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This tutorial demonstrates how to configure the content area in the FCK Editor to display the same text styles as your skin.css file.

Configuring the FCK Editor in this way makes it easier to edit the content in your site and ensure that it is correctly styled.

The tutorial shows how to solve problems such as unreadable text when editing with skins that have a dark background colour, as well as how to style the Link Gallery, Image Gallery and Custom Options FCK Editor pages.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Configuring the Default Editor Display Mode
• Video 2 - Fixing Text Display Problems, Creating a Custom FCK Body ID
• Video 3 - Styling the Image Gallery, Link Gallery, Custom Options FCK Editor Pages
• Video 4 - Configuring an Instance, Module or Portal FCK Editor Display Mode

Total Time Length: 31mins

This tutorial shows how to change the skin of the FCK Editor.

The tutorial demonstrates how to download a new FCK Editor skin and upload it to your DotNetNuke portal. We then show you how to edit the web.config file settings to allow the new skin to be selected within the FCK Editor. Finally we demonstrate how to apply the new skin to the FCK Editor in DotNetNuke.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Uploading FCK Skins, Making the Skins Available
• Video 2 - Applying the FCK Editor Skin to the DotNetNuke Portal

Total Time Length: 13mins

This tutorial outlines the functions in the FCK Editor Toolbar.

The tutorial shows how each of the FCK Editor Toolbar functions work, ranging from basic text editing, such as copy and paste techniques, through to creating various types of links such as anchor links. All options in the toolbar are demonstrated including the advanced functions for each button. This tutorial also comes with a PDF document which outlines all of the keyboard shortcuts used within the FCK editor.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - Introduction, FCK Editor Basics, Toolbar buttons
• Video 2 - Copy and Paste Functions, Removing Formatting
• Video 3 - Text Formatting, Lists, Indents Text Alignment, Links
• Video 4 - Working with Links
• Video 5 - Working with Links and Images
• Video 6 - Working with Images, Flash and Tables
• Video 7 - Working with Tables, Insert, Formatting Text

Total Time Length: 54mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use the SQL core DotNetNuke module.

This module is only available to the host user on your DotNetNuke installation and it allows you to execute SQL queries and scripts from within your DotNetNuke installation.

Although we thoroughly recommend you use SQL Server to build and check your queries, the DotNetNuke SQL module is useful if you already have a good understanding of using SQL within your DotNetNuke installation.

The video covers:

• Introduction
• How to access the DotNetNuke SQL Module
• Overview of the SQL Module
• How to load a SQL file into the DotNetNuke SQL Module
• How to edit and execute a SQL query in the DotNetNuke SQL Module

Time length: 5mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use the DotNetNuke Store core module. We demonstrate how to set up a store module that sells mountain bikes and how to configure the module to sell those products via PayPal.

The store module consists of five individual modules. We cover each of these modules in detail.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - Introduction to the store modules and initial configuration
• Video 2 - PayPal gateway provider, tax and shipping, categories
• Video 3 - Adding products, offers, initial configuration for displaying products
• Video 4 - Store account, reviews, test purchasing a product using PayPal sandbox
• Video 5 - Managing orders, viewing emails, reviews, shipping setup
• Video 6 - Module styling, CSS, fixing errors
• Video 7 - Configuring display of Store Catalog module
• Video 8 - Working with templates to change the layout and style of the store

Total Time Length: 72mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to setup the PayPal Sandbox test environment. This allows you to create test PayPal buyer and seller accounts which you can then use to test the selling of products within DotNetNuke.

For instance, if you are using the DotNetNuke store core module, there is an option within the admin settings to use the PayPal sandbox, if you tick this option the store will ask for payment via the sandbox rather than the main PayPal website. This allows you to log in as a test user and send dummy test payments.

This is an essential technique for your ecommerce toolbox.

Time Length: 13mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use the User Defined Table (UDT) module. The UDT module allows you to create a custom table and store records within that table.

The table can include sorting of columns, paging, filtering by content and search. It also includes some powerful features such as the use of calculated columns, token replacement and layout templates through the use of XSL transformation files.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - Installation, creating a basic table
• Video 2 - Adding records, sorting, creating a second UDT table
  
• Video 3 - Calculated columns, advanced options
• Video 4 - Permissions, users adding content
• Video 5 - Advanced options for data types
• Video 6 - Display settings
• Video 7 - Search, predefined XSL transformation files (templates)
• Video 8 - Editing and auto generation of XSL transformation files
• Video 9 - Further XSL transformation file options and tokens

Total Time Length: 76mins

In this video tutorial we demonstrate how to use the DotNetNuke media module.

The media module replaces the image module that was used in earlier versions of DotNetNuke and comes with extra functionality.

It enables you to easily display media files such as images, videos and play music.

According to the media modules spec, the module supports these formats:

• Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)
• Audio Video Interleave (AVI)
• Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG)
• MP3 (Audio aspect of MPEG)
• Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
• QuickTime (MOV)
• Real Video (RM, RAM)
• Shockwave Flash (SWF)
• Waveform (WAV)
• Windows Media Formats (ASF, ASX,WMA,WMV)
• and of course images

In this tutorial we demonstrate working with images, MP3s, WMVs, and flash files.

In this video tutorial we demonstrate how to use the DotNetNuke FAQ module.

Displaying frequently asked questions on your website allows your visitors to quickly find the answers to common questions. This also has the added benefit of saving you time constantly answering the same support questions.

We walk you through step by step how to add FAQs and how to configure the display of the FAQs. This covers using templates, tokens, and creating your own CSS styles for styling the text and the layout of the FAQs.

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use the DotNetNuke blog module.

We walk you through step by step, all of the various configuration options so that you get a full understanding of how the blog module works. We demonstrate the initial setup of the module, right through to configuring the module for members of staff to make blog posts. We then explore some of the advanced options where we configure the blog module so that usersA and usersB can only view certain blogs.

These 8 video tutorials walk you through step by step how to configure the blog module.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 – Introduction, installation, setting the correct permissions
• Video 2 – Creating a blog, configuring, creating a post
• Video 3 – Creating multiple user blogs, child blogs
• Video 4 – Adding and viewing posts, working with comments
• Video 5 – RSS feeds, syndication
• Video 6 – Blog configuration options
• Video 7 - Applying the blog module configuration options to a real world example - part a
• Video 8 - Applying the blog module configuration options to a real world example - part b

Total time length: 82mins
DotNetNuke Blog Module