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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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Looking for a DNN Module with Hover-to-Color Image Effect Started By D0rk52 Hello everyone, I’ve been exploring the DNNSharp Action Form module (found here: https://www.dnnsharp.com/...odules/action-form). Is there a DNN module (or a similar approach) that allows images to change from grayscale to full color when you hover over them Something like a 'before/after' hover effect, but applied to static images as you move your mouse I’d love recommendations on modules, CSS snippets, or any creative solutions that achieve this elegantly in DNN. Thanks in advanc...	4	264	1	6/20/2025 3:18 AM by D0rk52
Identify Tab/Page changes for the HTML Module content Started By Alok Agarwal Hello team, We have a web site based on DNN framework. We have a requirement that when ever DNN tabs/pages are modified or added by content team, we need to pick the content which was updated or added for logging purpose. Is there any event in framework which allows to keep tap on tab/page changes, Html Module update/added changes I see two event log types like - TAB_UPDATED,TABMODULE_UPDATED, but not sure if they will get logged when content is updated. Please advise if you have any oth...	5	419	1	4/7/2025 4:46 AM by Alok Agarwal
Searching in HTML Editor Provider (DNNConnect.CKE) Started By HieuGc Hi Everyone, I am studying Dotnetnuke 9.8. And I want to add Searching function for Ckeditor Provider Browser, I dont see search file input in Browser. How will i config	1	269	0	5/30/2025 12:20 AM by HieuGc
Resources not copying when installing extension Started By jabtsit Hello-- I am having an issue running v9.13.09 where I can build an extension and install it locally and it works fine, but the resources are all in the folder already as I've been following the guide for local development. When I package the extension and move it to a production server and attempt to install, it seems to install fine, but none of the resources are copied into the DesktopModules folder. The install job gives this log: StartJob Starting Installation Info Starting Inst...	2	256	9	5/22/2025 2:51 PM by jabtsit
DNN Module Fails to Install After Adding .ascx View — "File Not Found" or Upload Zip Error Started By merouane_hanouch I'm developing a DNN module using Visual Studio 2022 (Community Edition). Everything works fine until I add a new .ascx view file to the project (e.g., Indicateurs1.ascx) and reference it in the .dnn manifest: DesktopModules/Indicateurs/Indicateurs.ascx True Indicateurs View View 0 - After doing this and building the project, the ZIP is generated...	2	308	0	4/24/2025 10:23 AM by merouane_hanouch
DNN Manifest Started By Adrien Dear all, In the manifest file, there is a Cleanup component. Can I use it to delete some old folders from a skin Ex: Install new bootstrap 5 folder and delete the old bootstrap 3 one Thanks for your help.	2	309	0	4/11/2025 2:33 AM by Adrien
DDR menu suddenly stopped working - not showing items anymore Started By Tom Melkonian Hi - We have an issue where on one of our websites, the DDR menu's have suddenly stopped working. The menu items (tabs) are no longer showing to the public users, but are still visible when logged in if the user has edit access to that page. I have a test website of the same website running (an older version) where the DDR menu still work for all users. I've chached all the module setting and the database (Tab and Modules related data) and compared between the test server and the produ...	3	343	0	4/1/2025 4:45 PM by Tom Melkonian
Dnn.CommunityForums html post editor Started By brbjr I am testing updating to DNN.CommunityForums 08.02.06 from activeforums 6.5.1. My current editor is a text editor and allows new lines; the 8.02.06 version is a text editor and does not allow entering new lines. What I would like to happen is for the editor to use the CKEditor. How can I accomplish this I switched from the _legacy themes to community-default. The installed DNN version is 09.13.08.	10	664	1	3/17/2025 1:37 PM by brbjr
Open Content - Blog - blank page when adding a new article Started By Marco Alvarado Hi guys, I've Open Content (05.01.01) installed on a website configured as Blog, I tried to add a new article but I get this blank page :-/ By any change anyone knows how can I resolve this If I check any other section from the context menu such as 'category' or 'tags' I can check the content without a problem. Regards.	7	469	1	3/3/2025 7:56 PM by Marco Alvarado
DNN 9 - page is suddenly uneditable Started By Tom Melkonian Hi, I was working on a page and all of a sudden I cannot edit the page any more. All other pages still go into edit mode for the admin, but this one does not. When I go into page settings and look at its permissions , everything looks normal. I even tried giving edit permissions to other users, etc, and those users can not edit the page either. Is there something obvious I'm missing Thanks -Tom	7	512	1	2/26/2025 9:18 PM by Tom Melkonian

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