Adding a logout link to the control panel in DNN

DotNetNuke is a great tool but because it's written by developers sometimes basic GUI options have been omitted. One of these is adding a logout button the control panel - especially if you don't want a login/out link on your main webpages!

It's actually really simple to do this just navigate to the "admin/ControlPanel" directory of your site.

There are two different control panels: "iconbar" and "classic" just open up the Web Control that represents the one you are using: classic.ascx or iconbar.ascx.

Next you'll need to register the DNN:Login tag and associate it with the "Login" Control. To do this add the following line under the control declaration so your file will look like this:

<%@ Control language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.ControlPanels.IconBar" CodeFile="IconBar.ascx.vb" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Login.ascx" %>

Then to add the link itself just add the line:
<dnn:login runat="server" id="dnnLOGIN">

...Wherever you would like the link displayed... Simple!

Here's an example file for you to download: iconbar.zip