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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Lazy Loading Images in the DNN Blog (List + Postbanner) Started By D0rk52 Running DNN v. 10.01.02 (0) DNN Blog 6.7.1 Added Lazy Loading to the DNN Blog — Got lazy loading working nicely in the DNN Blog moduleFigured I’d share what we did in case it helps someone else. Files We Edited We only had to touch a couple of template files inside the Blog module: ListImage.html → controls the images shown on the blog list (archive or home page) Postbanner.html → handles the top image inside single blog posts You can find both in: /DesktopModules/Blog/Templ...	2	247	1	10/20/2025 11:10 AM by D0rk52
Woke up wanting a DNN store Started By D0rk52 Hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing great. It’s been a while since I’ve tinkered with anything store-related in DNN, but figured I’d pop in and say hi before diving back into the chaos. Always good to see the DNN community still kicking! I woke up this morning and decided I wanted a store on my DNN site. Used to rock Catalook back in the day — remember that beast It was clunky, confusing, and somehow still kind of awesome. I went looking for what’s out there now and saw Hotcakes is lit...	9	840	2	10/8/2025 6:35 PM by D0rk52
How to find Visitors Online Started By Sowmiya I have used aspnet Membership table to identify members, then users table last access time to identify whether they are online or not. Now I would like to know how many visitors online. Can anyone help me which table is used to identify online visitors Thanks Sowmiya		256	1	11/6/2025 3:58 AM by Sowmiya
compatibility issue between the DotNetNuke SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) Module and DNN version 10.1.2 Started By Shivam S Hello Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to report a compatibility issue between the DotNetNuke SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) Module and DNN version 10.1.2. After upgrading our DNN portal to version 10.1.2, we began encountering the following error when attempting to load pages that include the SSRS Module: error:DotNetNuke.Framework.PageBase - An error has occurred while loading page. System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'DotNetNuke.Entiti...	1	248	0	11/3/2025 10:15 AM by Shivam S
CK Editor - which version Started By Tom Melkonian Hi - I'm using CK Editor Provider version 2.1.27 with DNN 9.9.1. Is that the correct version to use, or should I consider upgrading CK Editor Provider I see they are up to version 5 (https://github.com/ckeditor/) . Awhile back, I asked about this on CK Editor soppurt forum, and they weren't aware of CK Editor being used with DNN (and recommended that DNN should upgrade to a more current bversion of CK Editor) . They suggested I try a more recent version of CK Editor. Does anyone know more...	19	5413	5	11/1/2021 2:50 PM by Tom Melkonian
Using URL Parameters in Reports Module Started By Hans Zassenhaus We are making great use of theReports Module; but we could reduce the number of pages with an implementation of the URL parameters, as described in the Setting page of the Reports Module, by initiating the help function at the Allowed URL Parameters data entry area, by using the right mouse button when selecting the 'i'.icon. However, it appears that this feature is not owrking/impelemted in the most recent release running on DNN Release 09.13.09. Is this assumption correct, of is there a sp...		264	1	10/22/2025 11:37 AM by Hans Zassenhaus
service is unable when updating dnn_blog 6.7.1. on dnn 10 Started By Trevor Forrester Hi everyone, I am have trouble updatimg the DNN_Bog module settings When I go to 'manage' blog and select the bog I want to change the setting for eg. user permissions then click update I get a screen with 'The service is unavailable'. I have tried different skins including the new skin that comes with ver 10.1.0 10.1.1 10.1.2 and used different browsers and different computers. This error shows up into admin logs. Any ideads any suggestions welcome. Thank you in advance. Trevor ...	1	233	1	10/20/2025 6:37 AM by Trevor Forrester
Forum Error When Posting HTML & Issue with Friendly URLs Started By D0rk52 Hey everyone, Hope you’re all doing well! Just wanted to share an issue we’re running into — whenever we post HTML content in the community forum \ active forum, I get this error message: Error: AZ Managed IT Forum is currently unavailable. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Input string was not in a correct format. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. at System.Text.StringBuilder.FormatError() at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormatHel...	15	636	0	10/11/2025 1:33 AM by D0rk52
Template Creation Error Started By CaulDrNN I have been trying to access the latest version of the Eraware Dnn SPA EF CI Stencil Module Template and have installed Node.js development while runnning Visual Studio 2022 on .NET Framework 4.8.1 but keep running into this load component assembly error. I do not know how to remedy this error and would appreciate any help, documantation, or links to helpful videos explaining any additional extensions needed or what the problem potentially is. I attached an image of the error code and the module...	2	276	1	9/11/2025 5:18 PM by CaulDrNN
Can't install standard DNN Feedback module due to failure unable to read License.txt, file not found Started By EdoDNN I tried downloadin the official Feedback module from the Extensions in dnncommunity.org but keep getting an error... Why	4	366	1	9/2/2025 2:38 PM by EdoDNN

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