January 2025 SoFri: DNN Community Hangout

In this Southern Fried DNN User Group Meeting:

Speaker: Ryan Moore
Topic: DNN Image Handler - I Didn't Know DNN Could Do That?!

New Segment: I Didn't Know DNN Could Do That!? Ryan Moore presented information about the multiple hidden uses and extra enhancements possible for the built-in DNN core image handler.

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Community Topics and Updates

• 🎉 Tonight's Southern Fried DNN user group meeting is both online and in person, welcoming everyone to discuss DNN topics and upcoming events.
• 📅 Last meeting was the Southern Fried holiday end-of-year session featuring DNN Jeopardy; now gearing up for DNN Summit.
• 🎄 Dramatic reading of "Twas The Last SoFri Before Christmas" featured holiday songs and new additions like "Deck the Portals."
• 🚀 Exciting release: David Poindexter's nVQuickSite update, enhancing usability and features, with a deep dive planned for future sessions.
• 🔒 New DNN Security Center update simplifies vulnerability visibility, ensuring clearer security status for different DNN versions.
• 🌐 Community updates and discussion on latest 2SXC releases, highlighting significant improvements and future plans.
• 📹 DNN Summit 2025 updates: Hybrid event in Las Vegas, featuring online sessions on Hopin platform and in-person activities with special hotel discounts.
• 🤖 Machine learning and AI sessions are featured, including topics on DNN upgrades and troubleshooting.
• 🎤 David Poindexter and The nVisionative team will present sessions, including an introduction to DNN module development.
• 🔧 Sessions cover technical details and suggestions for handling upgrade scenarios and troubleshooting issues.
• 🃏 DNN Summit Awards will include categories like DNN Classic and most DNN portals, celebrating achievements in the DNN community.

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I DIDN'T KNOW DNN COULD DO THAT?! - DNN Image Handler Tips & Tricks

Ryan Moore presented information about the multiple hidden uses and extra enhancements possible for the built-in DNN core image handler.

Recommendations and Presentation Notes:

• 🖼️ DNN's Image Handler allows displaying user profile pictures based on user IDs, falling back to default avatars if none uploaded.
• 🌐 It supports resizing images on-the-fly for different display needs without uploading multiple versions.
• 📁 Images can be displayed by file path within the website's portals using the Handler.
• 🎨 Features include resizing, cropping, and applying filters like grayscale or invert directly through DNN's image Handler.
• 🔍 DNN can generate placeholder images dynamically, useful for content placeholders or simple banners.
• 🛠️ The image Handler also supports advanced features like generating barcodes directly within DNN.
• 🔄 It caches processed images to improve performance after initial processing, enhancing site speed for subsequent requests.
• Presentation Notes & Links Referenced
  • Image Handler -- DNN Docs
  • DNN Imagehandler Documentation
  • DnnImageHandler - hot or not ? > DNN Corp
  • GitHub - weggetor/BBImageHandler-8: Extensions for DNN8+ Imagehandler providing bar charts, barcodes, percentage bars and other useful graphics

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