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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Error getting value from Parent on Dnn.PersonaBar.Library.Model.MenuItem - unable to log in to DNN websites Started By Tom Melkonian Hi, we are suddenly unable to login to our websites (running DNN 9.9.1). The sites seem to be fine when not logged in, but when trying to log in we get a 500 error: This is what shows in the URL https://www.santacruzcoun...nuItem27.&content=0 Is anyone familiar with tis issue that can help us Thanks Tom	3	239	0	4/14/2025 12:18 PM by Tom Melkonian
Can DNN work with FIPS 140-2/3 enabled environment? Started By Jie some page contents are not shown properly after we enbled FIPS recently. Those pages works perfectly before. Currently our DNN version is 9.10.2. But I was wondering if this version is FIPS compiliance.	5	303	1	4/2/2025 6:13 PM by Jie
X-Forwarded-For to have the IP of the user behind Azure Waf Started By Adrien Dear all, Can you confirm that I have only to add 'X-Forwarded-For' in the field 'SSL Offload Header Value' in the Security/More confguration panel to have in the logs the client ip address The azure waf is configured to send to our webapp this header. Many thanks in advance for your help.	1	357	1	4/2/2025 6:05 AM by Adrien
URL Rewrite and Reverse Proxy Started By progmr Hi, I've got a DNN 9.12 portal on IIS, server by a reverse proxy (RP). RP send all traffic from non-standard https 8443 port to 80 port (local to IIS). In IIS binding, I added the record for 8443 port DNN portal receive traffic on 80 port and lose 8443 port info: how to preserve this information I do this tests: - in Site Setting > Site Behavior > Alias, add 8443 port alias (mydns:8443/myportalname) and disable flag automatically add alias. Site doesn't respond - Enable flag auto...	2	495	3	4/1/2025 5:26 AM by progmr
Issue with Let's Encrypt renewal Started By amurraygbhu I am hoping someone can assist me with an issue that I am having. My website has been setup for a while and I recently switched to using Let's Encrypt for the ceritificate. The first 2 times it renewed I had to manually renew it as it wouldn't autorenew. Now it won't even allow me to manually renew the certificate. Error I am getting is that the authorization token is not available. When I follow the instructions from Plesk for troubleshooting it I try the steps for 'checking website availabi...	3	399	2	3/12/2025 11:29 AM by amurraygbhu
Best Practices for Optimizing DNN Performance Started By Deleted User I’m managing a DNN (DotNetNuke) site and looking for the best ways to optimize its performance. I’ve noticed some slow page loads and occasional lag, especially with more complex modules. What are your go-to optimizations for improving DNN performance Some areas I’d love to get insights on: Caching strategies Database optimization Minimizing resource-heavy modules Best hosting environments for DNN	4	617	2	3/11/2025 2:20 AM by Deleted User
DNN search index image path to lowercase Started By willem We have a website with products images. The images are indexed bij the DNN Search (Lucene) it looks like lucene converts the image path to lowercase. Is there a way to make DNN search index case sensitive so it doesn't convert image paths to lowercase	1	256	1	3/6/2025 6:24 AM by willem
protecting video behind LinkClick.aspx - but I still want to skip through Started By James Clarkson I need to protect videos and present them to members of a Role. The videos are in a Protected folder and can be accessed with LinkClick.aspx urls. But those video cannot be previewed/skipped through or rewound - they need to download completely first. Is there a LinkClick.aspx alternative (or preferably an enhancement) that copes with HTTP Range requests, 206 Partial Content responses, Content-Range, etc so that the videos can be skipped through yet remain protected	6	775	2	2/25/2025 7:34 PM by James Clarkson
Office 365 SMTP Stopped working Started By Matt C I have several sites that were configured and working correctly - sending mail as expected - (all slightly different 9.x CE versions), right up until the last ~15 days or so - I'm not sure exactly what date they stopped working. Some use the DNN Feedback module, some using 3rd party module (Action Form). Now, none of them work, and thus far have not found any solutions. Has anyone else experienced this, and have you been able to resolve Thank you!	7	3646	2	12/30/2019 6:24 PM by Matt C
security settings for ssl Started By Smuggler Hi, I am using DNN 9.13.3. I would like to know where DNN store security settings for SSL. Under Site settings, Security, More, SSL Settings there is a setting where SSL can be set to ON, OFF or ADVANCED. Where is this setting stored in DNN /Peter	5	302	3	2/16/2025 5:16 AM by Smuggler

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