This module allows you to completely wreck your site, if you don't know what you're doing.
Even if you DO know what you're doing, it's quite easy to mess up things really badly.
Please do backup your website files AND database before you use any tab in this module.
Don't forget 40FINGERS or any other supplier of a manipulator-module, can not be held accountable for any issue you might run into by using this module.

When you need to move or duplicate permissions from one role to another, this tool performs the following actions automatically:

1. Looks at every page in the portal

2. Finds all permissions assigned to the source role
   (View, Edit, Manage, etc.)

3. Copies those permissions to the target role

4. Removes any overlapping permissions the target role already had
   (to avoid duplicates or conflicts)

5. Saves the updated permissions and refreshes the site cache

This ensures the target role ends up with exactly the same page permissions as the source role.

This tool is most useful when:

• You are replacing an old DNN role
  Example: retiring “Content Editors (Old)” and giving the same rights to “Content Editors”.

• You are creating a new role that should have the same access as an existing one
  Example: creating “Regional Managers” who need the same page rights as “Managers”.

• A role is being reorganized
  Example: splitting reponsibilities between role, you can first copy the rights to a secondary role and continue for there.

DbReplace lets you:

• Select text fields from any database table

• Search for specific text using regular expressions (advanced search patterns)

• Replace that text with new content

• Apply your changes across multiple modules, pages, or portals

• Preview results before applying them

• Export your configuration for reuse on other sites

• Generate a conversion SQL script an use that elsewhere

• Updating old domain names or URLs

• Replace http:// with https://

• Replacing outdated HTML tags

• Cleaning up problematic content

• Fixing broken image paths (in case of Module conversions)

• Migrating content between sites

The Generate Roles tool is primarily intended for testing and performance evaluation.

What You Can Do

• Generate large numbers of roles automatically

• Use numeric ranges with formatted numbers (e.g., 001 → 500)

• Create consistent naming patterns for testing

• Skip roles that already exist

• Quickly populate a site for load testing or QA

The Remove Roles tool can be used in both testing and normal administrative scenarios.

It allows you to:

• Search for roles using a regular expression

• Preview roles before deletion

• Remove many roles at once

• Clean up test, temporary, or outdated roles

Protection Against Critical Deletions

The system will NOT delete:

• Administrators

• Registered Users

• Subscribers

These system roles are always protected.

Modes

Find

• Shows all matching roles

• No changes are made

• Useful to check which roles will be affected

Remove

• Deletes all matched roles (except protected system roles)

• Shows which roles were removed or skipped

• Generate Roles is mostly for testing and performance evaluation.

• Remove Roles can be used safely for normal administration when used carefully.

• Always test regex patterns in Find mode first.

• Large operations may impact server performance.

• System roles cannot be deleted, ensuring portal safety.

This feature lets you create many users at once using a naming template.

How It Works

1. Provide a username template, e.g., TestUser{001-100}

2. The module will generate usernames for the numeric range specified

3. Users are created with default profile details and a standard test password

4. Optionally, a user folder can be created for each new user

5. The module reports which users were created or if any errors occurred

You can search for users using:

• A numeric template (e.g., TestUser{001-100})

• A regular expression (regex)

Modes

• Find → Lists all matching users (active or deleted)

• Find Deleted → Lists only deleted users

Output Examples:

• User: TestUser001 → Active user

• User: <del>TestUser002</del> → Deleted user

Use Cases:

• Quickly locating users based on naming patterns

• Preparing for bulk deletion or updates

• Monitoring test users in large environments

The module allows for soft deletion (mark as deleted) or hard deletion (permanently remove) of users, based on a regular expression.

Modes

• Soft Delete → Marks the user as deleted but keeps their record in the system

• Hard Delete → Permanently removes the user from the database

• Can be used with numeric templates or regex for bulk operations

Protection:

• The default site administrator cannot be deleted

Use Cases:

• Cleaning up temporary test users

• Removing inactive or obsolete users in bulk

• Generating thousands of users may impact database and portal performance.

• Always verify regex patterns in Find mode before deletion.

• Default portal administrator accounts are protected and cannot be deleted.

• Use this module in staging/test environments for load testing or in production carefully for administrative cleanup.

1. Enter a search query (keywords) you want to test.

2. Optionally, specify tags to filter results.

3. Set the page size and page index if you want to paginate results.

4. The module will query DNN’s Lucene search index and return the raw search results.

The results include all data DNN has indexed, including:

• Pages (tabs)

• Modules and their content

• Metadata such as tags, authors, and modified dates

• Highlighted search matches

• This module queries the internal Lucene index, not the database directly.

• It returns raw search results in JSON format — this is for testing and debugging, not for end-user display.

• The module can help identify:

  • Pages or modules that are not being indexed

  • Search relevance or ranking issues

  • Problems with tags or metadata

• Use this module in staging or test environments to validate search behavior before applying changes in production.

Ventrian NewsArticles is no longer actively developed and uses outdated technology. OpenContent is actively maintained, modern, and future-proof, making it the preferred platform for long-term content management.

1. Set Source and Target Module

   • Ventrian NewsArticles → source

   • OpenContent → target

2. Filter Using SQL

   • Select only the articles you want to migrate using SQL filters.

3. Fetch Fields

   • The module reads the available fields from Ventrian and shows them for mapping.

4. Manually Add Field Mappings

   • Map each Ventrian field to the corresponding OpenContent field.

   • Supports conditions, transformations, and lookups.

[X] Article.Title --> Title
[X] Page.PageText --> Text
[X] Article.Summary --> Summary
[X] Article.IsFeatured --> Featured
[X] Article.MetaDescription --> Seo.MetaDescription
[X] Article.MetaTitle --> Seo.MetaTitle
[X] Article.ImageUrl --> MainImage.Icon
[X] Categories.Name --> Categories[], lookup via Categories.Title
[X] Article.StartDate --> publishstartdate
[X] Article.EndDate --> publishenddate
[X] Article.IsApproved: "published" --> publishstatus, condition: value equals "True"

• Article text and summary

• Categories and hierarchical categorization

• Custom fields and metadata

• Conditional mapping and field transformations

For detailed instructions, support, or large-scale migrations, please contact us.
We can assist with advanced configurations and ensure a smooth transition from Ventrian to OpenContent.

Some OpenContent templates have fields that were not originally marked as secure, so the files were stored in non-secure folders.
If you update the template to mark these fields as secure, the content in OpenContent remains correct, but the underlying files are still in non-secure folders.
This module moves those files into proper DNN secure folders and updates the content links automatically.

• Detects secure file/document fields in OpenContent templates

• Handles nested fields and arrays automatically

• Creates secure folders per module if they don’t exist

• Moves files to secure locations and updates content links

• Supports test mode for safe preview

Want a custom migration or automation module built for your portal?
Contact us today to discuss your specific requirements — we can create tailored modules to solve your unique challenges