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2/21/2006 11:50 AM
 
Jeff Jones

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Hi,

I am new to DotNetNuke. Relatively new to ASP.NET  and .NET in general. Background is heavy VB6er, MS FrontPage, native HTML user etc.

I have installed V4 of DNN on my web site and trying to learn its depth and breadth.It appears that I need just basic documentation. I have taken the Guided Tour from the DNN site and also perused the Online Help as well. But I don't easily find certain questions.

Questions about

  • What is a container (how does it relate to page/pane etc?)?
  • How do I create my own skins?
  • What is that Bar at the top of my admin page with "Home", "Admin", and "Search" links? And can I configure it - how?
  • Are there other link options beside the Link Module that provide for professional looking menu buttons; e.g. hierarchical, etc? And how do I get them?

Thanks very much for any pointers. Wow - what a great tool already!

Jeff

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2/21/2006 5:28 PM
 
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jjones@jonestc.com wrote
  • What is a container (how does it relate to page/pane etc?)?

a container is a skin for a module, that is placed on a (skinned) page.

jjones@jonestc.com wrote

  • How do I create my own skins?

with an html editor. please refer to the skinning guide in the documentation pack for a detailed description.

jjones@jonestc.com wrote

  • What is that Bar at the top of my admin page with "Home", "Admin", and "Search" links? And can I configure it - how?

"Home ... Admin (, Host) " is the menu bar, that is rendered by the dnnmenu skin object (SKO), search is rendered by the search SKO, copyright by the copyright SKO, ...

 

jjones@jonestc.com wrote

  • Are there other link options beside the Link Module that provide for professional looking menu buttons; e.g. hierarchical, etc? And how do I get them?

menu is usually not placed as a module, but as a skin object. DNNmenu (aka SolPart) supports vertical and horizontal menu, there is also a treeview menu and css menus (e.g. from http://houseofnuke.com).

In general: one of the advantages of DotnetNuke is skinning flexibility.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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2/21/2006 5:58 PM
 
Jeff Jones

Joined: 2/20/2006
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Thank you Leupold!

Where is the documentation that teaches all of this from the ground up - concepts to implementing the various features and extensions. Really - just a basic concepts chapter would be great.

Jeff

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2/22/2006 5:10 AM
 
Darryl Wright

Joined: 2/21/2006
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Hey Jeff

Where did you find the Guided Tour on the DNN site? I am battling to find it?
 
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2/22/2006 7:58 AM
 
Aaron Schmidt

Joined: 10/12/2004
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Here's the link to the documentation. Under each software version, it's the first item. All your questions are answered extensively there!

Aaron
 
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