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What modules are recommended for my site?
This is a very subjective topic and will likely offend some people. While I’ll try to provide my fair input for each of the recommended DotNetNuke modules, I can’t possibly know all your requirements for a module. This article will link heavily to many module sites and if any of the module’s authors would like to be removed, just ask. I am not accepting any form of payment for inclusion in this list or future lists. I will be happy to evaluate your module as time allows. Although this article will not be a module evaluation or review, future articles will be. Module writers offering modules to the community for free are highly recommended to send me links and descriptions of their work since most of my articles about modules will be based on free modules.
The rest of this ‘article’ will be a listing of modules that meet a certain need. This list may be changed to a table later.
Category
Module Name
Module Description
PA Price
Source Price
Link
Forums
Core Forums
Core Forums
Registration(Free)
Registration(Free)
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Default.aspx?tabid=823
Blog
Core Blogs
Core Blogs
Registration(Free)
Registration(Free)
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Default.aspx?tabid=854
Content
Daily Comics
Provides daily comic strips. Many to choose from. Updated automatically
Free
Free
http://dnn.gmss.org/
Content
Weather Channel
Shows forecasts automatically from the Weather Channel
Free
Older(Free)
http://www.ploufs.net/english/Module/WeatherChannel/tabid/95/Default.aspx
Content
Scoreboard Feed
Provides automatic list of scores from recent sports games.
Free
Older(Free)
http://www.aream.ca/DNN/ScoreboardFeed/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Content
What’s New
My favorite module. Drop this on a page and this module will automatically tell your visitors of your latest changes.
Free
Free
http://www.efficionconsulting.com/DotNetNuke/Modules/WhatsNew/tabid/535/Default.aspx
Content
Falafel Map
A module that shows maps directly from Mapquest. Just supply it with an address.
Registration(Free)
$10
http://www.falafel.com/Products/DNNModules/Map/tabid/73/Default.aspx
Content
RSSXtra
RSSXtra provides much more than the base RSS module. You can limit results and avoid RSS advertisements.
Registration(Free)
Registration(Free)
http://bring2mind.dnsalias.net/Downloads/tabid/65/Default.aspx
Guest Book
Guest Book
A Guest Book module that supports picture uploads.
Registration(Free)
Registration(Free)
http://bring2mind.dnsalias.net/Downloads/tabid/65/Default.aspx
Advertisement
Google Ad Sense
Lets you easily show Google ad sense on you site.
Free
Older(Free)
http://www.ploufs.net/english/Module/GoogleAdSense/tabid/87/Default.aspx
Articles
Articles Module
Articles Module is the module I’m using to host these articles. It is very flexible. Don’t forget you need to use the free Categories module to get this to work.
Free
Free
http://www.efficionconsulting.com/Default.aspx?tabid=352
Utility
DNNPortal-Download
Provides a very graphical download repository with user ratings and comments.
Free
Registration(Free)
http://www.dnnportal.de/Default.aspx/tabid/176
Utility
Simple Download
Works just like the Core Documents module without all the columns.
Free
Registration(Free)
http://dnnjungle.vmasanas.net/MyModules/Modules/SimpleDownload/tabid/34/Default.aspx
E-commerce
PayPal Donations
A simple way to add a donate button to your site.
Registration(Free)
N/A
http://www.apollo-software.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=68
E-Commerce
SDN Store
A good set of features for a free ecom module. 2 bad things about this module though. 1. You can’t use friendly urls on your site. 2. You have to preregister every domain you intend to use it with. I list it because free ecom is rare for DNN
Register(Free)
N/A
http://www.sysdatanet.com/SDNStore/DesktopDefault.aspx
E-Commerce
Traincert E-Commerce
A good start to ecom.
Register(Free)
Register(Free)
http://www.traincert.net
PodCast
NukeSyndicate
NukeSyndicate lets you easily hosts podcasts for inclusion on Itunes and other cast sites.
Free
Free
http://scottschecter.net/Projects/NukeSyndicate/tabid/83/Default.aspx
Calendar
Event Calendar
Provides a nice calendar display of all upcoming events. Doesn’t get ugly when looking at an empty calendar page like the core module does.
Register(Free)
N/A
http://www.bigfoot-software.com/Modules/EventCalendar/tabid/53/Default.aspx
Communications
Private Messages
The only module I know of that lets users send each other messages within the site.
Subscription($35 for all modules)
Subscription($35 for all modules)
http://www.smcculloch.net/Modules/PrivateMessages/tabid/193/Default.aspx
Communications
MesserWSChat
Graphical chat using Ajax technology.
Register(Free)
$299
http://imesser.com/Download/tabid/93/Default.aspx
Photos
Simple Gallery
A good stable gallery. Even better when you are getting the subscription anyways.
Subscription($35 for all modules)
Subscription($35 for all modules)
http://www.smcculloch.net/Modules/SimpleGallery/tabid/238/Default.aspx
Photos
Invidia Simple Gallery
A simple gallery which allows multiple albums.
Free
Free
http://www.invidia.com/Downloads/tabid/57/Default.aspx
Custom Forms
Form Creator 1.5
A simple way to make your own forms to collect data from users.
$15
$15
http://www.snowcovered.com/snowcovered2/Default.aspx?tabid=166&CatalogItemID=1155&CatalogID=7&sid=ElocmScJDgw=
That’s the end of the list. There are many other modules out there. Please go to www.cathal.co.uk for more free modules. And go to www.snowcovered.com for paid modules. I tried to list modules that meet some need. I am using most of the modules above on my sites now. And I am using some modules but I didn’t want to list for one reason or another.
Thank You,
John |