I am pleased to announce that tomorrow, April 1st, DNNCreative is running a series of video tutorials focused on how to use the Aggregator module. You'll need to be a DNNCreative subscriber to see them but I think the magazine Lee has put together is top notch and worth every penny. Each issue he provides is jam packed with insights into how to get the best out of your DotNetNuke setup. As an added bonus, if you don't already have Aggregator you can purchase with a bonus coupon code for 25% off anything in the DNNStuff store if you are subscribed to the DNNCreative site.

Here is a synopsis of the topics that Lee covers about Aggregator:

Video 1 - Introduction, Installation, Configuration

• Introduction
• How to download and install the Aggregator module
• How to add the module to a page
• Aggregator module settings, edit tabs
• How to create a new tab in the aggregator module
• Locale settings in a tab
• Viewing the tab details in Tab Settings
• How to create additional tabs
• Viewing the tabs

Time Length: 8min 28secs

Video 2 - How to Add Modules Into The Aggregator

• How to create tabs using the Quick Settings
• How to add modules into the Aggregator module
• How to add an existing module to a tab
• How to add multiple modules to a tab
• How to add an existing module to a new tab
• How to edit the settings of a module within a tab
• How to move a module from a tab to a different tab

Time Length: 9min 31secs

Video 3 - Further Configuration Options with Tabs and Modules

• How to add an existing module from any page to a tab
• Example of working with copied modules in the aggregator
• How to add all page modules to the aggregator
• How to re-order the tabs
• How to delete a tab
• How to return a module to the page
• Style Settings
• Tab Skin and Templates

Time Length: 10min 34secs

Video 4 - Style Settings, Linking Several Aggregator Modules

• Style Settings
• Hide Module Title / Container
• Show Pager
• Hide Single Tabs
• Active Hover
• Hide All Tabs
• How the Aggregator module can be integrated with other modules such as Ventrian News Articles
• How to add a second Aggregator module to the page
• Target settings
• How to link several aggregator modules together on the same page

Time Length: 9min 46secs

Video 5 - Displaying RSS Feeds in the Aggregator

• RSS feed options
• How to add an RSS feed to the Aggregator module
• Max Items
• Cache Time
• RSS Tab Caption and tokens
• RSS feed username and password
• How to select a template for an RSS feed
• How to limit the length of an RSS feed item title
• How to upload a skin template to the Aggregator module
• How to create a custom template for the Aggregator module
• How to copy an Aggregator template
• How to change the naming of the CSS classes in the styles.css file
• How to assign your custom template to the Aggregator module

Time Length: 9min 18secs

Video 6 - Styling and Working with Templates in Aggregator

• How to make style changes to your Aggregator template
• How to change the color when hovering over a tab
• How to assign a different color for each tab
• The template layouts
• layout.html
• tabstrip.html
• tab.html
• tabpage.html
• paging.html
• pagingitem.html

Time Length: 9min 40secs

Total Time Length: 57min 17secs