Spent another day adding and configuring dnn modules and tabs, scouring the net for source images, and working in Photoshop. Of those, scouring the net for images was least fun, followed by configuring dnn modules. Source images for Photoshop will be a topic of another post.
I'm finding that DNN could use more global configuration settings without requiring messing with the source, which is something no one wants to do. Not that it isn't great code which comprised DotNetNuke, but you don't screw with an installed package if you don't have to.
I really don't like the personalization setting. I hate it in Sharepoint, I hate it in DNN. You know, the little graphic square allowing users to minimize a module or webpart. By default the personalization setting on a new module is “maximize.” You have to set it to “none” for the box to go away. If you have 50 or 100 modules throughout a site, that's a lot of time spent going into the module settings to change it manually.
But I don't have to worry about that annoying personalization function anymore. When its time to release the site to production, I'll simply go into SQL Query and run
update modules set personalize = 2
All those annoying minimize/maximize boxes go away. As a sidenote, ngallery provides VERY thorough global configuration support.