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Annoucing DNN Virtual Earth End of Life (EOL)
June 8th, 2008 - Washington DC
Inspector IT, Inc. is announcing the official End of Life for the first and most powerful mapping module for DotNetNuke™, DNN Virtual Earth, based on Microsoft's® Virtual Earh platform.
The End of Life for DNN Virtual Earth will be in effect as of August 1st, 2008. Due to the popularity of the module, Inspector IT, Inc. will provide the module for download free fo charge and seize the sale of the product (as well as the source variant) in all marketplaces. Furthermore, Inspector IT, Inc. will not be liable for ongoing support and/or maintanance, unless under an official company SLA agreement. The product's support forum will remain available on a read-only basis for those wishing to consult reference support solutions.
Inspector IT, Inc. will provide professional services to organization wishing to implement mapping solutions on a time and materials (T&M) basis. For more information, please contact our sales desk.
Published by Antonio Chagoury on Sunday, June 08, 2008 Filed under:
Press Release
Antonio Chagoury Awarded for Community Contributions
Inspector IT, Inc.'s CEO and Chief Software Architect, Antonio Chagoury, was recently awarded the April 2008 prize for his tireless contributions to the IT community. More information on this award can be obtained via his blog post located at http://www.cto20.com/cto20/tabid/647/EntryID/55/Default.aspx
Following the prize award, Antonio further contributed to the viral growth of the Community-Credit.com website by developing an open source smart client application that connects via web services to the community-credit website in an effort to provide and easier way for community leaders and contributors to submit their accomplishments for credit retribution.
The application was named "Community-Credit Studio" and has been posted on CodePlex and is accessible via the following URL: http://www.codeplex.com/ccstudio.com.
Antonio has also blogged about this effort here: http://www.cto20.com/cto20/tabid/647/EntryID/56/Default.aspx
If you would like to contribute to the further development on the tool, please feel free to drop us a line at http://www.inspectorit.com/contact.aspx
Antonio Chagoury Presenting at NoVa Code Camp Reston
Inspector IT, Inc. CEO & Chief Software Architect, Antonio Chagoury, will be presenting at NoVa CodeCamp Reston on Saturday, March 29th at the Strayer University Woodbridge Campus. NoVa CodeCamp is a free all-day developer event and has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community.
Antonio's presentation, Developing DotNetNuke Modules, is scheduled for Saturday from 1:00pm - 2:15.pm
Registration is limited to 200 attendees and is filling up fast so please register today if you're interested!
When: May 17th, 2008 from 9a - 5p (we'll provide pizza for lunch, other options nearby)
Where: Microsoft Corporation - 12012 Sunset Hills Rd. Microsoft Technology Center, Reston, VA 20190 (directions)
Registration: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=125097
DNN Virtual Earth 1.6 Released!
We are delighted to annouce the release of DNN Virtual Earth 1.6 which addresses a number of defects reported by the module's user community. For more information please review the Change Log below.
The latest version is available for purchase or download at Snowcovered:
Change Log for 01.60.00
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1. Fixed Point list window opened in Firefox even if setting was turned off.
2. Modified "cancel" link in Manage Point List page to "Return to Main View"
3. Removed Inspector IT copyright notice below the map
4. Minor HTML fixes in the VirtualEarth.ascx
5. Clean up of Module.css
6. Fixed issues found in Point List window that sometimes caused the window not to load with the proper design theme.
7. Fixed CSS issue that caused the DNN skin to reset its position to top-left:0 in Firefox
Thank you for support!
Antonio Chagoury Presenting at NoVa CodeCamp South
Inspector IT, Inc. CEO & Chief Software Architect, Antonio Chagoury, will be presenting at NoVa CodeCamp South on Saturday, March 29th at the Strayer University Woodbridge Campus. NoVa CodeCamp is a free all-day developer event and has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community.
Antonio's presentation, Developing DotNetNuke Modules, is scheduled for Saturday from 1:00pm - 2:15.pm
Registration is limited to 100 attendees and is filling up fast so please register today if you're interested!
When: March 29, 2008 from 9a - 5p (we'll provide pizza for lunch, other options nearby)
Where: Strayer University Woodbridge Campus (directions)
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/39yhtw
Welcoming DNN DockMenu to our Productivity Suite!
Recently Inspector IT released a new DotNetNuke module utility that enables webmasters easily deploy a Mac-like "fish-eye" style menu toolbar,
DNN DockMenu.
This new member of our productivity suite of modules for DotNetNuke was very well received and adopted, so well that requests for new features came pouring in.
While we were not able to satisfy every request in the short time it took to release a patch we are working hard to meet everyone’s expectations.
This release version 1.1 hosts the following enhancements and fixes:
- Safari browser support, for both the Mac and PC platforms
- Provides more granular control over the positioning of the menu. It can now be positioned anywhere relative to the container or page with pixel accuracy
- Provides the ability to turn on or off the toolbar background (basically rendering it as transparent)
- Ability to show the menu’s title once moused over
- Includes minor usability improvements related to the overall management of the module
- More…
Published by Antonio Chagoury on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Filed under:
DNN DockMenu
DNN VirtualEarh 1.5 is Finlly Here!
We have been at it for a couple of months, but it was well worth the wait. We have added a few nice features that we are sure you will love and will make you wander how you were able to live without it for this long.
Additionally, we improved the manageability of the module by separating the Map Points Management interface from the Map's Settings. The UI is much less cluttered as a result of this change.
I could go on writing pages explaining all the changes, so instead, here is a bullet list of the changes and fixes in this new version: (Make sure you check out the demo too!)
- Added GeoRSS support
- Added a point attribute to allow you to load the location's weather conditions in the balloon tip by default
- Added settings to allow you to manipulate the balloon tip including, background color, size, border, border color & style
- List of points is now a floating window, which you can move, close, minimize and restore
- Fixed some minor FireFox rendering issues
- Fixed issue when an apostrophy is entered in both the title and description of each point
- Much more!
Published by Antonio Chagoury on Saturday, June 02, 2007 Filed under:
DNN VirtualEarth
DNN SiteMap 3.8 Released
Inspector IT, Inc. has released an update version of the very popular DNN SiteMap. This minor release contains minor modifications including the addition of a new feature which allows administrator to set the Site Map to be loaded in expanded mode by default.
The DNN SiteMap module was updated on Snowcovered and a patch notification has been sent to all customers who have purchased the module since January 1st, 2007.
The Site Map on this website has been updated to version 3.8 and you can preview the change by following this link or by clicking on the Site Map menu button above.
Published by Antonio Chagoury on Saturday, May 26, 2007 Filed under:
DNN SiteMap
cto 2.0 Blog Launched
Announcing the launch of the new Blog CTO 2.0.
Here you will find news and information on events and applications surrounding the next generation web.
So go ahead, visit www.cto20.com and make sure to keep visiting to read on news, events and finds on everything 2.0.
Published by Antonio Chagoury on Saturday, April 14, 2007 Filed under:
News & Updates
It's Ready: Virtual Earth Module with SDK v4.0 enabling 3D Mapping
We are pleased to announce that we are preparing for the release of the Microsoft Virtual Earth module which will support Virtual Earth SDK Version 4. The release will be made public within the next 24 hours.
With version 4.0 of the map control, you can now display 3D maps on your Web site. Existing 2D maps will continue to work as they do in version 3 of the control, but now users can switch to 3D mode and view maps in an all-new way.
Note that Version 4.0 of the map control also includes the latest updates to the version 3.2 map control.
Existing customers will receive this update via the Snowcovered Patches section free of charge.
Product Release: Windows Live Search Box Module 1.0
We are pleased to announce the release of yet another great DotNetNuke module: Windows Live Search Box.
Powered by Windows Live, it is designed for people who want to quickly add customized search to their site. The search box enables visitors to search your site, the Web, or any other locations you define.
The search builds a floating box on your page to display the results. You can customize the query in the first tab to search your site, or anything else, while the second tab will return web results.
A version 1.1 release is planned to debut in the first quarter 2007 which will include additional features such as Macro searches, higher level of UI customizability and more.
Published by Antonio Chagoury on Saturday, November 18, 2006 Filed under:
News & Updates
Google Turns off Map API v1
Google has officially turned off the Map API v1 in the first week of November.
This controversial move has caused a lot of disruptions to services built around that version and you will notice by reading blogs and community news groups that a lot of people are left unhappy.
Moreover, it seems that Google also miscalculated the risks involved so much that by turning version 1 off their GeoCoding service also seized to function properly, according to news sources.
Inspector IT's popular GoogleMap module for DotNetNuke was also based on the Map API v1 and is currently not functional.
We are working hard on an upgrade to Map API v2 which will be distributed to all our customers as soon as a public release is available.
Meanwhile, if you have purchased the GoogleMaps module, Inspector IT is offering a FREE version of the other popular mapping module, Virtual Earth*.
To get your free replacement please use the contact form located here.
(*Inspector IT - VirtualEarth Module is built for DotNetNuke 4.3.x and above)