Thursday, February 4, 2010

Adding a 3rd party module to DotNetNuke portal

And finally I succeeded to add a 3rd party module Smart-Thinker UserProfile and use it in my DNN portal!

Here are the footprints:

   1. Download the module extension from Smart-Thinker's portal. Its Free!!
   2. Login into your portal using host account credentials.
   3. Go to Host> Basic Features> Module Definitions> Install Module at the bottom of the page.
   4. A new screen with title 'Install Extension' appears, browse the downloaded module extension and click next. After passing some confirmation screens, you should be able to install the module successfully.
   5. Now when we have installed the module successfully, we are ready to consume it. Naviagate to a page of your choice in your DNN portal, on the top of the page, select Module: 'Smart-Thinker UserProfile Profile', Pane:Content pane, Title: 'Profile', Visibility: Same as page, Insert: Bottom and click 'Add Module to Page'.
   6. Now on the same page, in the content page, a container with title 'Smart-Thinker UserProfile Profile' should appear.
   7. You can customize it by clicking settings icon in the right bottom of this container.

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