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1/10/2009 7:35 PM
 
n.murray

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I'm going to be trying to make my own skin.. but I have no idea where to start!! I really need help is there ANYTHING that can help me get started? Why doesn't this website have any tutorials on how to use it?? What the heck!
 
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1/10/2009 8:15 PM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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Download the documentation (on the download page) it contains a skinning pdf with basic information
 
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1/10/2009 8:39 PM
 
Joseph Craig


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DNNCreative Magaine (dnncreative.com) is a subscription site with a number of tutorials.  There are a number of (IMHO) very good tutorials regarding skinning, and are current for versions 4.x of DotNetNuke.

As for creating your own skin, it is often helpful to start with a working skin, and modify it to your needs.

 

(Disclaimer:  I am part of the DNNCreative staff, so take my recommendations that way)



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Patapsco Research Group, Ellicott City, MD
DotNetNuke Development and Services (http://patapscorg.com)
 
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1/10/2009 9:05 PM
 
n.murray

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uhh okay now what do I do? How do I preview the skin? I made my own folder in Skins and put in these files from the starter kit:

container.css, container.xml, dotnetnuke skin.vstemplate, skin.css, skin.xml

But when I go to Admin>Skins>Sleek(my skin name) it says no skin files exist in this folder. How do I get to that? Documentation.html doesn't explain enough for me.

if this helps this is what my cute ftp looks like now:

 
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1/10/2009 9:12 PM
 
n.murray

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Um yeah I'd probably do that, I'm kind of familiar with DNNcreative but I really don't have the money to pay for a subscription I'd probably do it if there was a month subscription or something, or maybe I can get it for my birthday but idk.
 
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