Entries for February 2007

This posting is a complete step by step guide for installing DotNetNuke on your local machine using SQL Server Express and running on Windows 2000/XP. This article guides you through the creation of the needed database, user account, virtual directory, and configuration changes to successfully setup DNN 4.4.1. I will be posting a document for installation using Windows Vista and IIS 7 if there is enough demand.

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Recently when working with the out of the box gallery module I found that it was very complicated to quickly upload multiple images to the gallery module. I went looking into more detail regarding the base functionality of the gallery module and have created a method to be able to bulk upload images into an album within a gallery. This article explains in detail the steps needed to perform this action.

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For users to be able to edit their own posts in the DotNetNuke forums module they must be set as a trusted user, regardless if moderation is used within the particular form. It appears that the "Is Trusted" setting performs two tasks. First in moderated forums it allows users to post bypassing the moderation. Secondly it provides users with the "edit" ability for all of their own forum posts. This is done to stop any potential bypassing of the moderation system for users editing their posts as that would fall outside of the current moderation system.

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This follow-up post discusses the process to change a user account to a "host" account via SQL. This is a followup from my previous blog regarding creating a DNN Host account via SQL.

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This posting provides a guide on how to create a new host account within DotNetNuke from your SQL Database. This is very helpful if you ever get locked out of your host account for any reason or for all of the new DotNetNuke users that have been having installation problems with the host and admin accounts. NOTE: this is provided for your use at your own risk!

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This post provides a step by step instruction to properly configure the DotNetNuke forums module to allow all registered users to post. This article was written to end some confusion regarding the standard DotNetNuke settings and functionality. Please see the entire entry for detail.

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