By Lee Sykes
September 2009
In this Free tutorial we provide a quick start guide to using DotNetNuke 5.
This tutorial will help you get started using DotNetNuke without getting into all of the finer details, once you've got to grips with this tutorial you can then explore the other video tutorials on DNN Creative Magazine and those tutorials will help you to get the most from your DotNetNuke portal.
Before continuing with this video make sure you read this tutorial here:
An introduction to the principles of DotNetNuke, this article outlines the basic principles of how a DotNetNuke website works and it will help you to gain a better understanding when using your DotNetNuke portal.
In this tutorial we demonstrate how to secure and configure the administrator and host super user accounts for your DotNetNuke installation, we explain the differences between an administrator and host user and walk you through the various admin options that are available to those users.
We demonstrate how to use DotNetNuke modules for adding content to the page, how to preview a page and how to easily change the layout of a page.
Following this we show you how to install the DotNetNuke core modules, add links to a page, how to use skins and containers in DotNetNuke, plus how to add new pages to the menu.
This tutorial should help you to quickly understand the basics of using DotNetNuke.
The videos contain:
Video 1 - Introduction, Configuring and Securing Admin and Host User Accounts
- Introduction, welcome to the DotNetNuke community
- Where to get help
- How to secure your DotNetNuke portal
- How to configure and secure the administrator user account
- How to change the password for the admin account
- How to configure and secure the host user account
- How to change the passwords for the host account
- The admin and host menus
Time Length: 10min 30secs
Video 2 - Introduction to Admin Functions, How to Add a Module to the Page
- How to login as the administrator
- Explanation of the admin menu
- Explanation of the admin control panel, page functions, module functions and common tasks
- Explanation of the mode function, layout view
- How to use the content panes, modules and layout
- Explanation of the mode function, edit view
- Explanation of the mode function, view option
- How to delete a module from the page
- How to add a Text / HTML module to the page
- Explanation of Visibility and who has permission to view the module
Time Length: 9min 31secs
Video 3 - How to Add a Text / HTML Module to the Page
- How to add multiple modules into the Content Pane
- How to edit the content of a Text / HTML module
- How to use the FCK Editor for adding text content
- How to Bold, Italicise, Underline the text
- How to create a link
- How to add an image
Time Length: 7min 17secs
Video 4 - How to Install and Configure the Links Module
- How to install the Links core module
- Explanation of the administrators modules
- How to add the Links module to the Left Pane
- How to add a link into the Links module
- How to add a second link into the Links module
- How to use the View Order option
- How to preview the page
- How to add an image into the Right Pane
Time Length: 10min 50secs
Video 5 - How to Use Containers and Skins in DotNetNuke
- How to remove a container
- How to change the container for a module
- How to edit the Copyright notice
- How to change the default skin and container for your DotNetNuke portal
- How to change the default skin and container for the administration edit pages
Time Length: 8min 56secs
Video 6 - Logo, How to Create Pages and Move Modules
- How to change the DotNetNuke Logo
- How to create a new page
- How to create a sub page
- How to create a sub sub page
- How to set view permissions for a page
- How to move modules on a DotNetNuke page
- How to move modules to different content panes
- How to drag and drop modules to different content panes
- How to re-order modules in a content pane
Time Length: 12min 11secs
Total Time Length: 59min 15secs
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