I figured out a way to re-create a mising site settings page. My method takes advantage of direct access to the database, however with a little work with SQL queries, I think the scripts could be shared with people with host access to run in the SQL window.



1. Go to another portal in the same DNN application and open the Site Settings page. Open the settings of the main module on the page. Look on the "Module Settings" tab for the name of the module. Mine was called "Site Settings"

2. Go back to the portal with the Site Settings page missing. Create a new page called "Site Settings" and place it into the Admin group using the "Page Management" tab.

3. View the new page and place an HTML module on the page in the Content Panel.

4. Enter the module settings for the new html module. Look at the URL again and record the TabID and the ModuleID of that HTML module. ex. ModuleID=1037

5. Go to the ModuleDefinitions table, and find and record the ModuleDefID with the FriendlyName field = "Site Settings". ex. ModuleDefID=153

6. Go to the Modules table, locate the record with the moduleID = to the HTML module we created above in step 4. ex. ModuleID=1037

7. Change the ModuleDefID on that line to the moduleDefID you recorded above in step 5 that is a real Site Settings module from another portal. ex. ModuleDefID=153

8. Restart the application. You can either use the Host Settings page or the Tools menu on the ribbon bar (control panel at the top of your pages.)

This effectively tranforms the HTML module on the new Site Settings page into a real Site Settings module.

The Site Settings page has been recreated.

I hope it helps you!

Mark Buelsing

Nice one Mike!