At OpenForce Europe Vicenç Masenas showed how to create a new provider feature for DotNetNuke 5. In this case it was a provider for creating sitemaps (see www.sitemap.org) for google search optimization. In DNN 5 a few options have been added to better support sitemaps.

With this new component you will be able to create custom components for your own modules without modifying the base DNN core.

And now the even better news: this feature will be included in DNN 5.3! So start looking at the code and give it a try. If you are creating modules that make use of "unique" urls that a site owner would like to be included in the google sitemap, now it's your turn to start testing and planning for better SEO support for your modules.