DNN Tutorials for Core Modules

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use the Recycle Bin in DotNetNuke.

Any modules or pages that are deleted in your DotNetNuke portal are placed in the recycle bin and are not physically deleted. This allows you to easily recover any accidentally deleted modules or pages and is often a useful feature that is overlooked in DotNetNuke.

We demonstrate how to fully use the Recycle Bin and get the most from this useful feature. We also show you how to permanently delete items to ensure that your Database is regularly cleaned of old content.

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to limit which modules are available to use in the control panel of a DotNetNuke portal (Premium modules).

We show you how to set a module to a premium module and also how to assign a module to a premium module in multiple portals and limit which modules are displayed in the admin control panel.

In this tutorial we walk you through how to configure which modules a non-administrator can add to a page. This applies to user where you have given them edit permissions for a page, but they do not have full administration access privileges. In DotNetNuke 5, we can select which modules a user can add to a page based on their security roles.

In this tutorial we demonstrate how you can take advantage of the new page and module view permission options in DotNetNuke 5 to choose exactly who can view the content on your website.

In the latest version of DotNetNuke, an addition has been made to the permissions area where you now have 3 options available for assigning view and edit permissions. These options are, a user does not have view permissions, a user has view permissions, and a user is denied view permissions, these permission options are available for both the pages and modules in DotNetNuke.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Working with Page and Module Permissions
• Video 2 - Demonstration of the New DENY Permissions in DotNetNuke

Total Time Length: 17min 52secs

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to setup a limited administrators access account. This option is only available from DotNetNuke version 5 onwards where the administrator modules can now be added to any page and configured for any user to access and use the features of the administrator modules.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Configuration of Admin Page and Admin User
• Video 2 - How to Create a Security Roles Page for Members of Staff
• Video 3 - How to Configure User Accounts, Console and Newsletters Modules
• Video 4 - How to Configure the FileManager Module
• Video 5 - How to Configure the Tabs Module

Total Time Length: 42min 10secs

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to reset your Host SuperUser and Administrator accounts in DotNetNuke when you have forgotten the username and password.

Even if you know the username to your Host user account, you will find that if you request the password via email, it will send the email, but for the Host user account, the password will be replaced with asterisks, so this will not help you to recover your details and login.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, How to Connect to a Live SQL Server Database
• Video 2 - How to Reset the Host User Account
• Video 3 - How to Reset the Administrator User Account
• Video 4 - How to Create SQL Queries to Reset the Admin and Host User Accounts

Total Time Length: 32min 26secs

This tutorial explores methods to combat spam in your DotNetNuke website. In particular we focus on Active Forums and show you how to create scheduled SQL queries to prevent spam displaying in your forum. Spam can be a time consuming nuisance to both the administrators and the visitors of your website, so this tutorial helps you to automate the prevention of spam.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Basic Steps for Discouraging Spam
• Video 2 - Typical Spammer Profiles, Giving Users Trusted Access Using SQL
• Video 3 - Creating the SQL Query to Combat SPAM
• Video 4 - How to Schedule the SQL Query

Total Time Length: 35min 56secs

In this tutorial we demonstrate the new Content Staging Workflow options in the Community Edition of DotNetNuke 5.

The Content Staging Workflow options in the Community Edition of DotNetNuke apply to the Text / HTML module. We show you how to create a draft version, how to publish a draft version, how to view and preview the version history of the Text / HTML module as well as how to roll back to a previous version of the Text / HTML module.

The video covers:

• Video 1 - DotNetNuke 5 Community Edition HTML Module Content Staging Workflow

Time Length: 8min 46secs

This Article shows that Email is a powerful tool that can gain you new prospective clients and customers. However, email is also the most abused promotion facility online.

At some point we have all probably received one of the 3 Ps (Pills, Porn and Poker) in our inbox, and it’s because of this ongoing conflict between ‘Spamvertisers’ and (ISPs) Internet Service Providers and in some cases Law Enforcement that it is becoming increasingly harder to ensure your emails are reaching your recipients.

This tutorial walks you through how to create a favicon from scratch, how to create a favicon from an existing image and how to attach the favicon.ico file to your DotNetNuke website.

Favicons are a good way to make your site stand out from a long list of bookmarked pages. If your website has a logo, you should be using it to the best of its potential and placing your branding wherever possible. Favcons make your pages easier to find in bookmark listings and browser tabs, and you give your customers a familiar image to look for.