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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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Forum: Modules and Other Extensions

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Dependency errors when creating new module from template Started By jnissen Hi all, Am trying out creating a DNN module for a future project at my company and I have been having a very frustrating experience getting things running even when right out of the box. After a few tries at installing DNN intself on my local machine I was eventually able to get the dnndev.me site running. From here I turned to creating and adding my own module as we will need it to host a 3rd party report generation tool. I installed the Chris Hammond templates as instructed by the documenta...	1	131	1	4/23/2026 12:46 PM by jnissen
Content not showing after adding it. (Not publishing?) Started By JMD a { text-decoration: none; color: 464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: f5f5f5; } I'm having trouble with content publishing behavior. Our site is currently on DNN 10.2.3. I’m seeing cases where: A page exists and is accessible A module exists on the page (including the core Text/HTML module) Content is added and saved The UI suggests the content is published Editors can see the content in edit mode ...	7	306	1	4/6/2026 12:54 PM by JMD
Why is the Company news looking so bad? Started By Chris Uszynski The company news area looks terrible. We post a story and it looks fine. When it gets rolled up into the Company News page and the home page the pictures are picsulated and distorted. We have tried all the settings and cannot get it to look good. Looks like this CU	1	155	1	4/9/2026 2:16 PM by Chris Uszynski
Files & Documents Workflow? Started By nnguyen Hi DNN Community, a { text-decoration: none; color: 464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: f5f5f5; } We are still in development of our DNN 10 instance and have been looking for a way to manage workflow for documents/files, not just pages or HTML modules. Our current site has over 15,000 pages and 15,000 documents (.pdf, docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.). Our organization has 150 content editors and a 3-step approval pr...	1	183	1	4/3/2026 12:55 PM by nnguyen
Repository module - is compatible with DNN 10? Started By sypa We are still using the Repository Module on DNN 9.13. It looks like the Repository module is no longer supported, but just wondering if anyone has actually tried it in DNN version 10	1	137	1	3/31/2026 12:32 PM by sypa
DNN extension installer Cleanup component in manifest problem Started By Timo Breumelhof. I have been cleaning up some DNN modules lately for clients. They contained JS and CSS files that are no longer in use, so I added a cleanup task to the module manifest and noticed something that's not in accordance with the documentation at https://www.dnnsoftware.c...ki/cleanup-component But I could not get it to work for some reason although I had it workign before. Spending a while debugging this so sharing my findings in case it saves someone else the headache. The manifest syntax i...	2	156	0	3/25/2026 8:52 AM by Timo Breumelhof.
Edit Modules mode - when closed, can't view them, either invisible or the changes do not take place. Content panes. Started By alexismaria Hi, I have a concerning problem with one of our DNN sites. It's using 10.2.3 but using from a vendor that cannot provide or fix the problem right now due to a certain war going on and having their telecommunications disrupted. When I open and edit a module, whether it is html or a custom module (NewsArticles from Adv. News Articles), it is visible, but when I close the edit button, the content disappears!!! This has happened for at least a week. I have investigated caching, permissions and...	4	187	2	3/13/2026 4:40 PM by alexismaria
Work Order Module Started By John Wolf Friends, is anyone aware of a DNN work order module Ours is an internal site with many work teams having pages and subsites. We get so many work requests - large and small - and would like a more formal process for users to request work and us to manage them. We use Mandeeps Live Helpdesk for support tickets. It's close but not quite there for managing work items. Appreciate any suggestions. John		116	0	3/4/2026 10:59 PM by John Wolf
Cookie consent deny button Started By willem The default DNN Cookie consent only show the accept button. Is it also possible to show a 'Deny' button	6	684	3	9/24/2024 3:13 AM by willem
Search extension module for DNN 10 Started By Jeff Johnson Hi. My company hosts many dnn sites and we're looking for a stand alone search extension module that fits the following criteria. DNN 10 compatible Searches pdfs Searches site pages Searches easydnn news pages In the past we've used dnn sharp’s search boost. That is no longer supported or throws errors on DNN 10. We've tested DNN search and psSiteSearch which do some but not all of the criteria items. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. -Jeff	5	297	2	1/28/2026 1:16 PM by Jeff Johnson

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