All of us have seen a Dotnetnuke website where the main menu of the site is hidden behind a module.  Recently we were contacted about this issue with our new module, Advanced News Ticker.�

A quick search revealed that this is something that can be fixed at the skin level.  I found the following thread on the Dotnetnuke Forum that explains how to fix the problem.

In particular interest this post:

You need to make sure you set the z-index in the css settings for the submenu items, for example, in skin.css you would have something like ".menuItemClass {z-index: 1000;}" to make sure the menu appears in front of input boxes, select drop downs, and flash.  The submenu really shouldn't need any z-index setting to simply have it appear in front of modules, unless you've got some erroneous setting in your...

The Hilbert Solutions, LLC Constant Contact Sign Up module is an easy to use Dotnetnuke module that can be used to gather information about your user's when they join your Constant Contact mailing list. Constant Contact Sign Up provides a flexible templating system to include numerous oppurtunities to gather specific information while your client joins your mailing list.

 The Hilbert Solutions, LLC Advanced News Ticker is a modern impementation of the traditional news ticker.  Using the latest in JQuery technology the Advanced News Ticker provides a modern and attractive way to display new items.  Advanced News Ticker has been designed from the start with ease of use in mind, so even the person with no technical experience can create and edit news items in no time.  The Advanced News Ticker module for Dotnetnuke is a must have for a modern website.

 

PowerDNN the Premium Dotnetnuke Web Hosting Company is currently running a giveaway via Twitter where if you retweet a message then you are entered into win a number of prizes.  Well I did just that and today I got a call from a nice lady who said I had a choice between $100 of Omaha Steaks or an Zune HD.  I picked the Zune HD of course. You can follow PowerDNN on Twitter at @PowerDNN.

Doing a little javascript these days to handle some presentation changes.  I wanted to convert a State Name spelled out to the state’s abbreviations.  I found a little javascript that got me started and then reworked it from there.

function changeStateAbbr(theValue){ if (theValue == "Alambama"){ document.write("AL"); } else if (theValue == "Alaska"){ document.write("AK"); } else if (theValue == "Arizona"){ document.write("AZ"); } else if (theValue == "Arkansas"){ document.write("AR"); } else if (theValue == "California"){ document.write("CA"); } else if (theValue == "Colorado"){ document.write("CO");...

I have been working with the Ultra Video Gallery module a lot lately.  I am not sure what the issue is, if it is the server, the way the server has been setup, or something else but I can’t seem to pass the permissions check in the Configuration Wizard.  I have done everything in the manual to get around it and have also done everything suggested over at http://www.bizmodules.net/ the module developer website that created the module.

What I have finally figured out is that if I give the IIS IUSR account full control on the website (it could work in a more limited way, such as just on the Binaries folder, haven’t tested it), and then propagate the permissions throughout the website, I can then pass the Permissions Check.  I immediately go back and remove the full control permissions for the IUSR account and everything still works.�

I hope this helps someone else out and prevents them from wasting several days trying to figure it out.

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Here is a stored procedure I am using for a Dotnetnuke custom authentication provider that I use to get the number of failed login attempts for user.

Active Directory Integration has changed a bit since DNN 4.  This guide is intended to help you setup Active Directory on your Dotnetnuke 5.x website.�

If you are running Dotnetnuke 4.x please see this post.  If you are running Dotnetnuke 3.x please see this post.

 

Let’s get started with installing the Dotnetnuke Active Directory provider for Dotnetnuke 5.x If you haven’t installed the Active Directory Provider yet, you need to first visit the download page located here. Once you have downloaded the files you need to login to your...

DotNetNuke provides those with “Host” level access a great screen to execute SQL commands against.

This screen is located under the “Host” menu and is named, “SQL”.  It is a simple box that you simply write your query or paste in your stored procedure script and then press, “Execute”. It is a great way to quickly looking up table information or run a delete command if your EventLog gets to full.

I find myself using this box often to look up information in a table.  The only problem is that I am never quite sure what the name of the table is that I am looking up.  That is when I use this simple SQL command to pull out all the names of tables so I can then do some “SELECT” statements on the table I need.

The command below lists all of the tables in your database.  This code is a copy of the code from here.

SELECT...