A brief introduction to DotNetNuke in story format.

1. a short story

2. meet nicole

3. nicole is a small businessowner

4. nicole lives near…

6. she drives…

8. loves…

10. sings alongto…

12. and runs a small…

14. nicole manages herB&B website with

16. …it enables her toeasily manageher site content

17. last month, decided to add online reservationsto her website

18. she asked harry for advice…

19. harry recommendedshe install anextension for

20. nicole did…

21. …and one day laterher site hadonline reservations

22. meet harry

23. hosts theB&B websitefor

24. harry lives in…

26. he rides…

28. enjoys…

30. and listens to…

32. harry offers businesswebsite hosting with…

34. …it makes his jobeasier and keeps hiscustomers happy

35. …it was notalways this way

36. one year agospent lots of timecreating websitesfrom scratch

37. he desperatelyneeded a flexibleplatform to…

38. allow his customers… …to manage their website content

39. he asked cindy for advice…

40. cindy recommendedhe offerhosting with

41. harry did…

42. …and the results were exceptional

43. meet cindy

44. cindy is anindependentsoftware developer

45. has worked on several software projects for

46. cindy lives in…

48. she rides the…

50. stays fit with…

52. and dances to…

54. cindy developsapplications for…

56. …it enables her todevelop solutionsvery efficiently

57. …it was notalways this way

58. two years ago, ittook longerto develop webapplications

59. she did not havea standard platformfor developing…

60. her client’s… …web applications

61. she asked herformer boss kevin for advice…

62. kevin recommendedshe develop apps using

63. cindy did…

64. …and became muchmore efficient

65. meet kevin

66. kevin isi.t. director ata global company

67. kevin lives in…

69. he drives…

71. plays…

73. and is a fan of…

75. three years agocompany spent lots of money supporting multiple web platforms

76. kevin wantedONE platform for…

77. all the company’s… …web properties

78. everyone he asked,recommendedhe use

79. so kevin did some research…

80. he learned that…

81. …runs on

82. …is Open Source

83. …has advancedweb content managementfeatures

84. …makeswebapplication developmentefficient

85. …is highlyextensible

86. …and has hugeworldwide adoption

87. kevin decidedto take the plunge and made…

88. …thestandard company platformfor websites

89. kevin’s decision saved money and increased his company’s profits

90. …so, what is ?

92. is an extensible open source content management and application developmentplatform

93. …nicole uses its extensibility featuresto run her business

94. …harry uses its content management features to empower his customers

95. …cindy uses its application development featuresto deliver solutions for her clients

96. …and kevin uses its strength as a platform to makehis business more successful

97. but todaykevin’s not thinkingabout business…

98. …he’s online, planninga surprise for hiswife on their 10-yearwedding anniversary

99. …he’s making reservationsat a small Bed & Breakfaston the outskirts of Sydney