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Greetings,

I'm new to DNN and I'm working on creating a new website with a newer version of DNN (the old website was 07.03.04 (45) and the one I'm using is 09.01.01 (129), I'm aware that it's not the current version).

On the older version i would click on "Copy" and i would be able to choose which modules i would like to copy and which I wanted to reference. But in the current version i can only duplicate the page and copy all modules without reference.

Any help would be greatly apreciated.
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José Nobre

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May I make a suggestion rather than answering your question? PLEASE upgrade beyond 9.1.1. As a minimum 9.6.2, but do yourself a favor and get to 9.10.1 and without Telerik components. This might mean more work up front, but it will be a life saver moving forward. 9.1.1 and 9.10.1 have only the "9" in common.
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To answer your question, I think that the Copy functionality disappeared. Back when DNN 9 was developed, "some people" made some bad choices to eliminate some functionality that they deemed unimportant or something.

The good news is that you can save a page template and with or without content. You can use that template when you create a new page.

And if you liked the ability to apply a different template to an existing page, you can do that by appending ?ctl=importtab to the page's url.
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Thank you for your quick response.

I've already suggested to my superiors that they update to the latest version, but unfortunately, it is still on the "To-do list". I work at a small university and we are understaffed in the IT department. I will take on your advice and insist on making the upgrade.

I just want to be sure but by creating a Template will the necessary modules be referenced?

On our current project, we are setting up a website only for the description of various events, (exemple 1exemple 2). The pages are composed of various modules in different panels, most of them are independent but a few modules must be referenced (Footer, Map, and a couple of other modules).

I hope to be making myself clear.
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José Nobre

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I've made a Template as suggested but none of the modules are referenced. Is there a way to specify the modules I want to reference and the ones I don't?

Best regards,
José Nobre

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I don't think so. For those, you can always delete the modules and add them back via the add module functionality.

(One thing to look at is the actual template file. It may be possible to edit something in the XML to include a module as a reference. Not sure, though ...)
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Thank you for all your help,

Best regards,
José Nobre

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I'm sorry for reopening this topic.

I found this page about the same issue I'm having and it shows that there is an option for modules when duplicating pages.

It says that they are using version Dnn 9 and older. Was it truly removed from version 9 and above or is there something I have to do to use it?
I'm sorry for repeating this question since we will have to create multiple pages with the same format and shared modules.

I truly appreciate your time and patience,
José Nobre

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That dialog is accessible when duplicating a page on the latest version of DNN. You need to go to the Modules tab under Advanced to find it. It's possible it isn't in 9.1.1, I'm not certain, but it is in current versions.
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Thank you for your reply.

I will do my best to upgrade the version, but it may take some time since we are a small team.

Best regards,
José Nobre

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