DotNetNuke 5.4 Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Installation and Setup
  • Introduction
  • Downloading the Microsoft Web Platform Installer
  • Installing SQLServer Express
  • Downloading and installing the DotNetNuke package
  • Running the DotNetNuke installation
  • Setting the site name and information
  • Choosing a skin for the site
  • Choosing a container for the site
  • Adding a module to a page
  • Installing standard DNN modules
  • Downloading an extension (skin or module)
  • Installing a new extension

• Chapter 2: Managing Users and Site Setup
  • Introduction
  • Enabling user registration for your site
  • Creating users and granting access
  • Creating and assigning security roles
  • Granting access to modules
  • Banning and deleting users
  • Managing profile properties
  • Creating and organizing pages
  • Using the Recycle Bin
  • Setting up a SMTP server with Gmail

• Chapter 3: Easy Tricks with Existing Modules
  • Introduction
  • Using the HTML module
  • Creating an announcement
  • Distributing documents online
  • Publishing a Newsletter
  • Creating a calendar of events
  • Creating a Wiki
  • Publishing sets of popular links
  • Displaying RSS news feeds
  • Configuring RSS news feeds
  • Publishing a simple report
  • Publishing a survey questionnaire

• Chapter 4: Creating your Own Modules
  • Introduction
  • Installing Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
  • Viewing the database from Web Developer
  • Installing the DNN 5 Starter Kit
  • Creating a new module with the Starter Kit
  • Creating a database table with keys
  • Creating stored procedures
  • Connecting a module to the database
  • Creating an uninstall script

• Chapter 5: Building, Debugging, and Deploying Modules
  • Introduction
  • Building a View control
  • Building an Edit control
  • Editing the Manifest File
  • Building for release or debug
  • Deploying a module as a standalone package
  • Downloading the DNN 5 source code
  • Setting up a debugging environment
  • Preparing a module for debugging
  • Setting a breakpoint and stepping through module code
  • Creating a Manifest from an installed module

• Chapter 6: Data Entry Tricks
  • Introduction
  • Displaying labels from the resource file
  • Creating collapsible panels
  • Populating a drop-down list from a DNN list
  • Populating a drop-down list from a stored procedure
  • Displaying a Datagrid with filter controls
  • Adding a paging control to a Datagrid

• Chapter 7: Cool Web Controls
  • Introduction
  • Adding web controls to your Toolbox
  • Showing an e-mail link in an Datagrid
  • Showing checkboxes in a Datagrid
  • Showing a thumbnail image in a Datagrid
  • Creating labels you can edit
  • Suggest text while typing
  • Showing data in a Treeview
  • Using a TabStrip to separate content
  • Using a CAPTCHA control for security
  • Creating a multi-state checkbox

• Chapter 8: Basic Skinning
  • Introduction
  • Downloading and installing a skin
  • Creating a simple HTML skin
  • Creating a simple ASCX skin
  • Deploying your skins and containers
  • Exploring Skin Objects
  • Creating a simple HTML container
  • Creating a basic ASCX container
  • Creating custom container images
  • Styling a container with images
  • Styling a menu with images

• Chapter 9: Working with Foreign Languages
  • Introduction
  • Downloading and installing a language pack
  • Creating a bilingual site with a single portal
  • Editing the language resource file
  • Creating your own module translations
  • Determining controls that need translations
  • Localizing labels, titles, panels, and links
  • Localizing a drop-down list with a stored procedure
  • Localizing a drop-down list with a DNN list
  • Localizing a stored procedure
  • Localizing a DataGrid control

• Chapter 10: Advanced Tricks with Existing Modules
  • Introduction
  • Using the HTML module with jQuery
  • Using the HTML module with replacement tokens
  • Using the HTML module with Flash
  • Displaying an XML feed
  • Controlling the friendly URL rewriting
  • Tracking your site with Google Analytics
  • Publishing calendar events as an RSS feed
  • Designing your own forms
  • Styling your own forms

• Chapter 11: Challenging Custom Modules
  • Introduction
  • Making modules searchable
  • Exporting module data
  • Importing module data
  • Exporting and importing user defined tables
  • Creating custom module actions
  • Using HTML in your manifest
  • Deploying a new module version
  • Using multiple database connections

• Chapter 12: Advanced Modules and Security
  • Introduction
  • Creating a secondary View control
  • Controlling navigation with NavigateURL
  • Displaying module messages and event logging
  • Creating your own CBO Hydrator
  • Using Active Directory with DNN
  • Synchronizing Security Roles with DNN
  • Correcting Active Directory issues

• Chapter 13: Advanced Skinning
  • Introduction
  • Using the Rotator widget
  • Using the Visibility widget
  • Using the Stylesheet widget
  • Creating and deploying a custom widget
  • Using a custom widget in a skin
  • Using the rounded corner Super Stylesheet
  • Showing portal settings in a skin
  • Adding animation to a menu

• Index

John K Murphy

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