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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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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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Replacing Aperture menu with DDRMenu mega menu Started By D0rk52 Hi all, I’m on DNN 10.0.1 and trying to switch from the stock Aperture menu to a nicer mega menu with DDRMenu templates. What works today Header uses the default Aperture menus Site: https://azmanagedit.com/ What I tried Dropped the Mega2DNN template files into: DesktopModules/DDRMenu/NavigationTemplates/Mega2DNN (has menudef.xml, Mega2DNN.xslt, Mega2DNN.css, hoverIntent.js) Then tested MenuStyle='Mega2DNN' and also rel...	13	593	2	10/3/2025 1:40 PM by D0rk52
Removing Xcillion Skin completely from Site Started By RWA Hi, We have decided to change to a different theme/skin (Ozone2) we have made this the new default and swapped all pages. We want to completely remove the Xcillion skin but from a lot of reading we see there may be issues with trying to remove it and side effects or certain features not working properly. What is the best practice in regards to this, and is it possible to completely remove the Xcillion skin without having any issues Also when updating the site, will this cause any issues i...	2	66	2	5/21/2026 4:41 AM by RWA
Aperture Theme Adding more panes to my DNN skin (need help with left/right layout) Started By D0rk52 Hey everyone — I’m using DNN v. 10.01.02 (0) and I’m trying to add more panes to my skin, not just the default ContentPane. Basically, I’d like to have a row with a LeftPane and RightPane alongside the main ContentPane. I’ve tried adding them in my ASCX file, but I can’t seem to get it working correctly. Does anyone have a simple working example of how to properly define extra panes (like LeftPane, RightPane, or BottomPane) in a DNN 10 in the apetrure theme Thanks in advance!	3	394	0	11/9/2025 11:14 AM by D0rk52
NullReferenceException in DotNetNuke.UI.Containers.Title.OnPreRender After Upgrade to DNN 10.1.1 Started By Shivam S Hello, I recently upgraded my DNN website from version 9.13.9 to 10.1.1, and I’m encountering the following error during page rendering: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at DotNetNuke.UI.Containers.Title.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRen...	4	278	0	10/13/2025 6:06 AM by Shivam S
error BC30456: 'GetCurrentUserInfo' is not a member of 'UserController'. Started By G_Papadopolis Just Updated from 9 to 10.0.1 to . 10.01.01 One of my theme files (AddFiles.ascx) is throwing this error. Google foo told me to change this Old line: if(''=='True') Changed to: if(''=='True') Still showing error. Any ideas Thanks	6	321	0	10/1/2025 3:18 PM by G_Papadopolis
Creating dropdowns for pages with children in Razor menu - templates? Started By David Fenske Hi all, Can anyone point me to a resource for some DDRMenu Razor templates that incorporate inner drop-down submenus for pages with children I'm looking at the NVQuickTheme menu code, and the behavior that seems to be standard there is to persistently display a with the child pages, rather than the traditional expand/collapse for submenus. Thanks! David	4	257	0	9/4/2025 3:54 PM by David Fenske
DNN container titles as links Started By Simon Thompson I have a site that has HTML links as the titles. This worked fine in DNN9. Having upgraded to DNN10, the actual HTML code is now showing as the title. Is this a DNN10 issue or something that can be addresses in the Skin I am using an EasyDNN skin.	2	252	2	9/13/2025 5:43 AM by Simon Thompson
Tailwind on DNN 10 is overwrite by _reset.scss (default.css) Started By Erwin Was trying to create a simple DNN 10 Theme using Tailwind CLI. Nothing fancy on input.css, just import 'tailwindcss'; Generate output by run cmd: npx tailwindcss/cli -i ./css/input.css -o ./css/output.css --watch And play with UI. But somehow all padding, margin, border, font got overwrite by _reset.scss (default.css) Causing the UI that's suppose to be working, got mess up. The DnnCssInclude priority was set to 110 but still got ovewrite by _reset.scss I can remove the default.cs...	9	548	2	6/26/2025 11:16 AM by Erwin
Trouble Adding Left Pane to Aperture Theme Skin (default.ascx) Started By D0rk52 Hey everyone, We’re customizing the Aperture theme and trying to add a LeftPane to the default.ascx file but it won’t render or align correctly on the front end. Everything else in the skin is functioning fine — header, nav, banner, content, fluid/footer — just can’t seem to get the LeftPane showing as expected. Just wanted the left pane to take from the content pane. Has anyone successfully added a LeftPane to this skin or run into something similar Appreciate any insight! – Joe	1	259	0	7/7/2025 2:03 AM by D0rk52
Any one know where is will find the site logo name in database Started By 3ART Technologies Company I have tried to upload the site logo webp file but it's allowed me, i tried to find it under the portal and portal setting but there is no information found related to the default logo path and file name. Anyone have an idea in which database table this value exists.	3	295	2	3/22/2025 7:31 AM by 3ART Technologies Company

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