We have a rare treat for those who read on and watch the videos. DNN Partner Program Coordinator Megan Croley showed us the way DNN Corp communicates internally while describing a recent Adopt-a-Family campaign. That, plus the latest in DNN news, User Group news, and a brief talk on a special variation to Responsive Design.

Our meeting started off with the regular warm greetings of those attending. Especially warm, in stark contrast to the -6 degree temperature outside in Chicago last night! Since this meeting was virtual via GoToMeeting, temperature was not a factor.

Thanks to PowerDNN who sponsors this website, ChicagoDNN.org, and also keeps us fed and watered when we meet live and in person.  Thanks also to J&S Tech Designs for supplying the GoToMeeting. 

Don Gingold from Sprocket Websites gave the DNN news talk, usually given by Jim Nagy, but Jim was traveling and couldn't attend. Membership in nearly all the ChicagoDNN social groups was up. Please keep telling your friends to join us and get the latest news. Not too much news industry-wide since mid-December. Version 7.2 had just been released and was covered last month.

Here's the video of the beginning of the meeting through the news segment.

Megan Croley Uses DNN's Social Tools to Adopt-a-Family

The big part of the meeting was a visit by Megan Croley. Fairly new to the DNN Corporation, Megan used their internal website to post an idea: let's Adopt-a-Family for Christmas. DNN's social functions help spread the idea through the organization quickly and caught management's attention, and the rest... well, watch the video. 

Besides the fact that Megan spearheaded a really good cause and helped a family in need, DNN technology was at the center of the event, and even more cool than that, the folks at DNN Corp are practicing what they preach. And we get a little peek into the process via Megan's screens as she describes how it all came about.

Next up, Don Gingold reported on a blog by Shaun Walker, father of DNN and CTO of the corporation. He spoke about RESS, or Responsive Server Side, which resonated with Don since instead of user client-side style definitions to alter and sometimes completely hide information sent from the server, RESS keeps the information from being sent down the wire in the first place. While RESS is not yet a checkbox in a DNN configuration, it is possible now, by following the example code in Shaun's blog post. AND, the idea of adding a checkbox for hiding a module if a mobile requester is detected has been submitted, so we may see it in a release soon. Here's that video.

Thanks all who attended the meeting "in person" and don't forget, we'll do it again on the 2nd Wednesday of next month, like every month. 

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