This is the official website of the DNN Platform community. DNN Plaform is the largest and most popular open source CMS on the Microsoft ASP.NET stack. As a content management system …

Download DNN and install it on Windows/IIS with SQL Server or Azure SQL. Follow prerequisites, folder permissions, IIS bindings, database setup, and the installation wizard to get running fast.

Oct 29, 2025 · Ask and answer DNN questions. Get help with installation, upgrades, modules, themes, providers, performance, security/RBAC, and administration. Search archives or start a …

Official DNN Security Center: review advisories and CVEs, get patches, report vulnerabilities, and follow hardening guidance for Windows/IIS, SQL Server, RBAC, and upgrade best practices.

Following is the recommend upgrade path for DNN Platform based on experiences of many DNN Community members.

Get quick answers about DNN: installation and upgrades, extensions (modules, themes, providers), security/RBAC, multi-site, performance, and where to get help.

DNN Backup (3rd-party module by Evotiva) Step 4 - Apply Upgrade Package Extract the desired "Upgrade" ZIP package to the root of the website. (If the "Upgrade" ZIP file was already …

By default, DNN will handle which pages are displayed in the menu, generally based on permissions and visibility properties in the respective page's settings. If you don't want to show …

To identify any third-party extension (s) that depend on Telerik, our very own Mitchel Sellers has published the DNN Telerik Identifier module which you can download and install to find …

A Theme Object is an element (user control in webforms) that is used to add specific functionality to your Theme. The difference with the use of a Module in DNN is that a Theme Object is …