How to Get Most Out of EasyDNN News Module
EasyDNN News is a leading article publishing solution for DNN. It is used for blogs, articles, events, and all kinds of posts. Users of this module are familiar with the wide range of options and possibilities that this module has to offer. However, the functionality of the module can be additionally expanded by our other four modules: the EasyDNN Gallery, EasyDNN Rotator, EasyDNN MailChimp Plus and EasyDNN Maps. Integrated with the EasyDNN News module these modules will enable more advanced gallery management and more attractive gallery displays in articles, displaying blogs, articles, and events in attractive sliders, generating and sending newsletters with newly published articles to subscribers, and displaying location markers from articles on Google maps.
More Advanced Gallery Management and More Gallery Displays with EasyDNN Gallery
EasyDNN News comes with basic gallery management and a simple gallery display. The gallery management enables simple adding of image galleries to articles. Galleries are displayed below text. You can select one of your uploaded images as the main article image. This image will be used as an intro image. Article thumbnails used in article lists will also be generated from the main article image.
EasyDNN Gallery is our popular DNN gallery module by which you can easily create and manage image, video and audio galleries. It can be both used as a stand-alone module and integrated with the EasyDNN News module. To integrate the EasyDNN News and EasyDNN Gallery module, just install both modules on the same DNN site.
This integration will enable additional possibilities in the gallery management of the EasyDNN News module, including new gallery displays (thumbnail gallery and slideshow gallery) in articles, the possibility of adding audio files (mp3) to galleries, additional Lightbox options, the possibility of displaying galleries above or below text, and the integration with Wistia and Vimeo.
How to Get the EasyDNN Gallery Module
You can download a free 15-day trial version of the module from our website. You can purchase a commercial version of the module from the DNN store, individually or as a part of the EasyDNN Theme & Module Collection.
Display Posts in Slideshows with EasyDNN Rotator Module
The EasyDNN Rotator module is a slideshow module with dozens of different slideshow displays. This module can be used as a stand-alone when you are adding custom content but can also use posts published in the EasyDNN News module as a content source. There is a wide range of configuration options so that you may precisely set which articles to display and when. Once everything is set up, the entire process of displaying articles in slideshows becomes fully automated.
How to Get the EasyDNN Rotator Module
You can download a free 15-day trial version of the module from our website. You can purchase a commercial version of the module from the DNN store, individually or as a part of the EasyDNN Theme & Module Collection.
Email Post from EasyDNN News to Your Subscribers with EasyDNN MailChimp Plus
EasyDNN MailChimp Plus is an all-in-one email marketing solution for DNN. Its functionalities include standard and pop-up signup forms, synchronization of website users with lists and groups within your MailChimp.com account, creating and sending newsletters, and displaying an archive of sent newsletters on your site.
In addition to standard newsletters in which you design and create newsletters from your own content, EasyDNN MailChimp Plus can create newsletters from posts published in the EasyDNN News module. The process can be completely automated to send articles to subscribers on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. The second possibility is that articles may be manually selected and newsletters sent out on a date and at a time that is most convenient for you. Imagine what this could mean for the success of your content strategy! You may find more information about generating newsletters from articles and even more details about all functionalities of the EasyDNN News module in this blog post.
How to Get the EasyDNN MailChimp Plus Module
You can download a free 15-day trial version of the module from our website. You can purchase a commercial version of the module from the DNN store, individually or as a part of the EasyDNN Theme & Module Collection.
Display Post Locations on Map with EasyDNN Maps
The EasyDNN News module has a built-in map editor so it is possible to add a map and location to each post. Maps and location are then displayed within articles. This is especially popular functionality when the EasyDNN News module is used for posting events, real estate listings or similar posts where it is important to display a location.
EasyDNN Maps is a professional Google Maps solution for DNN. It enables the addition of interactive Google Maps with location markers to a DNN site. Location markers can be added through the interface of the module and organized into categories. The second possibility is to display locations from posts published in the EasyDNN News module. Location markers are connected to posts.
It is possible to connect categories from the EasyDNN News module to categories in the EasyDNN Maps module. As a result, you will get an interactive map where you can filter location markers by category. An example of such map would be an interactive Google Map of your city or region with points of interest organized into categories. You can find more about the EasyDNN Maps module in this article.
Demos:
Interactive map with a category widget
Real estate map
How to Get the EasyDNN Maps Module
You can download a free 15-day trial version of the module from our website. You can purchase a commercial version of the module from the DNN store, individually or as a part of the EasyDNN Theme & Module Collection.