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    copied!<p>Modules - That's a term that's very loosely used by all of us.</p> <p>Clearer Definitions</p> <ul> <li>Package = Zip file (Not Module)</li> <li>Manifest = .DNN file</li> </ul> <p>The manifest allows you to define Modules(group of View/Edit/Settings) user controls as a single installation package.</p> <p>In the DNN 3.0 manifest, if you're still in this format, you'll notice that a basic single installation package is structured like this (briefly)</p> <pre><code>&lt;dotnetnuke version="3.0" type="Module"&gt; &lt;folders&gt; &lt;folder&gt; &lt;name&gt;Side bar Navigation&lt;/name&gt; &lt;modules&gt; &lt;module&gt; &lt;friendlyname&gt;&lt;/friendlyname&gt; &lt;cachetime&gt;0&lt;/cachetime&gt; &lt;controls&gt; &lt;control&gt; &lt;title&gt;View&lt;/title&gt; &lt;src&gt;DesktopModules/Module/View.ascx&lt;/src&gt; &lt;type&gt;View&lt;/type&gt; &lt;/control&gt; &lt;control&gt; &lt;key&gt;Settings&lt;/key&gt; &lt;title&gt;Settings&lt;/title&gt; &lt;src&gt;DesktopModules/Module/Settings.ascx&lt;/src&gt; &lt;type&gt;Edit&lt;/type&gt; &lt;/control&gt; &lt;/controls&gt; &lt;/module&gt; &lt;/modules&gt; &lt;files&gt; ... &lt;/files&gt; &lt;/folder&gt; &lt;/folders&gt; &lt;/dotnetnuke&gt; </code></pre> <p><em>So that above defines a Single Module in an Installation Package.</em></p> <p><strong>In the context of a blog, you would have 2 modules</strong></p> <ol> <li>Blog Display Module (displays a selected blog or just the whole lot)</li> <li>Sidebar Navigation Module (Helps you to display quickly the blogs you've written for an any period of time)</li> </ol> <p>What you can do is to package the Blog Display Module in the manifest in a copy of <code>&lt;folder&gt;&lt;/folder&gt;</code> and then the Sidebar Navigation Module in another copy of the <code>&lt;folder&gt;&lt;/folder&gt;</code> structure.</p> <p><strong>For example, this project has 7 modules; Side bar navigation, custom search module, blah blah blah</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;dotnetnuke version="3.0" type="Module"&gt; &lt;folders&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;folder&gt;...&lt;/folder&gt; &lt;/folders&gt; &lt;/dotnetnuke&gt; </code></pre> <ol> <li>1 Installation Package (Which means 1 Web App Project)</li> <li>7 Modules</li> <li>One assembly to place in the bin/</li> <li>All code is shared and you can then inherit from other library references to develop further.</li> </ol> <p><em>They have different views, names, friendlynames but all share one common <code>&lt;foldername&gt;</code></em></p> <p><strong>The KEY is in the Packaging.</strong></p>
 

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