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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/API/internalservices/controlBar/ToggleUserMode Started By AddisonS If we attempt to edit a page by clicking on the pencil icon or the edit page option through the page menu we receive the following error An error has occurred. An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'ControlBarController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor. System.InvalidOperationException at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator.Create(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDesc...	3	2908	3	4/20/2022 9:39 PM by AddisonS
Migrate DNN to SharePoint Started By Jagan We are planning to migrate the DNN to SharePoint Online, Kindly help us to get the right tool or share any migration approach . Thank you	6	2425	6	7/8/2022 1:50 AM by Jagan
DNN icons not responding Started By lewisar I have a tricky situation! I haven't needed to edit my DNN website for 18months - 2 years, but the last time I did it was to update a customised control which I now want to update again. I can successfully log on as Host, but none of the superuser icons actually work, not even 'About' so I can't even tell what version it's running, although the latest upgrade file I have locally seems to be DNN_Platform_9.2.2.178_Upgrade.zip. Can anyone suggest any way to get me back in Thanks for a...	11	3576	3	6/2/2023 9:16 AM by lewisar
DNNSoftware.com forum Started By quintinhumphreys searching for a common dnn topic recently i noticed that almost all of my searches showed dnnsoftware.com at the top of the list and dnncommunity.org is nowhere to be found. i was searching for how to get the current portalsettings instance outside of a control or module. the result that i got from dnnsoftware.com was this from back in 2007 basically saying it could not be done. https://www.dnnsoftware.c...tside-of-httpcontext i tend to get this exact forum result each time i search fo...	2	1235	1	5/31/2023 9:02 PM by quintinhumphreys
Evolution overview Started By Seek78 Hello, where can I find an overview of the evolution of DNN from version 7.4 onwards I would like to know all the architectural and application evolutions, even briefly, not necessarily in the smallest details. Thanks S.	2	1520	1	5/18/2023 5:51 AM by Seek78
Azure Costs Started By Bob S. I've had a DNN installation on Azure and it's worked well so far. I'm getting ready to move it from a development instance to a full production. Problem is I'm totally lost on what the costs will be once I use all the services and have to pay for them. I've tried their pricing calculator and tried chatting with their support, to no avail. Does anyone have any insight into costs on Azure I have 2 small installations but I'm afraid of the full costs, especially SQL. Any help would be app...	1	3403	1	11/19/2020 1:40 PM by Bob S.
Title of DNN site is wrong Started By skadera Hi all, Has anyone else noticed that the site title for subpages that appear in Google for dnnsoftware.com says 'Weight Loss Forum' Go to Google, search on dnn versions. -s	8	1909	2	3/30/2023 6:07 PM by skadera
card swipe reader Started By pmichael Title says it - not looking for credit card swipes for payments, but an ID magnetic card stripe reader. Folks who attend an event will swipe their ID card, stuff gets picked up and stored in a db table. Anything out there	7	3734	3	3/9/2020 11:50 AM by pmichael
DNN Login Control Not Working Started By Batcic Hi, Community This is a really strange problem that I have run into, and it is the second website that I'm facing this with. I'm trying to login to my website and the login button refuses to postback. Can anyone help me with this	13	4343	3	2/28/2023 6:44 AM by Batcic
Using JS from another site Started By Allen Hall Will DNN render/inject JS sourced from another site Eg… Lots of post/help about placing JS in module headers and elsewhere but no examples I have found so far show/discuss when the JS is on anothe site. :-( Thanks for any help!	4	1476	2	2/20/2023 1:15 AM by Allen Hall

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