the Homeschool Content main menu item. You will see that I have my menu items there, but on the right I am injecting a Ventrian NA list of the latest 3 articles on my site. I did this by putting the VNA module on a non-menu page and injecting it into Dao's MM. I am testing the module injection for him, so it might not be fully released yet.

    I wanted to get my MegaMenu further along and then show the AS Community, but I ran into this. Hopefully module injection with work using AS modules. Dao mentioned that some modules might not load that well.

    So my intent would be to add a few AS modules to a hidden page and then inject them into my menu.

    Can I add more than one AS module to a page?

    Look at my Community Content and you will see I am trying to publish Latest Members on the right using the Custom - Latest Members view, but I get the resource names instead of content. Also, I was going to take the Latest Members Custom View and  save it as a new view using something like Menu - Latest Members, but I don't see a way to add a new Custom View. I see Add Template, but not view. 

    So I am looking for scaled down views of the following custom views. By scaled down I would only want the name and a link to the Member or Group. Something simple. 

    Latest Members
    Latest Groups
    Latest Journal Activity
    Latest Events

    If we arrive at a workable AS Media Solution, then I would have some things like...
    Latest Photos
    Latest Videos
    Latest Files

    Probably more, but not all will be AS. I guess this concept is basically taking portions of the Journal and dispersing it into the menu using module injection.

    Thanks for any ideas / specific instructions on how to accomplish this.
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    06 Apr 2011 02:15 PM
    Have you tried the DDR Menu? Might want to check out this blog post if you haven't already.
    http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources...aters.aspx
    Will Morgenweck
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    Cliff Hammock
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    06 Apr 2011 02:54 PM
    I am fully aware of the upcoming inclusion of DDR in DNN 6. And that is definitely pretty exciting. Can't wait to jump into DNN 6. I might get a CTP build when I have a few extra hours to play around some.

    But for my Homeschool Community Site I had already started working with Dao before that blog post came out. And because I like his customer service and the menu works well to do what I want to do and is easy and flexible to setup and configure I am going to stick with him (DNN360) for this project.

    What I was hoping is that you could point me in the right direction regarding why the Latest Members custom view is rendering Resource Names instead of content. I posted on another thread and you said that thread was outdated and I should create a new thread. So this was my new thread. Maybe you didn't realize that this was related to my other post.

    There are a few specific AS questions in my original post on this thread that I hope you can address.

    Thanks.
    Jeff Blanks
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    07 Apr 2011 08:25 PM
    Cliff,

    I'm presuming that hopefully Dao is going to have an updated release after you guys are done testing? If another tester is needed, please let him know. I just posted to his forums about a different issue. Seems I can't get the PA provider to work with the MM.

    Can I add more than one AS module to a page?

    Yes, as long as you have only one of the 3 primary views: Profile, Journal, Groups. But you can have multiple custom views (module instances) on the same page. Someone correct me if I'm wrong....

    Latest Journal Activity
    Latest Events
    Latest Photos
    Latest Videos
    Latest Files

    For some simple views that you can change and extend upon, you can have a look at my blog. I haven't created any custom views yet on the above items in your list, aside from creating profile tabs.

    Keep us posted, you have some interested viewers!
    Cheers! Jeff
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