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Dotnetnuke™ For Dummies®

Name: Dotnetnuke™ For Dummies®
ISBN: 9780471798439

by Lorraine Young, Philip Beadle, Scott Willhite, Chris Paterra

April 2007

Beginner to intermediate

401 pages

8h 30m

English

For Dummies

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Copyright
About the Authors
Authors' Acknowledgments
Publisher's Acknowledgments
Introduction
Foolish AssumptionsHow To Use This BookConventions Used in This BookA Note on the Different Versions of DNNHow This Book Is OrganizedPart I: Drawing from the DotNetNuke Power SourcePart II: Putting the Power of DotNetNuke to WorkPart III: Jumping to Light Speed with DotNetNukePart IV: Getting Under the HoodPart V: The Part of TensIcons Used in This Book
I. Drawing from the DotNetNuke Power Source
1. Maximize Your Web Potential
1.1. DotNetNuke Is More than Web Publishing1.2. DNN Is Community1.2.1. Registered users: Members and non-members of your Web site1.2.2. Security roles: Sorting your members into groups1.3. DNN Is Content1.3.1. DNN Web pages1.3.2. DNN modules1.3.3. A designer's delight1.4. DNN Is Collaboration1.4.1. Special roles: Administrator and host roles1.4.2. Logging in to your DNN Web site1.4.3. Changing your login credentials1.4.4. DNN serves applications, not just online brochures1.4.5. DNN gives you N for the price of 11.5. Plug in to Open Source1.5.1. Yes, it's free!1.5.2. Based on Microsoft muscle1.5.3. A thriving community1.6. Finding Help Only a Hyperlink Away
2. Installing DotNetNuke
2.1. Making Decisions about Your DNN Installation2.1.1. Which file do I download?2.1.1.1. ASP.NET framework and DotNetNuke version2.1.1.2. Distribution packages2.1.1.3. Putting it all together2.1.2. Choosing a Web host2.2. Getting DotNetNuke to Your Server2.3. Setting Up IIS for DotNetNuke2.3.1. Creating a Web site in IIS Manager2.3.2. Configuring your Web site in IIS Manager2.4. Setting Up the Database2.4.1. Creating a new database in Microsoft SQL Server 20002.4.2. Microsoft SQL Server users and access permissions2.4.3. SQL Server 2005 Express2.5. Preinstallation Configuration2.5.1. The Web.Config file2.5.2. Adjusting the connection string2.5.3. Getting familiar with the machine key2.6. DotNetNuke Automated Installation2.6.1. Monitoring your installation2.6.2. Completing your DotNetNuke installation2.7. Installing DotNetNuke with Control Panels2.7.1. Common control panel benefits2.7.2. Common control panel drawbacks2.8. Troubleshooting Your Installation2.8.1. Configuration errors2.8.2. Object reference error2.8.3. Database connection errors
3. Set It and Forget It: Default Portal Settings
3.1. Changing Settings to Adapt to Your Needs3.1.1. Setting the host details3.1.2. Setting the SMTP server settings3.1.3. Enabling Friendly URLs3.1.4. Setting auto-unlock of accounts3.2. Installing Modules and Assigning Them to Portals3.2.1. Installing the modules included with your DNN application3.2.2. Installing new modules3.2.3. Setting premium modules and assigning them to portals3.3. Setting Global Preferences for New Portals3.3.1. Setting the default appearance for new portals3.3.2. Setting the hosting space for new Web sites3.3.3. Enabling the Site Log3.3.4. Setting the types of files that can be uploaded3.3.5. Choosing who has permission to upload new skins3.4. Lighting Up a New Portal (Or Two, or Three)3.4.1. Creating new portals3.4.2. Photocopying your portal
II. Putting the Power of DotNetNuke to Work

4. Getting Your Site Started on the Right Foot
4.1. Setting Defaults for a Web Site4.1.1. Setting Site Details4.1.2. Setting Payment Details4.1.3. Setting other miscellaneous settings4.1.4. Maintaining host-only settings4.2. Getting Your Users into Roles4.2.1. Adding a new role4.2.2. Adding a new role group4.2.3. Creating an opt-in/opt-out role4.2.4. Setting user registration4.2.5. Adding a new user4.3. Adding and Managing Pages on Your Web Site4.3.1. Adding a page4.3.2. Setting view and edit permissions for a page4.3.3. Copying view and edit permissions to child pages4.3.4. Copying a page4.3.5. Adding a page set as a link to a URL, page, or file4.3.6. Changing the order of your pages4.4. Adding Content to a Page4.4.1. Adding a new module to a page4.4.2. Adding an existing module to a page4.4.3. Deleting, moving, and performing other module tasks by using the module menu4.4.4. Setting module permissions4.4.5. Tweaking module settings4.4.6. Moving a module to another page4.5. Managing Web Site Files4.5.1. Getting familiar with the File Manager4.5.2. Uploading a file to the File Manager4.5.3. Delete a single file4.5.4. Working with multiple files inside the File Manager4.5.5. Creating a new folder4.5.6. Setting the role permissions for a folder4.5.7. Deleting an existing folder4.5.8. Synchronizing one or more folders with your database4.5.9. Uploading files without Administrator rights4.6. Making Your Site Look Good4.6.1. Changing the site logo4.6.2. Changing the default skin and containers4.6.3. Viewing and applying skins4.6.4. Uploading a skin to your Web site4.6.5. Setting the skin and container designs for an individual page4.6.6. Setting the container for an individual module4.6.7. Setting advanced design options for an individual module
5. Delivering Content Right Out of the Box
5.1. Doing Almost Anything with Text/HTML5.1.1. Plain text editing5.1.2. Working with the Basic Text Box5.1.3. From rags to riches with Rich Text Editor5.1.4. Discarding unwanted text formatting5.1.5. Adding styles to text5.1.6. Adding a Web site link to the RTE5.1.7. Inserting images into the RTE5.1.8. Uploading images to the RTE Image Gallery5.1.9. Adding a table5.1.10. Accessing the HTML code5.2. Keeping Users Informed with FAQs5.2.1. Adding an FAQ5.2.2. Editing an FAQ5.3. Getting Around with Links5.3.1. Adding a link to another Web site5.3.2. Linking to pages, files, or users within your site5.3.3. Selecting and uploading a file on the fly5.3.4. Tracking clicks on your links5.3.5. Changing the layout of links5.4. Letting Everyone Know with Announcements5.4.1. Adding an announcement5.4.2. Setting the displayed announcements5.5. Listing Your Contacts5.6. Downloading with Documents5.7. Sneaking a Peek with IFrame5.8. Showing Pictures, Movies, and More with the Media Module5.8.1. Displaying an image with a link to another Web site5.8.2. Displaying a movie
6. Adding Bells and Whistles to Your Site
6.1. Keeping Track of Dates with the Events Module6.1.1. Setting up the events calendar6.1.1.1. Adding event categories6.1.1.2. Adding event locations6.1.2. Adding events6.2. Subscribing to News Feeds6.2.1. Displaying a news feed6.2.2. Subscribing to a news feed6.3. Going Ad Hoc with the User Defined Table Module6.3.1. Building a UDT table6.3.2. Adding data to a UDT table6.4. Sharing Spreadsheets and Data with XML/XSL6.4.1. Creating an XML file from an Excel spreadsheet6.4.2. Displaying a custom spreadsheet from Excel6.5. Creating online surveys6.5.1. Creating a survey6.5.2. Settings to enhance your survey6.6. Leveraging Partnerships with Banners6.6.1. Creating a vendor account6.6.2. Adding an image banner to a vendor6.6.3. Adding a text banner to a vendor6.6.4. Displaying a banner on your site6.6.5. Sending a banner status e-mail to a vendor6.7. Seeing Who Is at Home with UsersOnline6.7.1. Enabling the UsersOnline module6.7.2. Ensuring that UsersOnline information is up-to-date6.7.3. Setting the user information to be displayed on the UsersOnline module
III. Jumping to Light Speed with DotNetNuke
7. Getting Interactive with DotNetNuke
7.1. Getting to Know the Feedback Module7.1.1. Receiving feedback in a flash7.1.2. Sending feedback7.1.3. Sharing the feedback workload7.1.4. Sharing and moderating feedback comments7.1.5. Modifying the layout and fields of the Feedback module7.2. Getting Familiar with This Blogging Business7.2.1. Getting to know the DNN Blog module7.2.1.1. Most Recent Blog Entries7.2.1.2. Blog Archive7.2.1.3. New Blog7.2.1.4. Blog List7.2.1.5. Search Blog7.2.2. Creating a public blog7.2.3. Creating child blogs7.2.4. Making blog entries7.2.5. Viewing, editing, or deleting blog entries7.3. Setting Options for the Most Recent Blog Entries Module7.3.1. Allow bloggers to add images and attachments7.3.2. Setting a personal blog page7.3.3. Search options7.3.4. Show Blog Summary7.4. Blog Settings for All Bloggers: Advanced Settings for Your Blog7.4.1. Setting date and time options7.4.2. Using trackback URLs7.4.3. Syndicate this blog7.4.4. Creating permalinks to your blog7.5. Getting to Know Forums7.5.1. The DNN Forum module7.5.2. The Forum Administration page7.5.2.1. General Settings7.5.2.2. Forum Users7.5.2.3. Avatars7.5.2.4. Manage Forums/Groups7.5.2.5. Word Filter7.5.2.6. Statistics & Ranking7.5.3. Creating a public forum7.5.4. Turning a forum off7.5.5. Posting to a forum7.5.6. Creating a role-restricted (private) forum7.5.7. Filtering out the bad words7.5.8. Moderating what people say in forums7.5.8.1. Creating a moderated forum7.5.8.2. Selecting a moderator7.5.8.3. Moderating forum posts7.5.8.4. Do you trust me?7.5.9. Changing the layout and design7.5.9.1. Change the forum name7.5.9.2. Change the theme/skin7.5.9.3. Change page layout7.5.9.4. Changing Member Name Display7.5.9.5. Enabling Thread Status7.5.9.6. Enabling Private Messaging7.5.9.7. Enabling Member List7.6. Going Public with Newsletters
8. Collaborating and Selling with DNN
8.1. Showcase and Share with the Repository Module8.2. Setting Up the Repository8.2.1. The fastest setup this side of Texas8.2.2. Adding more categories8.2.3. Setting the unique Repository security roles8.3. Changing the Function of the Repository8.3.1. Setting the skin8.3.2. Choosing a skin to suit8.3.3. Changing the page layout8.4. Working with Repository Files8.4.1. Editing and deleting items8.4.2. Downloading a file8.4.3. Searching the Repository8.4.4. Moderating new items8.4.5. Adding a comment to an item8.4.6. Viewing, editing, and deleting comments8.4.7. Rating files8.4.8. Displaying quick links by using the dashboard8.5. Selling Stuff with a Store8.5.1. The Store Menu (Categories) module8.5.2. The Store Catalog module8.5.3. The Store Mini Cart module8.5.4. The Store Account module8.5.5. The Store Admin module8.6. Laying Out Your Store8.6.1. Creating the Store page8.6.2. Creating the Store Account page8.6.3. Creating the Store Admin page8.7. Choosing a Payment Provider8.8. Configuring the Store Admin Module8.8.1. Setting the payment gateway as PayPal8.8.2. Setting the payment gateway as AuthorizeNet8.8.3. Adding tax rates for each state8.8.4. Adding a shipping fee8.9. Adding Products to the Store8.9.1. Creating and managing categories8.9.2. Creating and managing products8.10. Approving and Editing Product Reviews8.11. Deleting a Product Review8.12. Shopping 'til You Drop8.12.1. Adding a product to the cart8.12.2. Going to the checkout8.12.3. Viewing previous customer orders8.13. Collaborating with Wiki8.14. Creating a Wiki Site8.14.1. Configuring Wiki sites and choosing editors8.14.2. Choose the Wiki Web site for this module8.15. Getting to Know Your Wiki8.16. Editing Wiki Pages8.17. Linking to New or Existing Wiki Pages8.18. Performing Maintenance on Your Wiki8.19. Exporting and Importing Wiki Web Sites
IV. Getting Under the Hood
9. Standard Stuff You Can Customize
9.1. Finding Things with Search Input and Search Results9.1.1. Setting up Search9.1.2. Adding more Search Input and Search Results modules9.1.3. Changing the format of Search results9.2. Inviting Authentication with Account Login9.2.1. Adding an Account Login module9.2.2. Creating a unique login page9.3. Personalizing with User Account9.4. Personalizing Your E-Mail Notifications9.4.1. Changing the Registration e-mail message9.4.2. Changing other e-mail notifications9.5. Changing Your Terms of Use Policy9.6. Changing Your Default Language9.6.1. Adding a language9.6.2. Changing your preferred language
10. Keeping Tabs with the Site Log and Log Viewer
10.1. Getting to Know Your Site Log10.1.1. The Page Popularity report10.1.2. The Page Views reports10.1.3. The User Registrations reports10.1.4. The User Frequency report10.1.5. The Site Referrals report10.1.6. The Affiliate Referrals report10.1.7. The Detailed Site Log report10.1.8. The User Agents report10.2. See What's Happening with the Log Viewer10.2.1. Using the Log Viewer10.2.2. Configuring the Log Viewer10.3. Checking Out the Recycle Bin10.3.1. Restoring a page10.3.2. Permanently deleting a page10.3.3. Restoring a module10.3.4. Permanently deleting a module10.3.5. Emptying the Recycle Bin10.4. Checking on Scheduled Tasks
11. Customizing the Look of Your Site with Components
11.1. Discovering Providers11.2. Working with HTTP Modules11.3. Getting to Know Skin Objects11.4. Replacing the Standard DNN Editor with the telerik r.a.d.editor11.4.1. Installing the editor11.4.2. Installing the DNN provider11.4.3. Configuring the web.config file11.5. Replacing the Standard DNN Editor with the FCKeditor Provider11.6. Enabling Friendly URLs11.7. Replacing Standard DNN Navigation with a telerik Skin Object
V. The Part of Tens
12. Ten Commercial Modules Worth a Look
12.1. Building Forms with Enterprise Forms12.2. Managing Images with the DNN Photo Gallery12.3. Skinning Shortcuts with the ZLDnn-Module Wrapper12.4. Online Chat and Support with SWIRL (AJAX-Based Chat)12.5. Designing Pages with the Aggregator 3.112.6. ActiveForums12.7. Streamlining Content Approval with Content Manager12.8. Distributing Podcasts with the Podcaster Module12.9. Interacting with Page Options12.10. Managing Online Issues Ticketing with Help Desk
13. Ten Free (Or Really Cheap) Modules You Shouldn't Pass Up
13.1. GoMap13.2. GoogleSearch13.3. MMLinks13.4. Daily Comic13.5. Multi Page Content13.6. TemplatePrint Skin Object13.7. Weather13.8. Child Links13.9. YAP Email Manager 1.0313.10. Power Downloads
14. Ten Fun Things for Your Forum Users
14.1. Maintaining Their Profiles14.2. Subscribing to Favorite Forums and Getting Notification of Posts14.3. Ranking Your Most Active Users14.4. Giving Users Additional Avatars14.5. Enabling Time Zones Specific to Each User14.6. Letting Users Rate Their Favorite Posts14.7. Displaying the Poster's Location14.8. Displaying a Forum Group on a Different Page

Overview

Do you want to develop Web sites without the help of a programmer? Lucky for you there's DotNetNuke, a content management system that allows you to build and maintain dynamic Web sites just by using a Web browser.

DotNetNuke For Dummies helps you get down to business and shows you how to create a user-friendly Web site. You'll find out how you can build and manage a flexible, versatile site with all the advantages an open-source application offers, use convenient modules, build a community, and save some money at the same time. This plain-English guide lets you discover how to:

Install, run, and troubleshoot DotNetNuke
Change and customize portal settings
Add and manage pages on your site
Make your site look professional
Deliver contents with Text/HTML
Add news feeds, online surveys, and banners
Interact with visitors through blogging, feedback comments, and forums
Create an e-business
Customize the look of your site with exciting components

This book features cool new modules that will meet every Web site's need, both commercial and personal. With DotNetNuke For Dummies, you'll get up to speed with this wonderful online tool and create your own corner of the World Wide Web!

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