Reset the DNN Search Index

If you need to reset from scratch the DNN Search, for example if contain wrong link or removed link the simplest way is to using SQL (at your own risk as usual ) executing:

delete from searchword

delete from searchitem

After that you have to logged in your site with the Host account, go in the Search Admin Option the click on the re-index 

That’s all

Thanks

Quick Add or Modify DNN SEO Redirector Entries

Hi,

if you are using to make same Redirect Actions, like 301, the DNN SEO Redirector you can notice that if you have to manage many entries, you can spend many time.

So to update quickly the best thing is to work directly

How to manage Tabs and Modules using SQL

If you have to update many parameters on the pages, and you are annoyed to go to each page and click settings, wait, update, …..

You can quickly update many info using SQL, managing some core tables

The following example are at your own risks, managing DNN by SQL is quick but not suggested. So pay attention, any errors may corrupt your installation.

Portals

This table contains the main info of all the portals f

Use IIF to show data only to Register User, using NoQuery in ListX

For example you need to create a ListX module, that is visible to All User Tab, with the following behaviour:

 

• The values get from the database are visible only to Registerd User
• For Non Registered (or user still not Logged In) you want to display the Register and Login link in the module

With ListX is very simple, just use the

StyleSheet in a ListX module

If you need to use your stylesheet in the ListX module is very simple, you just add at the top of the module the following line:

<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”[PORTALPATH,System]skinYourSite.css” />

The file skinYourSite.css will be put in the path

Link to Login and Register Page on DNN

Hi,

if you need to add a quick link to Login and Register in your ListX or HTML modules, you can use

<a href=”javascript:__doPostBack(‘dnn$dnnLOGIN$cmdLogin’,”)”>Login</a>

<a href=”javascript:__doPostBack(‘dnn$dnnUSER$cmdRegister’,”)”>Register</a>

Bye

Page Title, Page Description and Keywords

If you have created a Portal with items (like a catalog) with ListX you can need to know how to create the following tags in a dynamic way in order to have a more SEO Portal:

• Page Title
• Page Description
• Keywords

For that, you need to use some commercial modules; ListX (I’ve used version 1.9.9) with PageBlaster (I’ve used the Professional version 3.3.1).

About ListX I’ve already discussed in previous articles, while PageBlaster provided by Snapsis, is a great tool that

Friendly Url

If you want to use a quick Friendly Url in DNN, it is very simmple, but you have noticed that you can have some issues with the SolPart Menu.

For example if you have a page for Detail Product with TabID 58, that is not in any menu items, everything it is very simple, you just add in the Host Settings ->  Friendly Url a New Rule, like

SiteMap for DNN with ListX

If you need to create SiteMap DNN (not for google) of yours static and dynamic contents (eg. of the products of your catalogue)….with ListX is very simple.

 

Following I’ll show the  SiteMap for a Multilanguage DNN Portals.

 

To show how to do it, we will use the Products used in the Localization Article.

 

Additional Modules Required: ListX v. 1.9.9

 

Let’s start

Portal Localization with ListX

 This is the first of some articles related on how to create a Multilanguage Portal with DNN, in this article I’ll show you how to localize your Module and the Tab (page) using the powerful ListX module, regarding the Menu I’ve used the excellent freeware DSLocalizator

 

I choose to write this simple articles at the beginning becuase most of the future articles will assume the knowledge of these ListX features, due the fact that many will be related to a Multilanguage Portal.

 

In the example I’ll simulate a simple module that execute a Query to extract a Product  description in the language required and show the result in that language; the Portal will have two languages US English, Italian.

 

ListX has two powerful options