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Orchard Core, the content management system used by DotNest sites, has reached a new version, 3.0. We have upgraded DotNest so all sites are now using the latest release. In fact, we have directly moved to version 3.0.1.
Signing in to DotNest just got a little easier. You can now use your existing social account to register and log in, with no need to create and remember another username and password unless you want to.
A website form submission often creates more manual work than expected. Someone fills out a “Contact us” or “Contact Sales” form, and then someone from your team forwards the message internally, copies the details into a CRM, sends a notification in Slack or Teams, or updates a spreadsheet. For smaller websites, this may be manageable for a while, but as submissions increase, the process becomes repetitive and inconsistent quickly.This is usually where CMS integration limitations start showing up. Can the website easily send data to external systems? Can workflows be automated without custom development? Can external tools interact with the CMS reliably? These are practical questions for teams evaluating a CMS, especially if they already use tools like Zapier, Make, or n8n.Orchard Core, an open-source CMS and modular application framework built on ASP.NET Core, already supports these kinds of workflows out of the box through its built-in Workflows and HTTP features. That means you can send form submission data to external systems, receive webhook calls from automation platforms, and trigger internal workflows without building a custom Orchard Core module for common scenarios.
A suite of new modules aiding online marketing are now available for all DotNest sites. Check out this blog post for details.
The DotNest homepage was starting to show its age. Not just visually, but also in day-to-day site management UX. So we took a step back and rebuilt the frontend from the ground up.The new site is built with Tailwind CSS and a much more user-friendly content management approach. One takeaway …
Hajosnep.hu is the website of TIT Hajózástörténeti, -Modellező és Hagyományőrző Egyesület (TIT HMHE), a Hungarian non-profit civil association dedicated to preserving and promoting nautical history and ship modeling. As Hungary's longest-established maritime history organization, the association …
Shoogr is a clean and modern marketing website built for Hungarian marketing strategist and coach Judit Sugár, whose main audience includes solo founders and small businesses. The site was developed and this blog post was written by Márk Bartha, one of the longest-serving team members at Lombiq, as …
You may have heard of the Lombiq Walkthroughs Orchard Core module: It teaches you about the most important Orchard Core features with a hands-on tutorial that guides you with interactive tooltips, right there in the app. It has been available on DotNest for quite a while too. And now it's possible …
You are surely well aware of all the AI tools out there. Perhaps, you also used them when working with Orchard Core, like generating code or asking questions of an Orchard Core-focused AI. Now, you have the option to manage your DotNest site with AI too! We at Lombiq, the company behind DotNest, …
DotNest has been available in the Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource for quite a while. Both of these marketplaces are for people looking for Microsoft-adjacent technologies, and you could discover DotNest there. However, until now, you couldn't actually create and manage DotNest sites …
