I have flash presentation that I want in my portal that only registered users can access.  The flash presentations run in a simple html wrapper, and should open in a seperate window, without the dnn navigation.  Where do I store the flash presentations (and html wrapper) so that they are only accessable via DNN and only available for current registed users? (.swf)

Currently, I can store my flash presentations on a regular webserver and link to them from dotnetnuke, however a registered user could store the location on the other server and access it later after I have terminated their account.  Is their a location within the dotnetnuke portal that I can ftp the flash presentations that is secure? Essentially I am trying to build a simple LMS. NEED HELP!

I have not experimented successfully enough to use this all the time, but I believe that is what the Admin/File Manager / settings are for  - you know there is a dropdown menu on the top left of the manager.

It's got Folders / Standar File System, Secure File System, Secure Database.  I was under the impression that this was to give further security as to how data was stored and secured.  I also remember locking myself, my users, me, the site, the whole thing up - rendering the site completely useless... but that was ok it was a test site.   And it was over 1 year ago, when it was just being introduced.

I see problems with external links that have nothing to do with DNN but simply when you use an externa link from any existing site, the path is exposed at some point, leaving your information vulnerable to being exploited, so whatever you can have kept within the server solution is worth the effort to find out about.

So you might want to create a local or dev build and experiment with the secure folders and ensuring your content is kept within the site.

Also, making sure the robots.txt file is kept updated is another small move towards protecting your information.

The pop up window is not a bad idea.

Nina Meiers
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I played around with the file manager's options a bit, so I'm not guessing any more (as in my post above):

Set one of the "secure" options when create the subdirectory for your .swf's, and grant access to it to registered users only (in the Folder Security Settings).

• With the "Secure - File System" option, the uploaded files are stored with the additional ending ".resources". Files with this ending are never delivered when requesting them directly; instead, the IIS sends a "Bad request" page.
• With the "Secure - Database" option, the file is stored in the DNN database, so there isn't a physical file any more.

If you include a secured file with the media module, the file's source is e. g.
http://www.your-site.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=your-subdirectory%2fyour-file.swf&tabid=88&mid=44.
When you request this URL directly as a non-registed user, DNN answers with "You Do Not Have Permission To View The Requested File".

Note that there seems to be no easy way to include secured files in the FCK editor (e. g. in the Text/HTML module): For some reason, the "Browse Server" dialog window shows non-secured files only! It does show the secured folders, but not the files in them. At least this is so in my DNN 4.5.5; I hope it's different in later versions.