How to Build a Website with DotNetNuke

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By Andy Stephenson

February 2011

In this DotNetNuke training series we demonstrate how to build a website using a selection of DotNetNuke Core Modules.

Throughout the tutorial you will learn step by step how to use and configure a new DotNetNuke Website.

We will create and configure the following pages:

About Us - Text/HTML Module
Contact Us - Feedback Module
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs Module
Documents - Document Manager Module
Executive Blog - DNN Blog Module
Community Forums - Forum Module
Links - Links Module
Request a Quote - Form and List Module

We also show you all the basic DotNetNuke administration techniques you will need to further develop your DNN website.

Time Length: 9min 37secs

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Video 2 - Creating a ‘Contact Us’ and a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ Page

How to install core modules in DotNetNuke
How to install the Feedback Module for the Contact Us page
Configuring the Feedback Module
How to create a 'Frequently Asked Questions' Page
Installing the FAQs Module
How to add questions and answers to the FAQs module
How to improve the look of the FAQs module

Time Length: 9min 04secs

Video 3 - How to use the ‘Documents’ Module and Menu Management

Creating a Documents Page
Installing the Documents Module
Using the Documents Module
Creating the 'Resources' Page
Configuring the 'Frequently Asked Questions' Page as a Child Page using the Ribbon Bar
Configuring the 'Documents' Page as a Child Page using Page Settings
How to configure the 'Resources' Page to redirect to the 'Frequently Asked Questions' Page.

Time Length: 9min 59secs

Video 4 - Creating the 'Executive Blog' Page and Using the Blog Module

Creating the ‘Executive Blog’ Page
Installing the Blog module
Configuring the Blog module
Writing a sample blog

Time Length: 8min 36secs

Video 5 - Creating the 'Community Forums' Page using the Forum Module

Creating the Community Forums Page
How to install the DotNetNuke Forum Module
Configuring the Forum Module
Creating forum groups and sub forums
How to post in the Forums
Creating the 'Community' Page
Installing the Links module
Configuring the Links module
Configuring the 'Community Forums' Page as a Child Page using Admin > Pages
Configuring the 'Documents' Page as a Child Page using Admin > Pages

Time Length: 12min 28secs

Video 6 - Creating the 'Request a Quote' Page using the Form and List Module

Creating the 'Request a Quote' page
How to install the DotNetNuke Form and List module
How to build a ‘Request a Quote Form’ using the Form and List module

Time Length: 5min 43secs

Comments

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