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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Site Assets Does Not Load Started By tony bonn When navigating to Site Assets, the browser fails with the following: This page isn’t working www.mydomain.com redirected you too many times. Try clearing your cookies. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS I cleared the cache which did not help. i have no idea how to create redirects or edit admin pages. i would love to have my site assets page back. i am using dnn 9.8.1	3	2235	1	2/16/2021 6:56 PM by tony bonn
Can't get accordion template to work Started By Britomart I assembled an accordion folder and placed in the Menu folder. It is generating the correct html, but the javaScript isn't working. The accordion files are: jQuery.tools.1.2.6.min.js.htm jQueryToolsAccordion.xslt menudef.xml tabs-accordion.css Here are the registration tags: This is an accordion menu with static html I cobbled together for an earlier, non-dnn site: http://drawingworkshop.co...eart/index_test.asp. It would be great if I could drop it into this site, but I h...		1594	0	2/18/2022 8:04 PM by Britomart
Page settings not loading after DNN 9.10.10 upgrade Started By Jini Joy DNN Site Settings Error: 'There was an error retrieving your content. Please check your internet connection' Page settings not loading after DNN 9.10.10 upgrade. Pages are not listing.	1	1371	1	2/18/2022 8:33 AM by Jini Joy
CreateUser API - Object reference not set ISSUE Started By jlwilsonForsyth When I go to add a new user[1] and click save, I get a error alert. 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'[2] I've been doing this for years so off to the logs I go. The event logs indicate that the user was created and the profile was updated just fine. The account was automatically added to the roles it needed and all went well. But, the email didn't go out. I can find no logs or traces of information as to why the email may not have gone out. The email functionality wo...	2	1529	0	9/28/2021 12:46 PM by jlwilsonForsyth
Having a backup connection string. Started By Jacqui We had an unexpected power down last week and the company failed over to our backup servers and DBs. The db's connection string was to the proimary DB and could not connect to our backup DB server and I was unable to log in and change the connection string and had to wait for access to the actual server and change it, this took quite some time (company policy hey). Any way my question is there a way to have my DNN site inteligently try to access another db (backup connection string perhaps...	3	1713	2	1/27/2022 6:46 AM by Jacqui
Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Started By Tom Wolfe We have a website that seems to be working fine, but it keeps throwing this error message over and over: AbsoluteURL:/Default.aspx DefaultDataProvider:DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke ExceptionGUID:7d42defc-a15b-4cb4-b69d-350b4fe808cb AssemblyVersion: PortalId:-1 UserId:-1 TabId:-1 RawUrl: Referrer: UserAgent: ExceptionHash:9gFTpZMnF4ZFqFjOEPLN0pPwDTo= Message:Object reference not set to an instance of an object. StackTrace: at DotNetN...	4	5592	2	2/3/2021 6:44 PM by Tom Wolfe
Database gets full Started By Bernd Morgeneyer Hi, We are using DNN 7.3.3. After some months without active administration our SQL database occupies very much disk space and backups have more than 8GB. How can I release unused space Some things are obvious: recycle bin, event log... Can you tell me more places Thank you!	6	2262	2	2/14/2022 7:01 AM by Bernd Morgeneyer
Can't Bulk Install Modules in DNN 9.10.2 Started By Tig7r Hi There, I have copied the files required to bulk install modules in DNN under the Install Folder. When I run dnndev.me/install/install.aspxmode=installresources I get the following Exception: 'DotNetNuke.Services.Upgrade.Upgrade' does not contain a definition for 'CheckUpgrade' strWarning = Upgrade.Upgrade.CheckUpgrade();	2	1445	0	2/14/2022 8:40 AM by Tig7r
DNN Login doesn't respond! Started By Batcic Hi all, I am unable to login to my 08.00.04 DNN site, no matter what credentials I try. Login control doesn't respond and I get a message in Chrome Console that says 'Uncaught Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException: Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException: An unknown error occurred while processing the request on the server. The status code returned by the server was: 500 at Function.Error.create (https://MYDOMAIN/Telerik....93aed16cbdc:6:2736) at Sys.WebFor...	4	1830	2	2/13/2022 5:04 PM by Batcic
Theme Got Snagged in New Site Started By Britomart I'm setting up a second site in my dnn 9.10.02 installation. I tried the Multifunction and Hammerflex2 themes; both yielded 'An error has occurred. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Couldn't load menu style 'BootStrapNav': System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path. at System.Security., etc. etc etc.' I uninstalled and reinstalled the themes a couple of times trying to figure it out; I activated Xcillion between tests, and it always worked. After the second Hammerfl...	2	1943	1	2/8/2022 8:28 PM by Britomart

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