DotNetNuke Videos

In this tutorial we walk you through step by step how to install, deploy and use the DotNetNuke core Survey Module. We show you how to create two different surveys including single and multiple answer questions, we then demonstrate how to export the results and how to make the survey private.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Installing the Survey Module and Creating Questions
• Video 2 - Editing Questions, Changing Survey Settings and Creating a Private Survey
• Video 3 - Clearing Survey Results, The Correct Answer Option

Total Time Length: 24min 7secs

In this tutorial we walk you through the features of the DNNAutoUpgrade module from Papayas, we provide a detailed demonstration of how to automatically upgrade your version of DotNetNuke and then show you how to roll back to a previous backup, as well as perform an emergency restore.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Installing the Module, Overview of Settings
• Video 2 - Upgrading DotNetNuke to Latest Version, Restoring to a Previous Version
• Video 3 - How to Perform an Emergency Restore, Upgrade from DNN 4.x

Total Time Length: 31min 18secs

In this tutorial we walk you through every feature of the new Telerik RAD Editor, which is now the default editor in DotNetNuke v5. The Telerik RAD editor comes packed full of features such as the image editor, the document manager, a spell checker and an XHTML validation function, we demonstrate each feature before showing you how to fully customize the editor in the next tutorial.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Break Tags vs. Paragraph Tags, Spell Checking, Cut and Paste
• Video 2 - Inserting and Editing Images and Media, Working with Documents
• Video 3 - Inserting Flash and mp3 Files, Using the Template Manager
• Video 4 - Working with Hyperlinks
• Video 5 - Formatting Text and Working with Lists
• Video 6 - Creating Tables and Image Maps, Stripping Formatting

Total Time Length: 66min 31secs

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to configure and fully customize the Telerik RADEditor.

Including how to customize the Telerik RAD Editor to your DNN portal requirements. How to remove buttons, how to set the Telerik RAD Editor to use paragraph p tags instead of break br tags, creating custom configuration files, and adding new CSS classes.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction, Creating a Custom Configuration File
• Video 2 - Overview of Editor Settings and Creating a New Toolbar Configuration File
• Video 3 - Customising the Telerik RAD Toolbar and Installing an Example Skin
• Video 4 - Configuring How the Editor Displays Content
• Video 5 - Adding CSS Styles to the RAD Editor - Good Practice
• Video 6 - Adding CSS Styles to Wrap Text Around Images

Total Time Length: 61min 58secs

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to change the default DotNetNuke text editor from the Telerik RAD Editor back to the previous FCK Editor. Although the Telerik RAD Editor has lots of useful new features, there are some features in the FCK Editor which are still useful such as displaying toolbars related to a users security role and configuring the FCKEditor functions on a portal, module and page basis.

This video tutorial shows you how to easily switch between the Telerik RAD Editor and the FCK Editor and vice versa.

In this tutorial we walk you through step by step how to implement jQuery user interface components into your Open Web Studio applications.

We show you how to add a date picker, an intelligent auto complete text box and a tabbed interface.

The vast jQuery library of components allows you to easily provide any web application with an extremely rich user interface.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction and Preparing a Control Header
• Video 2 - Navigating the jQuery Websites and Implementing a Date Picker
• Video 3 - How to Implement the Auto Complete and Tabs Components

Total Time Length: 27min 56secs

In this tutorial we show you how to setup and use the new Taxonomy (Categories) and Folksonomy (User Tags) features in DotNetNuke. We walk you through step by step how to categorize the content within your DotNetNuke portals and how to set up the Tags skin object and configure how the categories and tags are displayed on your pages.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - How to Create a Vocabulary with Terms (Categories)
• Video 2 - Simple Vocabularies, Assigning Tags to Pages and Modules, Tag Search
• Video 3 - Folksonomy - User Tagging and Working with Scope
• Video 4 - Working with the Tags skin object

Total Time Length: 33min 52secs

In this tutorial we show you how to use the new View Profile and Messaging features in the new User Profile section of DotNetNuke. We walk you through how to upload a photo to a user profile and how to send private messages to users in a DNN portal.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - The User Profile Page
• Video 2 - The Private Messaging System

Total Time Length: 15min 4secs

In this tutorial we demonstrate how to use the new Ribbon Bar Admin Control Panel. We walk through all of the features, including how to add, edit, delete and move a page, select a skin for the page, select if the page should be included in the menu and also the option to disable the menu.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Introduction and Explanation of the Current Page Tab Functions
• Video 2 - Functions for the Current Page, Admin and Host Tabs

Total Time Length: 22min 31secs

In this tutorial we show you some advanced DotNetNuke Open Web Studio techniques for customizing the user experience in your DNN portal. We demonstrate several security controls for managing user access plus how to encrypt and decrypt query strings.

The videos contain:

• Video 1 - Creating and Preparing a New OWS Configuration, Compiling User Details for Registering to the Target Portal
• Video 2 - How to Automatically Register and Login a Current User Into Another Portal Through a HTML Link
• Video 3 - Preparing the Target Portal to Accept the New User from the Source Portal
• Video 4 - Authenticating the New User and Testing the Results

Total Time Length: 31min 30secs