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DNN runs on ASP.NET (.NET Framework 4.8+) with Microsoft SQL Server (2017+ or Azure SQL).

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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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App_Data ExtensionPackages folder Started By Vicenç Masanas Does the ExtensionPackges folder under \App_Data have any specific purpose I see that after any update (core or modules) all extensions save files under this folder. The thing is that these never get cleaned so in on a couple sites I've found quite some files here, that to my understanding have no purpose at all. What I'm doing now is manually removing them whenever I do an update/upgrade. So why are these files not cleaned up automatically by the system Am I missing something here	5	2914	4	4/28/2020 3:41 AM by Vicenç Masanas
journal link PROBLEMS Started By DNNhost IF the link is to Google Documents / Drive the links Title and description takes language from Hosting Server Location In EUROPE AZURE hosts are located in Holland .nl so everything is in DEUCH If server is hosted / located in England. everything is in ENGLISH if Server is hosted / located in Denmark everything is in Danish. This is for my users very confusing the site is in Swedish - or Danish - even Icelandic - Finish or Norwegian They think there is somthing totally wrong when t...	5	2127	1	11/30/2020 9:47 AM by DNNhost
Site Settings Error Started By jbooth59 I have followed quite a few threads regarding this issue and still continue to receive the 'There was an error retrieving your content. Please check your internet connection.' (only on the Site Settings/Site Info and Site Settings/Site Behavior/Default Pages). This is on a brand new Dev site which I upgraded to 9.4.4 and then downgraded to 9.3.2.24 I noticed the error originally at the 9.1.1 version, but thought lets upgrade to see if a newer revision solved the issue. When I look at chromes...	11	7296	2	3/25/2020 8:11 PM by jbooth59
Multiple Authentication Tabs on Login page Started By Maya Trivedi Hello, After setting up DNN site, I had restored my site content and added modules. On Login page, I can now see 2 tabs, one for My Custom Login and another one for Standard Login. I want that tab to be disapear. How can I achieve that The below is the code portion of the login page: This LoginTabGroup has 2 tabs: one my custom login and another standard tab. I dont want to show these 2 tabs options. Can anyone suggest anything	2	1896	2	9/28/2020 9:30 AM by Maya Trivedi
Adding Java Script to pages Started By Lee CPQcart.com I want to install Gist.com JS code for live chat & more. They indicate: 'Copy and paste this tracking code just before the tag on every page you want the Messenger to appear for website visitors. ' Search for 'add Java Script before the tag' Where do I insert this in DNN CE Ver v. 09.03.02 (24) Lee	10	6833	2	6/28/2020 10:59 AM by Lee CPQcart.com
journal link PROBLEMS 2 Started By DNNhost When adding an external link to Journal - the app fetches title of the page, sometimes description and oftern even an image from the page. Problem is that the link does not work so users need to copy and paste the URL from the text-field The TITLE is not HTML-encoded but the description is, but. making the content of the popup preview very confusing for users. Is there any way I con fix this myself. maybe solution Not html-encode the description field in preview maybe htm...	3	2075	0	11/30/2020 10:03 AM by DNNhost
Allowed File Extensions Started By Simon Thompson Hi, I am just attempting to load a bunch of images into the site I am rebuilding since the disaster. I observed that all except 3 image files uploaded with no problem. When I looked further at the three files that would not upload I noted they all had UPPER case file extensions. When I changed one to lower case .jpg the image uploaded correctly. I added the .JPG file extension to the allowed file types but the original file was still rejected. Observations Suggestions Si...	2	3139	1	11/26/2020 12:40 PM by Simon Thompson
DNN User Rights Started By websystem Hello, i want to create a User who has only the rights to manage all content and pages in DNN also create new pages... i want to give the user no other right like change any settings an so on... only manage content and pages and create also new pages.... is this possible in DNN i found no way todo this... i want not make the user to a Admin with to many rights.... Thanks Benny	1	1766	0	11/26/2020 2:32 AM by websystem
Edit Content doesn't load content Started By Leith DNN upgraded from 9.2.2 to 9.4.4 using DNNConnect.CKE 1.0.7 with no other providers installed on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge (cleaned cache too) portals show a blank Edit Content when editing the content of an area. You can't click into the text area to do anything either. If you click the Source button in the top left you can see all the source for what should be there but once you go back to normal view mode it's still blank. On a test copy of the website I installed the latest DNNConnect.CKE...	15	5353	3	9/1/2020 3:22 PM by Leith
Issue After Upgrade rollback Started By Ejaz Recently I upgraded from Dnn 9.1.1 to Dnn 9.3.0 . Due to some error we had to rollback to backup taken of website and database earlier. Everything seemed fine except the message 'Could not find Personabar_Getusers stored procedure' showing on clicking Users in persona bar.	1	1663	0	11/24/2020 12:47 AM by Ejaz

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