stephen wrote:Hi there,
I am currently using DotNetNuke and I have used Joomla (PHP) in the past.
How does umbraco compare to DNN?
Is it possible to run multiple websites through one installation of umbraco (as DNN can do)?
Umbraco seems to use a lot of XSLT. Why is that?
Is there a document that takes a user through, step by step, to create a web page or 2 with stylesheet and template?
Is there a central repository for add-on modules?
What modules are available?
Is there any user groups in Australia? Sydney?
Thanks for your patience.
Regards,
Stephen
www.opacity.com.au Hey Stephen,
I use DNN now too, but I'm converting one of my sites to umbraco. You can read about the progress on my blog. So if you have any questions feel free to ask
It's possible to run multiple sites on umbraco from what I understand by assigning domains to nodes. You can specify a root folder in the content and media area's for editors. The only thing I don't think you can separate are members. At least I don't know how to do it. So in my ideal this is a plus for DNN.
Why Umbraco uses XSLT. It's simple answer to that. All umbraco content is stored in a xml file (in /Data/umbraco.config). By using XSLT you can transform that content in to the layout you want.
If I can make comparison between DNN and Umbraco I can say that Templates in DNN are like Skins in umbraco in a sort of way. And macro's (XSLT,.NET usercontrol/webcontrol, Python) are your DNN module's.
I suggest you do the following :
Install Umbraco.
Take a XSLT tutorial if you are not familiar with it(e.g. on W3Schools).
Watch the video's on
http://old.umbraco.org/frontpage/demos.aspxInstall the creative Website package to see some examples of macro's, templates, etc.
You can find packages on
http://packages.umbraco.org/packages and here
http://rtk-cv.dk/1050.aspx and on many other sites. Just search the forum for what you try to achieve.
Hope this helps you get started.
Dave
Converting a DotNetNuke site to Umbraco :
Follow it here