John RoyleWe are certainly looking at an Intranet 'solution' We have done quite a few of these and we're looking to offer an intranet bundle. We'd be very interested in collaborating with anyone who have something to contribute to this.

4/11/2014

  • Gifford WatkinsPerhaps we should split solutions into two groups; INTRAnet and public facing? Example: greenarbor.ca is a public facing landscaping site with portfolio images handled by Mandeeps "live content" module.5/26/2014

  • Gunther SchmidtI would love to join your project. I am going to play with intranet for a small workgroup during 2015 so what could be better?1/5/2015

Bruce de BeerHow many Developers focus mainly on building Line Of Business web apps with DNN for corporate Intranets?

2/13/2014

  • Bruce de BeerThanks, for the response, Phil. We use DNN here in South Africa as part of a solution to deliver Point Of Sale transactions files on a daily basis, for a large fast food restaurant chain. The DNN portal is used to monitor the success rate of these file transfers.2/15/2014

Daniel MettlerMy 2-Cents: If we create own solutions, it's very, very important to cater to a very large group. Maintaining a solution is very resource-intensive, and if only 18 customers would use it (and they are all on the cheap we-don't-pay type) then it dies.

2/13/2014

  • Gifford WatkinsIt depends on the solution. I just created a skin and a demo for a few niche markets that I would market for $100-$500/mo. webfitters.ca/demo (The only 3rd party module I use (for photo-intensive portals) is the Escher module by OliverHine.com)5/26/2014

Greg BrownCould somebody fix the character limit on these posts? I've attached some thoughts using the Landscaping contractor as an example. Of course I look at all things as a sales/marketing person first, designer second!

2/11/2014

  • Greg Brownoops! One of my employees pointed out that some of my information may be dated - Wordpress does have an Affiliate Management Plug-in. 2/13/2014

I've seen this at my day job quite a bit, and also saw this mentioned in an Alfresco integrator's presentation. Namely, that most clients are looking for a cohesive solution that solves their problem. It looks like Acquia is doing this with drupal.

2/11/2014

    Gifford WatkinsI'm not seeing a ton of movement here in this group. So... let's pick a niche market like... hmm, landscaping. Everyone has landscapers in their community... so let's offer DNN Platform and an image module... say Escher or Mandeeps Live Content.

    2/11/2014

      Gifford WatkinsThe treasurer of one of the fastest growing cities in Canada calls me up and says, Hey, can you get us up a website, something with a CMS? I say sure... I'm pretty good with DNN and DNN Platform is free. He says, how much is this going to cost us?

      1/31/2014

      • Gifford WatkinsI say how about we do this? It'll probably take me about 48 hours to do your site, so pay me $400/month for the first year. If you aint happy at any point in time you can cancel. He thought that was a great idea. I finished the site in about 2 weeks... trained them up and now everyone is happy. They can reach me at any time, and I can still help them part time. 1/31/2014

      • Josep MorellLucky you :)2/12/2014

      • Gifford WatkinsI don't know about lucky; it's just a business approach. Offering folks "full time availability" for a "part time wage" is a method of ensuring "relationship value". It's better than building something then abandoning the client.5/26/2014

      Wes TattersGuess its sort of what I do day to day - interested in seeing what others have to say.

      1/31/2014

      • Gifford WatkinsI have 100+ clients. Each client pays a minimum of $100/month... so I watch a lot of cartoons.1/31/2014

      Philipp Becker (host)created the group DNN Solutions

      Group aiming at creating solutions based on the dnn platform

      1/21/2014

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        DNN Solutions

        Group aiming at creating solutions based on the dnn platform