Changes coming to DotNetNuke

A few notable blog posts over on DotNetNuke.com this past week.

1. Cathal posted about a change for DNN 5 (Cambrian) that will remove the ability for administrators to upload skins to their portals, only host users will be able to do so. This has received mixed reactions from the community. I've been just north of Baltimore here in Maryland this week doing DNN training for a client and had a discussion with them early on about skin development, and stumbled across an idea that I figured could be a major security hole with the ability for administrators to upload skins. I ran across Cathal's post and that change nearly negates the vulnerability. Just keep in mind, as an admin or a host, it is probably adviseable to review all skins and modules before you upload them to your website. You're potentially uploading "code" and you should be sure of what that code does before you upload it.

2. The DotNetNuke Blog module has some major changes coming (1 2 3). Antonio, inbetween all his round the world trips, has blogged about some of the upcoming functionality. Be sure to check it out!

That's all for my DNN post this morning, I might get more together later in another post, but those two topics should keep you busy for a while!