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 Chapter 1 introduces DotNetNuke (DNN) and discusses the meaning and purpose of web portals, and the common aspects of successful web portals. It looks at different types of open-source web portals, and discusses why we selected DotNetNuke for this book. We then meet our fictional client Coffee Connections and, using user stories, gather the requirements needed to build this client's site.In Chapter 2 we see how to install a local version of DotNetNuke with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server 2005 Express, and cover setting the required permissions on your machine to run DNN properly. In Chapter 3 we cover users, roles, and pages. Users are the individuals who visit or administer your portal, and their power depends on the roles that they have been assigned. In Chapter 4 we cover the standard modules that come pre-packaged with DotNetNuke. We cover their basic uses as well as situations they may be used in. You will use these modules to build your portal's content. Chapter 5 introduces the administrative functions available to the host and admin logins. These are special logins that have access to all areas of your portal, and are used to secure your site and make changes to its content. Understanding the core architecture of DNN is essential if you want to extend the system or even modify the existing code. In Chapter 6 we learn how the DotNetNuke framework builds the pages, and the major classes that drive it. In Chapters 7 and 8 we take the knowledge we learned in the last chapter and use it to build a custom module. You will learn everything you need to know to start building your own modules so you can extend the capabilities of your portal. After creating your user controls, you will create your data access and business logic layers. In Chapter 8 you will learn about the DotNetNuke Data Access Layer (DAL) and the DAL+, which take much of the routine work out creating custom modules. Chapter 9 talks about skins. A skin is the outer layer of your site, and defines the look and feel of the portal. In this chapter we design a custom skin for the Coffee Connections site. When you finally have your portal the way you want it to look and function, you are ready to deploy it, and that is what Chapter 10 shows you how to do. In Chapter 11 we show you how to take advantage of one of the most exciting features of DotNetNuke: multiple portals. These are additional portals that use the same underlying database, but can contain different content. Download ebook on .net: Building Websites with VB.NET and .NetNuke 4
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