Page Management - New Functions in DotNetNuke

By Lee Sykes
September 2007

In this tutorial we demonstrate working with the new page management options in the latest DotNetNuke version 4.5.

This tutorial builds on the knowledge that we have taught in the previous page management videos, so we recommend you view the tutorials from issue 1 and issue 2 covering pages and security roles before continuing with this tutorial.

In these video tutorials we demonstrate:
  • Username Permissions: How to quickly add a user for view and edit permissions without the need for creating a special security role for that individual user
  • Copy permissions to descendants
  • Copy design to descendants
  • Copy page functions: How to copy modules from an existing page to a new page using the ‘new / copy / reference’ options.

Video 1 - Introduction, username permissions, copy permissions and design

  • Introduction
  • Security permissions: Username
  • How to give a username security permissions to edit a page
  • Demonstrate the user has full edit permissions
  • How to copy security permissions to descendants of a page
  • How to copy design to descendants
Time Length: 9min 5secs

Video 2 - Copy from page functions

  • How to use the 'Copy From Page' function
  • How to select which page to copy from
  • How to select which modules to copy from a page
  • How to specify a title for the copied modules
  • Explanation of the ‘New’, ‘Copy’, ‘Reference’ copy options
  • How to create a copy of a page and the modules using the ‘New’ option
  • How to create a copy of a page and the modules using the ‘Copy’ option
  • Demonstration editing the ‘copy’ version of a page
  • How to create a copy of a page and the modules using the ‘Reference’ option
  • Demonstration editing the ‘reference’ version of a page
  • ‘Include in menu?’ option
Time Length: 9min 34secs

Total Time Length: 18min 39secs

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Other areas of interest:

How to Quickly Edit Module Titles and Text
User Accounts new features in DotNetNuke 4.3+
User Accounts and User Settings
Enforcing Terms and Conditions on User Registration
How to Create a Custom Registration Page Using Manage Profile Properties
DotNetNuke User Profile Features v5.4
Security Roles new features
File Manager
Page Management – New Functions DotNetNuke v4.5+
DotNetNuke Authentication Settings (Configuring the Login Page)
DotNetNuke Ribbon Bar Admin Control Panel


Administrator Tutorials:
DotNetNuke Users & Setting the Registration Options
Working with DotNetNuke Security Roles
Specifying The Required Fields Upon User Registration
User Accounts: Adding, Editing, Viewing, Deleting
How to Assign a Security Role to a User Account
DotNetNuke 5 Page and Module Permissions
Assigning Security Roles to Pages and Modules
The Advanced Page Settings
Managing Pages
How to create Page Templates in DotNetNuke
How to create an RSS feed
How to display RSS feeds
How to set up DotNetNuke to accept subscription payments
How to set up email in DotNetNuke
How to send Newsletters in DotNetNuke
Working with Vendors, Banners and Affiliates
How to limit access to the admin menu
Token Replacement in DotNetNuke
Using Favicons within DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke Recycle Bin
How to Reset Host and Admin Login Details
How to Limit Access to Administrator Modules in DotNetNuke 5
How to Limit Modules Available in the Control Panel (Premium Modules)
How to Configure Which Modules Non-Administrators Can Add to a Page
Taxonomy and Folksonomy in DotNetNuke
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