Yes. DNN Platform is a free, open-source CMS under the MIT License.

What is the tech stack for DNN?

DNN runs on ASP.NET (.NET Framework 4.8+) with Microsoft SQL Server (2017+ or Azure SQL).

DNN Platform is community-led and a member project of the .NET Foundation.

What’s the difference between DNN and Evoq?

DNN Platform is the open-source core that's been wildly popular and adopted for over 20 years. Evoq is a commercial offering maintained by DNN Software (IgniteTech) that builds on DNN.

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Cannot subscribe to RSS feed on this site (dnncomunity.org) Started By RichardHowells Hi, I want to subscribe to the blogs on this site. Outlook (where I normally read RSS content) chokes on it. What I did: - Go to https://dnncommunity.org/blogs - click the RSS icon - Copy the url of the resulting page (https://dnncommunity.org/...bid=65&moduleid=454) - In outlook find RSS Feeds, right click and add a new rss feed - Paste in the link - Click Ok on the security concern dialog box - See 'Outlook cannot process the RSS content from ....' It's a while s...	3	223	1	9/25/2025 6:44 AM by RichardHowells
Audit and review? Started By Chris Uszynski I would like to hire a couple hours of an expert DNN builder's time to join me on a full review of our site to make sure we have everything running perfectly. We have a couple question about why the news feed does not work and where are the cookies and how do we track them, Linked'in should be on the feed but is not, and is bitly working or not If you are a DNN expert I look forward to speaking with you.	2	224	2	9/1/2025 7:18 PM by Chris Uszynski
editing page layouts Started By No_DNN_experience So our web developer left, we've yet to hire a replacement, and in the meantime, I'm managing the site. I have web experience, but it's from 15 years ago, and no DNN experience. 2 departments have merged into a new department, and I need to change the style of the page (replace main graphic at top of page). In the page settings of the page I want to edit, the page theme is Galore, the layout is called subsite-communications, and the page container is notitle. There's no page stylesheet. I...	3	311	2	7/29/2025 10:17 AM by No_DNN_experience
NEW to DNN and stucked in the Run the DNN Installation Wizard steps Started By Sunny Carrandi Hello DNN Community, I'm happy to be here, I'm playing with DNN Platform following the steps in this documentation: https://www.dnnsoftware.c...rs/setup/index.html, I was able to complete steps 1 to 3, but I am stuck on the step 4 which is Run the DNN Installation Wizard, I am downloading the code from this repo: https://github.com/dnnsof...nn.Platform/releases and selecting version: DNN_Platform_10.0.0_Install.zip, when building my solution, I get errors indicating that I'm getting too many...	2	541	2	5/16/2025 4:07 PM by Sunny Carrandi
Hotcakes documentation is not available Started By anmol_parikh Hi Team, Just wanted to know is the help center for hotcakes is permanently closed since for all the article its redireting to zendesk page with 'Oops this help center doesn't exist' page. Also attaching couple of urls FYR https://hotcakescommerce....Category-Menu-Module https://hotcakescommerce....duct-Type-Properties Can you please share the new space where the documentation of hotcakes has been shifted to.	1	323	1	6/24/2025 5:42 AM by anmol_parikh
How to make API call with JSON body - DNN v 09.01.01 (129) Action Form version 5.0.155 Started By Sujatha I am using the Server Request action in an action form to make an API call which only accepts JSON format. But the Post Data field has the following Put key=value pairs each on separate line. If a Content-Type is set to a json or xml type the data will pe parsed accordingly. Can contain tokens (for example [FirstName]) and My Tokens. I tried to convert the JSON to key value pairs. It doesnt work. Thanks for any suggestions.	9	417	2	3/24/2025 10:41 PM by Sujatha
DDR Menu in DNN Started By anmol_parikh Hi Team, In DNN DDR menu do we have any capability in which we can show all the menu items to all the users i.e. to grey out menu items/ pages that can't be accessed, but still allow to those who can't access to see the topics. Also Greyed out pages should not be clickable. For Example, lets say we have 1-10 menu items/pages(which are visible in the main menu) among which '2,3,5,8' belongs to fremium subscription (Group 1 set of people) (page they can access too), '2,3,4,5,7,8' (page they can...	12	1324	2	6/5/2024 8:19 AM by anmol_parikh
DNN version 9.01.01 - Datasource inline edit in action grid has a check box not showing checked Started By Sujatha Hi THere is an action grid which loads some fields with bit values in SQL> When the grid loads the value is set to YES when 1 and No when 0. But when the record is edited in inline edit a check box is shown to make changes. The check box doesnt load with checked status even when the underlying value is 1. I have tried setting the initial value it doesnt seem to work. Thanks for any advice.	3	356	1	2/25/2025 5:57 PM by Sujatha
Upgrade from v9.8.1 to v9.13.4 Started By Sandun Amaratunga Hello DNN Community, I’m relatively new to DNN and am currently preparing to upgrade my DNN installation from version 9.8.1 to 9.13.4. I have a few questions and would appreciate any insights or guidance you can provide: 1. Compatibility: Are there specific compatibility considerations I should be aware of when upgrading from 9.8.1 to 9.13.4, especially regarding custom modules or third-party extensions 2. Upgrade Process: I understand the basic steps for the upgrade (backup, overwrite...	5	448	3	10/22/2024 6:51 AM by Sandun Amaratunga
Canonical Tags in DNN Started By Joel Candy I am new to website creation and have recently came across the importance of SEO and canonical tags when creating a website. I was wondering if anyone knows how to go about implementing this or if DNN has their own way of doing canonical tags that I am missing.	2	397	1	1/13/2025 2:59 PM by Joel Candy

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