How To Videos

This video helps walk you through the steps you need to follow to figure out which authentication providers you may have installed an in use. This is only an introduction.

Someone in the official DNN CMS forums asked a question to learn how to enable emails to be sent when someone submits a new record in the Forrm and List module. This video is a response to that forum post.

• Forum Post: https://dnncommunity.org/forums/using-dnn/extensions/form-and-list-emails/
• Form and List Module: https://github.com/DNNCommunity/DNN.FormAndList#readme
• Form and List Module Available Tokens: https://github.com/DNNCommunity/DNN.FormAndList/wiki/Available-tokens

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In a world that often emphasizes individual achievements, the DNN community stands as a testament to the power of collective genius.  This robust, vibrant network of developers, architects, designers, dreamers, and problem solvers serves as the backbone of an open-source phenomenon — DotNetNuke (DNN).  But what makes this community so unique?  Tycho de Waard captures the essence of the DNN community in his poetic tribute, highlighting its core attributes: unity, collaboration, innovation, and openness. 

In this video, we respond to a community forum post on how to make editing the page a bit quicker and easier with your everyday tasks.  Using this technique, you don't have to search for or scroll around looking for an module you need to use.  

We're thrilled to announce that the latest release of UpendoDNN Generator now saves you a ton of time by not requiring you to perform the error-prone task of updating version numbers when you're about to release the next version of your DNN extensions.  You change it once, and all of the places where the version needs to be updated get updated for you!  

Watch this video to see how EASY and FAST it will be for you to get started on your next DNN project!

The UpendoDNN Generator is a command-line tool that literally saves some development teams hundreds of hours over the course of a year.  It makes team development super-easy.  It makes source control easier.  It takes the work out of putting together a solution of like projects.  It removes the burdens from packaging your extensions for deployment.  You can build any kind of module, including SPA (VueJS, React, and Angular are included!).  

Connect Analytics, Hotjar, Plerdy, Piwik etc etc in 5 seconds

We're announcing our first release of the Upendo DNN User Management module for DNN today. A client has a desperate need to move off of another user management system, because it has security issues with Telerik in it. Another didn't exist that directly fille their needs, and so here we are!

The Upendo DNN User Management module helps any authorized visitor to be able to mange the users and roles on their DNN website. Without this kind of module, only Administrators (and superusers) can manage user accounts.

The UpendoDNN Generator is a developer tool aimed at helping improve the lives of DNN developers around the world. It has the following benefits:

• Command line-driven
• Easier for team development
• Able to manage multiple DNN projects in a single solution
• Scaffolds a solution structure, including automated build support
• Builds completely outside of the website folder
• Automatic deployment to the test/development website
• Automatic packaging for installation/upgrade in DNN
• Makes it easier to keep your source code all in a single repository
• Able to build nearly any DNN extension: modules, providers, skin objects, libraries, scheduled jobs, and more...
• Able to build any Hotcakes Commerce extension point

This video walks you through some new benefits that aren't in that list. ;)

DNN has an awesome tool called "Prompt" that helps power users to administrate their DNN website with quick ease using a command line approach. It also is an open-ended extension point that allows developers to build any command they can think up!

In this video, we're covering how to use the `set-captcha` command to enable/disable CAPTCHA in recent versions of DNN.

In this session, Daniel Valadas and I will walk you through step-by-step on the complete removal of Telerik from DNN Platform 9.8.0. Many of you have been waiting for this ability and it is now possible in DNN Platform 9.8.0.

Today we rejoin Aaron Lopez and discuss how to handle OpenGraph meta tags in DNN. OpenGraph tags help to ensure the appropriate title, description, image, etc. are displayed when sharing the page link on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Aaron Lopez (WOLF X MACHINA)
https://wolfxmachina.com​

DNN Platform
https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Pl...​

This will be an exciting walk-through on exactly how to get setup DNN 8 or DNN 9 for authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Once we have have DNN configured properly, we will test using Postman. Then the real fun will begin as we integrate with a mobile app using Ionic. These will provide the fundamental building blocks for you to connect any outside application to a DNN instance using best practices.

Today we have the privilege and honor to reconnect with a true O.G., the DNN Hero, our DNN Deskpal, the S010 Coder, the one we could always go to for a nice DNN chat and the latest and greatest in DNN news. He’s a teacher to the core, and my good friend, Aderson Oliveira. Hello, hello!

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https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSoloCoders​

DNN Platform
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DNN Connect 2023 took place in the Swiss Alps from 25th to the 28th May 2023.
This was our 12th conference. Our first European DNN event was held in 2009 in the Jura mountains with around 30 attendees. Since then, we've grown and morphed from an informal get-together to a proper conference. But our conference is still mainly about and around the DNN Community, it’s members and beloved platform. We would love for you to join us next year! https://dnn-connect.org/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Will Strohl, tell you how DNN has improved his life, in his own words.

About Will: Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Will is also the founder & CEO of Upendo Ventures. You can learn more about Will and Upendo using the websites below.

https://www.willstrohl.com/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Marco Alvarado, tell you how DNN has improved his life, in his own words.

About Marco:
Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Marco is also the founder of Globalode Digital Agency, based in Costa Rica. You can learn more about Marco and Globalode using the website below.

https://www.globalode.com/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Jeremy Farrance, tell you how DNN has improved his life, in his own words.

About Jeremy:
Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Jeremy is also the founder of Accuraty Solutions. You can learn more about Jeremy and Accuraty using the website below.

https://www.accuraty.com/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Don Gingold, tell you how DNN has improved his life, in his own words.

About Don:
Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Don is also a Managing Director at Sprocket Websites. You can learn more about Don and Sprocket Websites using the website below.

https://sprocketwebsites.com/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Clint Patterson, tell you how DNN has improved his life, in his own words.

About Clint:
Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Clint is also an avid sportsman and Senior Solutions Consultant at Simplrr. You can learn more about Clint using the website below.

https://clintpatterson.net/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Cassidi Peterson, tell you how DNN has improved her life, in her own words.

About Cassidi:
Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Cassidi is also the founder and CEO of an awesome agency, called 10 Pound Gorilla.

You can learn more about Cassid and 10PG using the website below.

https://10poundgorilla.com/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more!

Listen to long-time community member, Cathy Lee, tell you how DNN has improved her life, in her own words.

About Cathy:
Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Kathy is also one of the lead people behind Agence Sesame. You can learn more about Cathy and Agence Sesame using the website below.

https://www.agence-sesame.fr/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more! Listen to long-time community member, Aderson Oliveira, tell you how DNN has improved his life, in his own words.

About Aderson: Among being a long-time friend and DNN community member, Aderson is also a professor and podcast host. You can learn more about Aderson using the website below.

https://solocoder.com/

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more! Listen to some of the community members tell you how DNN has improved their lives, in their own words.

If you didn't already know, DNN CMS was originally released on Dec. 24, 2022 (yes, Christmas Eve). That makes DNN 20 years old! DNN has literally helped to build more than just apps. It has built businesses, relationships, and entire ecosystems in other industries. Opportunities have included public speaking, writing, and so much more! Listen to some of the community members tell you how DNN has improved their lives, in their own words.

DNN has static text that the website uses for all common features and abilities, such as the administration, login, registration, etc. Static text can be localized into any language you want, of course. However, what if you simply want to make an edit to an existing language? This video shows you how to find any static text you wish to edit and save it. I also use Microsoft Visual Studio code and one of my other favorite tools, FileLocator Pro.

A very common question in recent years relates to how people are building their various DNN extensions these days.  Most often, new extensions and development are using various techniques and frameworks to present features using a SPA approach.  Whether the chosen tools include Angular, Vue, or something else, it makes sense.  End-users are more engaged when the page doesn't fully reload.  However, if you're the developer building this - and especially if you're not a seasoned pro, your first obstacle will undoubtedly be whether or not you know your API endpoint path.  This video will hopefully help you figure that out.  

This video is an introduction to Upendo DNN Prompt, built by Upendo Ventures. This extension for DNN CMS is a great little utility to help you perform common and/or repetitive tasks in your DNN-based website.

Upgrading DNN is far more simple than some people make it out to be.  As long as you only install trusted extensions and only ones that you need, upgrades can literally be as easy as you see in this video.  

Configuring Your Computer:  https://youtu.be/shRzV13rU6o​  
Installing DNN:  https://youtu.be/iYx_ES7MJEA​  

Previous Video:  https://youtu.be/shRzV13rU6o​

In the previous video, we walked you through how to configure your local computer to be able to install DNN (or any ASP.NET application).  Now, we walk you through the steps to manually install DNN on any properly configured Windows computer.  

Next, How to Upgrade DNN:  https://youtu.be/bSgJ07AAT4s

We wish you could just decide to install DNN on your computer and then to it instantly, but that is not possible for any ASP.NET website. In this tutorial video, we walk you through how to get your computer ready to install DNN. In this video, you'll see how to install the .NET Framework, IIS, and SQL Server. You'll also see and hear useful tips along the way to make sure you're productive. These steps are not unique to DNN and can be followed to install any ASP.NET-based website application.

Next Video:

https://youtu.be/iYx_ES7MJEA​

Installing DNN CMS at managed.com. In 8 minutes you're ready to go.
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This is the third in a series of blog posts and interviews with Gold Sponsors of the upcoming DNN Summit 2021 conference.  In this interview, we speak to Cassidi Peterson of 10 Pound Gorilla.   It's always a fun time to chat with Cassidi and she always makes my interviews easy.   

https://www.dnnsummit.org/​  

I'm very honored to have interviewed Cassidi Peterson about her company and why they have chosen to support DNN Summit 2021.  

This is the first in a series of blog posts and interviews with Gold Sponsors of the upcoming DNN Summit 2021 conference.  In this interview, we speak to Mitchel Sellers of Iowa Computer Gurus.  He gives us the goods on the event, what you can expect from the event, and he also introduces us to his company.  

https://www.dnnsummit.org/​  

This is the second in a series of blog posts and interviews with Gold Sponsors of the upcoming DNN Summit 2021 conference.  In this interview, we speak to David Poindexter of nvisionative.  David and I speak about his company, our expectations of the conference, and just banter around with some fun DNN stuff!  

https://www.dnnsummit.org/​  

This video shows you how to create a module from a user control.  The instructions in this video are only meant for a local development environment, where you need to troubleshoot something using code.  You should never do this as a developer writing code for a production website.
 

This is an overview of using a Yeoman generator called upendodnn to create the architecture of your solution and nearly every type of DNN extension in seconds.  All you have to do after is open the project/solution and start writing your code.  Enjoy!

https://github.com/UpendoVentures/generator-upendodnn#readme

In this video we introduce you to what page templates are in DNN and how to use them to save time by making it easier to create new pages.  
 

Never provide these details to anyone who's NOT a trusted and reputable vendor. These details are super helpful to generate project estimates and troubleshoot issues, but they can also help people with ill-intent compromise your website and server(s).  Always use the most secure method possible to transfer these details, if they are necessary.
 

Learn in just moments how to login to your DNN website. If you don't remember your password, this video also shows you how easy it is for you to reset it.
 

In this video, Will Strohl learns how to contribute to the DNN Docs website for the first time and shows you how to do it at the same time.  You'll quickly learn 3 different ways to update the DNN documentation found at the website below.

https://dnndocs.com/​  

In this video, you'll quickly how to update the DNN documentation found at the website below.

https://dnndocs.com

Creating a page in DNN can be fairly simple, depending on what you need to do.  This video walks you through the essential things that you need to know when creating a new page in DNN.
 

This video helps you learn how to change the logo used on your DNN-based website.  
 

DNN allows you to have a specific or custom favicon for each of the websites on your DNN instance. This is important since each instance of DNN could potentially have hundreds or even thousands of websites.  This video shows you how to do this.
 

There is a built-in configuration option that's often enabled on your publicly available website, usually by accident.  You'll want to turn this setting off as soon as possible.  Leaving it enabled will result in an undesirable user experience for your visitors and it will provide critical details to potential hackers.
 

This video helps you understand a few of the various ways an extension might be downloaded for DNN, including using GitHub.
 

DNN allows you to manage what kind of files you allow to be uploaded and used on the website. This video shows you how to do that.

DNN have a built-in scheduler feature that allows for tasks to be scheduled for repeated execution.  DNN and developers alike use this feature to do things like send scheduled e-mails, clean data, and more.  This video shows you how to add your own scheduled task.
 

DNN keeps a comprehensive log of events that occur on your DNN website. This video walks you through where to find and investigate those logs.  This feature was formerly known as the event log and event viewer in previous versions of DNN.
 

There is a SQL console feature in DNN that allows you to run nearly any SQL query that you'd like.  This empowers you to be able to do things directly against the database.  Be warned though... You really should be a DBA or have database administrator-level experience before using this feature.  Any updates you make may be non-reversible.  
 

DNN includes a configuration manager feature that allows a superuser to change various configuration files that ordinarily are only edited by directly logging into your web server.
 

DNN supports multilingual websites, but the language engine also powers numerous pieces of static content including e-mail templates, labels, buttons, and much more.  This video shows you how to use the language editor to change this content.
 

DNN allows you to present the website to visitors in multiple languages. This video shows you how to begin doing that, by installing and enabling a new language pack.

There are many events occurring in DNN. Sometimes, it's useful to either subscribe to or unsubscribe from an event. Doing this allows you to know more or less about various things occurring on your website.

It may be necessary to empty the recycle bin on your website as often as once a week, depending on how active your website is.  Doing so will clear out all deleted pages, modules, and user accounts from the website.  Doing this regularly will ensure that you not only have a clean website, but it could help with performance on some websites.
 

In this video, we show you how to create superusers (also known as a "host" user) in both DNN 9 and earlier versions of DNN.

DNN comes with a setting that's called AutoUpgrade. This setting makes it easier to automatically upgrade a DNN website, but it also makes it easier for ANYONE to upgrade your website.  So we probably want to turn this off for all production websites.  This video shows you how to do that.

By default, DNN will add a tiny bit more HTML to your webpage.  This is in the form of HTML comments and keywords.  On one hand, this feature helps to grow the DNN ecosystem and community.  If you're a business, you may want to hide this HTML.  It will lessen the HTML in the web page a tiny bit, but it will also be one of the steps you'll want to follow to make it that much more difficult for competition and bad actors on the internet to determine what platform is running your website.

DNN makes it super-easy to delete content from a page by allowing you to delete a module. This video walks you through the easy steps you take to do just that.

This video quickly walks you through how to edit the content on your DNN-based website.

It's common to need to either clear the cache or restart the application in DNN to help you troubleshoot or even fix problems.  This is especially true in development environments and with some third-party or custom modules.

When you need to add new features to your DNN website, you usually can install them using a free or commercial extension.  This video shows you how easy it is to install a new extension into your DNN website.

Media Module:  https://github.com/DNNCommunity/DNN.Media#readme

Aderson Oliviera (DNNHero) has brought us many tips over the years. 

Using Matomo for analytics? You can add that to your DNN in minutes.

Are you an editor and new to DNN? Here's a quick overview.

How to install a theme on your DNN

Adding, deleting pages

How to add a module to a page

Video recordings of more than 30 sessions of the DNN-Connect 2018 used conference in Ireland.
A whole range of topics, ranging from beginner site Admin to advanced development of core functionality. 

The Toronto area DNN user group meeting of June 2018, discussing things to know about E-Commerce websites