Package both skin and container on a single package

With the introduction of skin as a extension on dotnetnuke 5.x its easier to package both skins and containers on a single installation file using manifest file.
On dnn 4.x versions and previous version it is also possible but differently.
Steps to package both skin and container file on a single installer.
1. Create different zip files for [...]


Create manifest file for DNN 5.x skin package

From DNN 5, a skin is an extension
The special status of skins has changed; a skin is an extension now in DNN 5, just like anything you install to extend DNN.
Width DNN5 skin as extension we have lots of benefits.

We can use one installer for all extensions

Skins and containers can be package on a single [...]


Restore host account on dnn in any condition.

This articles seems funny in the condition when you already have host account and you can login to the site using host account.But the purpose of this article is different than you have thought.
Suppose you have lost the host account, and you even don’t have hint about the password. You even can’t use forget password [...]


dotnetnuke framework

DotNetNuke is a program(framework) that runs on Microsoft ASP.NET. It is a open source framework which  is designed to be extended. Anyone can freely use this framework and add additional modules on it. One of the ways you extend the framework is to create modules. These modules are installed inside a DotNetNuke installation and when [...]


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