The HouseGlossary module has been released in beta form. Please visit the House of Nuke site for more information and to download the beta.

This module allows you to display a glossary (or lexicon, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.) on your DNN site, rendered as a straight-forward HTML DL (definition list). Features include optional multicolumn display, an alphabetical index, an informational header, rich HTML for definitions, related links for definitions, support for DNN localization and support for DNN search (coming).

The PA is a free download from the site, no registration required. Please check it out and let me know what you think. I am eager to get feedback and fine-tune this module for final release!

Tim,

I was unable to find the download link.

Tim,

I recall reading a bit about your glossary module earlier on... and indeed I was thinking about this last night as I couldn't sleep (coders curse?).  One module I thought would be useful, or to be perfectly clear about it, partial module would be an "Alpha-Numeric" module.  What the heck am I talking about?  Well, I can think of a few different modules that might benefit from the type of Alphabet button at the top of your glossary.  It is possible to seperate that out into it's own module.  Then, using Inter-Module Communication have the subscriber/listener/receiver module interact with it. 

Is this making sense?  Is this something you'de be willing to try?

Importing data is a great idea, Luis, but that is not yet possible. I can think of a few different ways to approach this, and I'm sure I can come up with something that works -- eventually.

BTW, how does my HouseGlossary compare with this glossary you are currently using?

Kevon, that's an interesting idea I hadn't even considered. I'm not familiar with the inter-module communications, but I'd be willing to give this a try. The alpha index in the HouseGlossary module is already a user control, so it shouldn't be too great a leap to turn it into a module.

What kind of modules are you imagining needing something like this? I can think of contacts modules, resource directory modules, some kind of user modules -- anything else?

Yeah, that's pretty much the extent that I was thinking of... I think there might be more applications, ya never know till ya do it :)

Inter-Module Communication is actually pretty easy.  Check out this other thread I was involved in..
http://forums.asp.net/1121142/ShowPost.aspx

I would be happy to take your code and modify it to what I'm talking about.

timrolands wrote:

BTW, how does my HouseGlossary compare with this glossary you are currently using?

It's very much similiar. I hadn't thought about the number of columns settings or the reference links (good ideas).

I had an Outlook style letter filter (like yours) already and it uses that. The only difference is we allow (in settings) where to place it (horizontal at the top or vertical to the left. One thing I do is disable letters in the filter that have no corresponding entries.

I guess thats how module development goes, huh? :)

I had developed a server uptime module months ago and kept it private. Imagine my suprise when another one popped up recently at Subzero (albeit, such a simple module to develop it's great training).

I had never really thought about sellng or offering free modules before and the 8 or 9 that I do have developed may just end up in that arena in the future.

Kevon, thanks for the pointer to that other thread, and thanks very much for the offer to help! It looks pretty straightforward, so I think I'll go ahead and tackle it. The only problem for me is time, but it doesn't look like it will take much time to add this, either.

When this is done, I will release it (the alpha index) as a free standalone module with source code and everything. Could be useful for someone else....

Well, as suggested by Kevon earlier in this thread, I separated out the filter functionality from my HouseGlossary module and put it into a module of its own, HouseFilter. This new module simply displays a filter and uses inter-module communication to send the selected value to any listening modules.

I built in options for displaying pure alphabetic and alphanumeric filters, but it can also accept a comma-separated string of custom filter options (e.g., categories). You can choose to display it as either a series of LinkButtons or a DropDown.

Find out more at the House of Nuke site, and download it for free. Both PA-only and full-source versions are available under the same open source license as DotNetNuke.

There's also an updated version of HouseGlossary, now using the HouseFilter module for its filtering needs.

Please let me know what you thnk or if you spot any issues. Thanks!

You're welcome, Kevon. I just hope I didn't overlook anything in my rush to get it done. I really wanted to finish it by the end of the weekend as I now have other demands on my time.

There is at least one minor bit I want to add -- the ability to display that list of LinkButtons either horizontally or vertically. I am open to any other suggestions as well!

Tim