Hey DNN community. I've never worked with DNN before so forgive me.
My new client's website is built on DNN and it needs a facelift. I hired a guy on Upwork to mockup a new homepage including a new header and footer.
He came back with a nice design and the the Upwork guy is saying he needs Cpanel access to implement these changes. Is that true or should he be able to do it from just logging into the site and editing like normal?
Posted By JasonMoss on 25 Jun 2019 02:01 PM What do you mean by "file system access"? (Once again, forgive me, I only know wordpress).
It means you need to be able to get to the files via FTP, or some other route (e.g. Windows Explorer if you're running DNN locally).
If you only have Admin access to the DNN site and not Host access (you see the Admin tab in the control bar but not a Host tab), you don't have a lot of options. Your best bet is to produce an installable package with the theme and deliver that for your client to install. nvQuickTheme has a starting point for a packageable theme.
Just for your information, I would personally never suggest that you work with anyone (contractor or otherwise) that is requiring direct file system access to install or upgrade ANY extension. Using FTP to manage extensions in DNN opens you up to all sorts of potential issues down the road - not the least of which includes: unknown versions of code, source code mismatches, unnecessary recompiles, and upgrade horrors. (There is seldom an exception to this.) Using an installable package (and requisite process) is considered to be a best practice. Anyone that's not following that procedure is assuredly not following other known best practices.
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