Module Development

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

This tutorial demonstrates the steps to create a printable view of your web pages, so a user can simply go to the file menu in their browser window and select print. This presents the user with a printable, user friendly, readable page.

The tutorial shows you how to create a print stylesheet for your DotNetNuke skin, how to format the layout of the print stylesheet, how to change the text font so that it is suitable for reading when printed out, how to set the width of the stylesheet, how to format links, and also how to display the full URL of a link next to a text link so that it can be viewed on the printed page. Finally, we demonstrate how to select which content to make available for printing and how to remove content not required for printing, this is an essential technique for removing elements such as the menu and login links which are not required for a printed page.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Considerations, Setup
• Video 2 - Current Print Preview, Creating the Print CSS
• Video 3 - Remove Elements from the Printed Page
• Video 4 - Repositioning the Content, Removing Content Styling
• Video 5 - Styling the Content Pane, Re-styling the Headings
• Video 6 - How to Style Links for the Printed Page
• Video 7 - Styling Unordered lists, Method Two for Print Stylesheets using Javascript

Total Time Length: 50mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to administer Skins and Containers in DotNetNuke through the use of SQL queries.

In particular we demonstrate how to change the container of a module displayed on all or several pages, how to change the container of a module to a new container based on the name of the old container, and how to change the skin of a page to a new skin based on the name of the old skin.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - How to Change Module Containers Using SQL
• Video 2 - How to Change Module Containers Based On The Container Name Using SQL
• Video 3 - How to Change a Page Skin Based On The Skin Name Using SQL

Total Time Length: 24mins

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 quickly administrate modules on a page through the use of SQL queries.

We demonstrate how to move and delete modules from one content pane to another using several techniques and introduce you to using ‘SELECT’, ‘UPDATE’ and ‘DELETE’ SQL queries.

Following this we demonstrate how you can use SQL queries to copy existing modules to a page. This is for modules that are not set to display on all pages, and is the equivalent of using the admin control panel and selecting ‘Add Existing Module’.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Deleting Modules Using SQL
• Video 2 - Deleting Modules from a Page, Moving Modules to a New Content Pane in a Page
• Video 3 - How to Move Modules on All Pages to New Content Panes
• Video 4 - How to Copy an Existing Module to a Page using SQL
• Video 5 - Using 'INSERT' queries to Copy Modules

Total Time Length: 35mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to quickly update the Page Settings of a DotNetNuke page through the use of SQL queries.

You can use SQL queries to update any of the options within the Page Settings, for instance you can update the title, description, skin, container, page header tags, etc.

The techniques used in this tutorial are very useful when you are updating multiple pages at once on an already established website as it can really help to speed up your administration time.

The videos cover:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Creating Test Page, Changing the Skin using SQL
• Video 2 - Updating further Page Settings, Grouping SQL Queries together

Total Time Length: 19mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use shadow / copied modules. This is an essential and powerful administration task that can enhance your DotNetNuke portals and reduce administration time.

Shadow or Copied modules can be used to update the same content on several pages from one central area.

Following this we then demonstrate how you can use SQL queries to easily maintain these copied modules.

The SQL techniques outlined in this tutorial are very powerful techniques for easily and quickly manipulating multiple copied modules across thousands of pages in a DotNetNuke portal.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Shadow Modules, Add Existing Module
• Video 2 - Copy Module to All Pages and Reordering Modules
• Video 3 - SQL Queries to Update the Module Order in Content Panes
• Video 4 - How to Update the Container for All Shadow / Copied Modules in a Portal Using SQL
• Video 5 - Using SQL to Update a Module Container to a New Container Based on the Name of the Old Container

Total Time Length: 42mins

In this tutorial we demonstrate using SQL queries for working with DotNetNuke security roles and users.

Using SQL queries can help you to easily maintain and manipulate the registered user and security role data in your DotNetNuke portal. These SQL query methods are ideal for managing users of your DotNetNuke portal for email newsletters, paid subscriptions, etc.

If you do not have any experience of SQL, we demonstrate how you can use the built in Query Editor in SQL Server Express to build your own SQL queries.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction to SQL queries and How to Use The Query Editor
• Video 2 - Exporting Users and Removing Security Roles using SQL

Total Time Length: 16mins