All training courses in the Portal Development Series are offered through the Corporate Computer Training Centre at NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology). For official course details, please refer to the current CCTC course catalog at NAIT.

NAIT is located in Edmonton, AB.

DotNetNuke Portal Development Series

"The way we build websites is about to change!" – Dynamic Generation Inc.

The DotNetNuke (DNN) Portal Development Series provides training in website portal development. Whether you are a corporation interested in upgrading your Intranet, a small-business that needs an affordable, easy-to-manage website with a professional look and feel, or a developer seeking to create customized portal solutions for your clients, the DNN Portal Development Series has what you need.

"Thousands of organizations worldwide already deliver their intranet and extranet solutions using the DotNetNuke portal framework." – Press Release on DotNetNuke.com

1. Basic Website/Portal Administration – Learn how to administer your own business or personal website using DotNetNuke (DNN) portals. Create content, manage users, and explore the various ways you can use DNN 3.x. Tackle the pros and cons of selecting a DNN hosting provider vs. running your own DNN portal. Pre-requisites: None
2. Portal Hosting and Administration – Learn how to set up and administer portals. Using DotNetNuke (DNN) v3.x, a state-of-the-art open-source website portal solution, you can develop professional business and personal websites. Covers configuration and setup, database connectivity (MSDE/SQL Server), role-based security and user management, multi-portal hosting, DNS configuration, and much more. Pre-requisites: Basic Portal Administration or equivalent web development experience.
3. Portal Website Design – Part of what makes a professional website is creating clean, crisp designs. Learn how to create your own website design (Skin) for use with DotNetNuke (DNN) 3.x website portals. Flexible, easy to use and maintain, DNN Website Design, or "Skinning" can make your business or personal web site stand out amongst the competition. Pre-requisites: Basic Portal Administration or equivalent web development experience and CSS training/experience. Graphical design skills are also an asset
4. Portal Developer Level I – Extending the DotNetNuke (DNN) v3.x portal with custom modules allows you to include value-added functionality to an already world-class portal application. Custom modules allow DNN users to re-use or extend existing portal content. Pre-requisites: CCT B290 – ASP.NET II
5. Portal Developer Level II – Advanced custom module development in DotNetNuke (DNN) v3.x. Use multiple databases and advanced ASP.NET programming to create secure, specialized functionality for your Intranet or Extranet portal solutions. Pre-requisites: Portal Developer Level I

DotNetNuke^® is an open-source portal application built upon Microsoft's ASP.Net Framework. With a community of over 150,000 users and developers worldwide (as of June 2005), DotNetNuke represents a fundamental change in how websites are and will be built in the future. – Daniel Gilleland, Dynamic Generation Inc.

Visit www.DotNetNuke.com for more information.