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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Razor in a skin file Started By Deleted User Hi, I have a razor file that contains code that I'd like to include in several skin files but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to include it. I tried render page as such RenderPage('_GetArticles.cshtml') But this gives a 500 server error. I've also tried this: It does the same. What is the proper syntax for this	4	835	1	11/15/2023 10:29 PM by Deleted User
PASSWORDREMINDERURL value location Started By MeIsAlex I am looking the location for the value of PASSWORDREMINDERURL, what is send in the email to for the password reset is wrong. We upgraded from a version that sent a reminder email and now it sends the reset link, the link is wrong. Any help would be appreciated.	7	969	2	9/10/2023 9:34 PM by MeIsAlex
Issue In changing Module Default View Started By Tarunjit Hi All, I have DNN 9.11.0 installed. Using “Christoc Hammond” DNN Project Template package I have created module project in VS 2019 using MVC. It has some default views and controllers already integrated. Instead of using these default views and controllers, I created my own view and controller. Now I want this view and controller definition to be included in module package. For that I simply copied following settings in manifest file. Here Employee is the controller name under controller...	2	747	1	11/1/2023 6:24 AM by Tarunjit
Module edit jumps back to top of page after edit Started By James Robertson I have a very large DNN website which is extemely content heavy and I am currently creating webpages with up to about 30 html modules each with around 3 A4 pages of text Most of the time when I edit a module the cursor jumps to the top of the page and i then have to scroll down to where i was working which is tedious given the number of modules I need to scroll past When i add a new html module the cursor remains in place so there is clearly no reason why it has to go back to the top Is...	9	934	2	10/23/2023 4:00 PM by James Robertson
Nested Or Hierarchical Level Layouts Started By Tarunjit Hi All, I have installed DNN 9.11.0 on my local. Can we create hierarchical/nested level layouts, i.e. create base layout with basic html/css/java scripts required in all kind of pages, and then using those base layouts in other layouts. To explain it further I have a scenario. Scenario : Some pages require special links of left side of pages, some pages require links on right side of pages and some pages require links both on left and right parts of the pages. To handle such scenarios ...	2	669	1	10/30/2023 2:14 AM by Tarunjit
Error In DNN site Started By Tarunjit Hi All, I have DNN 9.11.0 version installed. I am developing Web API which have DLL “System.Net.HTTP.Formatting” added as reference. I changed the build path of this web api to DNN site bin folder “C:\Websites\dnndev.me\bin” and have started getting error as shown below. Can any one please help me on this Error Message Could not load file or assembly 'System.Net.Http.Formatting' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference...	2	802	1	10/31/2023 4:37 AM by Tarunjit
Need top create Multiple Super User Accounts Started By Tarunjit Hi All, I have DNN 9.11.0 installed at mylocal and have 11 users configured. Now i want to create 2 users as Super User/host. But i am not finding this role in Manage > Users screen, so that i could assign Super User/host role to these 2 users. Regards Tarunjit Singh	3	785	2	10/21/2023 1:38 AM by Tarunjit
Portals-editing Started By alexismaria We have three DNN sites. Two of which sometimes need editing at the same time. I have to log out of one and log in to the other in order to do this. Why can I not have both open for editing We host our own DNN sites on our own servers. Not sure if this is a server problem or a DNN problem.	1	633	1	10/30/2023 1:09 PM by alexismaria
Work Flow Process For Approval Before Publishing Started By Tarunjit Hi All, I have downloaded DotNuke from path https://github.com/dnnsof...nn.Platform/releases and have installed version 9.11.0 on my local IIS. I want to implement work flow process so that before publishing content pages it should be reviewed and approved. Here are my queries based on this : Is this content approval process allowed only in specific DNN editions If yes then which edition And is that edition free I am not sure which edition I have downloaded. Can yo...	1	1058	1	10/23/2023 1:39 AM by Tarunjit
Unable to upload files Started By lks DNN version is v.09.01.01.Error as below. Anyone can advise. Thanks. 2023-10-26 08:49:06,779 [ERROR] DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions - System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException: A task was canceled. at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Web.Http.Tracing.ITraceWriterExtensions.d__18`1.MoveNext() --- End of stack ...	4	731	1	10/25/2023 9:25 PM by lks

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