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9/5/2010 4:54 AM
 
Hi
first ,thanks for your attention.

I have a working skin for 4.9.x and more recent versions , but I have to use it on an old version:4.8.4
When I install and use it this error appears and skin doesn't load:
Could Not Load Skin: /Portals/_default/Skins/myskin/page.ascx Error: The file '/Admin/Skins/Styles.ascx' does not exist.

I know it shouldn't work but I'm looking for a workaround, I know I should change the following lines of code:


<%@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Skins/skin.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGO" Src="~/Admin/Skins/logo.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/login.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="BREADCRUMB" Src="~/Admin/Skins/breadcrumb.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="STYLES" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Styles.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="COPYRIGHT" Src="~/Admin/Skins/copyright.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TERMS" Src="~/Admin/Skins/terms.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="PRIVACY" Src="~/Admin/Skins/privacy.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TEXT" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Text.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LINKS" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Links.ascx" %>



May I copy these files from 4.9.x or more recent version to the skin? will that work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Regards
magj
 
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9/5/2010 5:23 AM
 
[STYLES] and [TEXT] are skin objects added in DNN 4.9 and need to be replaced by other solutions.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

dnnWerk - The DotNetNuke Experts   German Spoken DotNetNuke User Group

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9/5/2010 5:40 AM
 
Sebastian is clearly right....

However having just taken a look at what styles.ascx and text.ascx actually do, it might be worth a try to just copy the files to your installation and see what happens.  You might get lucky.

As with ALL experimentation like this it is foolhardy to proceed without having a backup BEFORE you start AND being prepared to restore from it if things go bad.

If you could try it on a test install first that would be even wiser. 

If it works you will end up running an 'unsupportted' configuration.  The long term answer is to upgrade the site.

Best wishes,
- Richard
Agile Development Consultant, Practitioner, and Trainer
www.dynamisys.co.uk
 
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9/5/2010 6:05 AM
 
Another possibility is that the skin does not use those objects in any way that you care about.  You might be OK to just delete them from the skin file.

Best wishes,
- Richard
Agile Development Consultant, Practitioner, and Trainer
www.dynamisys.co.uk
 
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9/5/2010 6:08 AM
 
In most cases, styles and text calls sko can be replaced by plain text / style within html.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

dnnWerk - The DotNetNuke Experts   German Spoken DotNetNuke User Group

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