DotNetNuke 6.2 has been released and can be downloaded at DotNetNuke.com.

Here is more information from the announcement.

"DNN 6.2 Includes Powerful New Features

Activity Feed
The DNN 6.2 Journal is an activity feed which enables community members to interact by posting and replying to status updates, tagging users and sharing links, files, photos and videos.

User Relationships
DNN 6.2 allows users to friend and follow other users or groups and to receive notifications which allow them to approve or reject new friends and followers.

Social Groups
DNN 6.2 fosters collaboration through the ability to create social interest groups. Users can join groups and share content with group members. Discussion forums can also be associated with social groups enabling members to ask and respond to questions and gain feedback on new ideas.

Interactive User Profile
DNN 6.2 empowers community members to create and manage a personal profile and dashboard which offers flexible privacy controls, personal file storage and a user focused activity feed.

Message Center
DNN 6.2 includes an integrated messaging center that enables users to respond to notifications and interact with other users or groups through messages that are similar to email.

Member Directory
A member directory enables users to find and connect with other users on the site.

Social Authentication
DNN 6.2 makes it easier than ever before for customers and prospects to participate in an online community. Users can now register and login with their Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Live credentials.

SharePoint 2010 Support
The DNN 6.2 Enterprise Edition improves internal document collaboration through integration with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as well as SharePoint 2007. DNN 6.2 now enables organizations to publish one SharePoint view or directory to multiple DNN web sites or publish multiple views to a single DNN site.

Localized into Four New Languages
DotNetNuke Corporation now supports four additional core languages: Dutch, French, German and Spanish. With DNN 6.2 organizations can now download and install fully localized versions of the DNN Content Management Platform and work in their preferred language.

Social API for Developers
The DNN 6.2 Social API enables developers to write applications that access and control the activity feed, user relationships, social groups, user profiles and notifications. DNN 6.2 also provides support for modern, client-based development techniques. It includes the jQuery, jQueryUI and Knockout.js development libraries and the new DNN Service Framework. The DNN Service Framework enables developers to create application services that any device that uses HTTP can call."

Thanks, Joe. I've been long-awaiting DNN 6.2 but don't usually carry out upgrades on the day they are released, I prefer to wait for a while and see if there are any major problems reported first. However, I have one DNN install, which is full of skins, containers and modules that I should have deleted long ago, that I was about to trash and use as a test site. So I just let rip and upgraded it thinking if it goes pearshaped, I can trash it anyway. Well, guess what? A perfect upgrade, my favourite DNN 5 skin still works and there seem to be no problems. Just have to find the time to play with it now and check out all the new features.

I completely agree about upgrading, and that is even more so when the upgrade is a major one. 6.2 is a major release.

Always test upgrades on copies of sites if possible, and always make backups before upgrading live sites.

I've played with 6.2 beta versions and have been impressed. It's good to hear of your success story, too.

Besides all of the hoopla surrounding 6.2, there is a beta release of Active Forums at codeplex.com. AF is the software that runs the forums here at DNNCreative. When released, AF will become the default forum software for DotNetNuke. Existing users of either AF or the DNN Forums module will have an upgrade path, too.

I'm fairly new to DNN and not a very techy either. I recently bought Active Social to see if it can provide the functionality I'm looking for. Is DNN 6.2 taking its place or complementing it? Should I get my money back for Acive Social? Thanks.

DotNetNuke 6.2 has the functionality of Active Social integrated into the core. Additionally, Active Forums is transitioning to a free module.

Depending on when you purchased, I think that you should ask for a refund. That's my opinion.

Also, the tight integration of A.S. into DotNetNuke is a MUCH better product.

But ... be aware that this is very new, and you might expect some instabilities or issues ...

Thanks Joe, I will do that. After looking at AS, I’m not sure if the administrative control of member groups- visibility, layout and messaging/communication I am looking for is best achieved through social media (AS) functionality or if separate modules can do more. AS does not appear to be customizable enough and more member driven. Joe, can I get your thoughts? If so, in this forum or do you have a separate email or number?

Joe,

Perhaps you can answer this for me, I've yet to really find a good answer. Long term, I know the social aspects of 6.2 (and beyond) are going to be great. That said what can we do today with 6.2? I've played around and while I can make groups, and I see the journal, I'm not sure there (which is why I'm asking) what else we can do with the current incarnation of 6.2.

Thanks,
Doug

You are correct that the social features are new, and developing. I've seen announcements from several module developers that they are beginning to use the Journal feature.

I guess my real question is ... what would you like to do with the social features? In other words, how do you want to make your site "social"? Do you have examples of other sites with features that you would like to emulate?

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