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This tutorial demonstrates how to create your own HTML templates for the FCK Editor in DotNetNuke.

HTML templates are really useful for adding repetitive content into a page; they can give you a starting point when adding content to the page, you do not need to start from scratch, you can simply select a template as a starting point and then edit the content within the template. This will help to reduce errors created by content editors.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, the FCKtemplates.xml file
• Video 2 - How to Create a Custom HTML Template

Total Time Length: 16mins

The FCK Editor allows you to customize which toolbar buttons are available for use, this is called a toolbar set. In this tutorial we demonstrate how to create your own custom toolbar sets in the FCK Editor and how you can assign different toolbar sets to various security roles.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - How to Create a Custom Toolbar Set
• Video 2 - How to Set Security Role Access for the FCK Editor toolbars
• Video 3 - How to Check Toolbar Access for Security Roles

Total Time Length: 24mins

This tutorial demonstrates some of the further configuration options available within the FCK editor.

We walk you through some of the additional configuration options that are available to use in your DotNetNuke installations. These additional options will also provide you with the knowledge for researching and configuring any additional FCK editor options.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - FCK Editor, ‘Other Editor Options’, Further Configurations
• Video 2 - Advanced Configuration Options using the FCKConfig.js file

Total Time Length: 13mins

This tutorial demonstrates how to alert content administrators when adding incorrect HTML content to a DotNetNuke portal.

Alert styles is a new concept we have been working on for ensuring that the content administrators of a DotNetNuke portal add content using good practices.

Time Length: 10mins

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

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 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