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11/16/2015 4:20 PM
 
David Fenske


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I'm working on a skin with a set of 4 footer panels with a responsive design. I'd like for the content in those panels to be editable in a central location, from which a skin object could pull that content and place it on every page where that skin file is chosen.

We are already doing something similar on this set of sites for simpler applications using MyTokens; however, I'd like the "footer editor page" to use a friendly HTML editor where the site's content editor can go to one admin page of the site, and edit the content or menu links for each of the 4 footer panels in that one place. I then envision using a skin object that will pull that content out of the database by PortalID and place that on the page in the layout pane of each page as defined in the skin template.

A few ideas that I've ruled out for various reasons:

  • Using DNNSharp MyTokens - while this does work great even with complex HTML code snippets, there's not an easy-to-use editor for the tokens, especially as we are using database-based tokens to support a large number of portals under one install.
  • Using DNNSharp NavXP - this is what we used in another skin for the footer, and can be embedded as a skin object; however, it is too involved and configurable on the one hand, and not free-form enough for non-menu related content options on the other.
  • Xmod - this could be a solution for the "Footer Editor Page", but I haven't discovered an HTML editor based "field" to edit HTML code in a friendly non-programmer interface. Also, no ability to embed Xmod Query results directly into a skin object that I've found.
  • Just edit one page, add HTML modules to standard skin content panes and "Add to All Pages" - Not all pages will be using the same skin file with the same layout panes. "Add to all pages" always seems to create problems, too.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions to pursue? Thanks! David
 
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11/17/2015 8:48 AM
 
Sacha Trauwaen


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www.satrabel.be
Joined: 8/31/2005
Posts: 380

Hi,

1) The OpenBlock module archive your needs.

- It contain a simple block module for managing simple text or html from the site admin menu.

- The content of the block module items can be injected by tokens by using the TEXT skinobject.

More info : https://openblocks.codeplex.com/wikip...

2) An other alternative which need a little development.

- Add a OpenContent module on a admin page with structured edit form that feed your needs.

- Create a skinObject that retrieve the content of the OpenContent module and inject it in your skin (i can help with that)

More info : https://opencontent.codeplex.com/

 

Forge projects : Open Url Rewriter - Open Content - Open Form

 
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11/17/2015 9:19 AM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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www.40fingers.net
Joined: 2/9/2006
Posts: 4430
FBS Clarity wrote:

I'm working on a skin with a set of 4 footer panels with a responsive design. I'd like for the content in those panels to be editable in a central location, from which a skin object could pull that content and place it on every page where that skin file is chosen.

We are already doing something similar on this set of sites for simpler applications using MyTokens; however, I'd like the "footer editor page" to use a friendly HTML editor where the site's content editor can go to one admin page of the site, and edit the content or menu links for each of the 4 footer panels in that one place. I then envision using a skin object that will pull that content out of the database by PortalID and place that on the page in the layout pane of each page as defined in the skin template.

A few ideas that I've ruled out for various reasons:

  • Using DNNSharp MyTokens - while this does work great even with complex HTML code snippets, there's not an easy-to-use editor for the tokens, especially as we are using database-based tokens to support a large number of portals under one install.
  • Using DNNSharp NavXP - this is what we used in another skin for the footer, and can be embedded as a skin object; however, it is too involved and configurable on the one hand, and not free-form enough for non-menu related content options on the other.
  • Xmod - this could be a solution for the "Footer Editor Page", but I haven't discovered an HTML editor based "field" to edit HTML code in a friendly non-programmer interface. Also, no ability to embed Xmod Query results directly into a skin object that I've found.
  • Just edit one page, add HTML modules to standard skin content panes and "Add to All Pages" - Not all pages will be using the same skin file with the same layout panes. "Add to all pages" always seems to create problems, too.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions to pursue? Thanks! David

You could use open content, but why don't you use a reference of a module (display module on all pages)? That's how I solve this. You can in that case edit the content on any page and it will change on all pages.
 
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11/17/2015 1:42 PM
 
David Fenske


Joined: 3/16/2015
Posts: 5

Thanks for the suggestions, Sacha and Timo. I'll consider them carefully.

A couple more details - we already use MyTokens extensively through this set of sites - it appears that would be very similar to the OpenBlocks suggestion, as MyTokens does allow a skin object to inject the token value.  I like the availability of the Rich Text editor in the Open Content interface, and see that it could be customized to utilize whatever template I needed - however, would have to work on making it into a skin object, etc.

Timo, just using a reference of a module would be the most straightforward option - how "Display on all pages" would place the footer content on all the Admin pages, special use pages, PDF-generation source pages, etc. and have to be cleaned up for every site (and I'm looking at 150+ sites).  If only there were a way to reference/inject a particular existing module's content  through a skin object, I could just create a standard DNN page with the 4 footer modules as a central place for editing, and I'd be done.

 

 
 
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11/17/2015 2:51 PM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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FBS Clarity wrote:

Timo, just using a reference of a module would be the most straightforward option - how "Display on all pages" would place the footer content on all the Admin pages, special use pages, PDF-generation source pages, etc. and have to be cleaned up for every site (and I'm looking at 150+ sites).  If only there were a way to reference/inject a particular existing module's content  through a skin object, I could just create a standard DNN page with the 4 footer modules as a central place for editing, and I'd be done.

 

 

 Hmm, interesting. Only problem would be how to connect it to the right "Edit page"..
 
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