A new DotNetNuke installation gave the error Name Config is not declared. The full error message is as given below: Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. Compiler Error Message: BC30451: Name […]
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Edit Portals is Currently Unavailable
Deleting a portal from a DotNetNuke set of portals caused the error Edit Portals is currently unavailable. If you don’t catch one of the DotNetNuke error messages, or to elicit more information take a look in the DNN admin log. I’ve often found there to be a better statement of the error than I had […]
DotNetNuke Editor Mailto Link Error
Mailto links created with the DotNetNuke FCK editor redirected the browser when opening the mail client. The browser ought to stay on the existing page when clicking on a mailto link, much like clicking on a normal hyperlink with the open in another window option selected. The format of the mailto hyperlink reference is <a […]
FTB Editor URL Rewrite Error
The FTB editor, in DotNetNuke 3.3.4, badly forms the path when creating a link. The link created omits the slashes surrounding the portal number, for example: http://www.example.com/Portals0downloads/events13.zip Looking at line 74, in the file ftb.createlink.aspx.vb the value of HomeDirectory is replaced by ApplicationPath. I found, in testing, that if the website doesn’t use a directory for […]
Configuring MSDE SQL Server for DotNetNuke
MSDE can be used as an SQL Server for DotNetNuke. MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Data Engine) is a cut-down version of the MS SQL Server 7.0 and 2000. There are restrictions regards the maximum size of the database and a workload governor. For testing of a DotNetNuke installation MSDE can be used, despite the restrictions […]
Solpart Menu Remove Selection Arrow
The DotNetNuke Solpart menu includes an arrow to indicate the selection. Whether the arrow is shown is a configurable parameter. To remove selected arrow use the parameter userootbreadcrumbarrow=false […]
Could not Load System.Web.Extensions
Running a virtual directory inside a DotNetNuke website can result in the error Could not load file or assembly System.Web.Extensions. This is caused by the virtual directory inheriting the web.config file. An example of the error is given below: Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service […]
Missing Template Files
Adding a new page to a DotNetNuke website I found the drop down list of templates was empty. The template files have the extension .template. The DotNetNuke file manager needs to support this extension and the template files need to be in the database, listed within the file manager. To add the template extension navigate […]
DotNetNuke Text_HTML Standard Module
For most DotNetNuke web sites this is probably the most used module. The Text/HTML module provides us with a WYSIWYG editor for entering and amending content. Content may be either plain text, or can include images. This text is held within just such a module. The module permits us to do a few clever things like […]
