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9/13/2006 2:48 AM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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I would start copying one off the standard skins to a new folder and start from there.
Did you download and read the skinning guide?

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Home > downloads > DNN (3.3.4 / 4.3.4) Docs
The DotNetNuke Skinning.pdf file
 
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9/13/2006 11:29 PM
 
B J

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Thanks alot for your input. Cheers for the Dnn Creative website. There is a lot of information there! I have read the skinning guide as above, that sounds like a good idea to copy and modify. Does anyone out there know if there is a site that breaks down the use of the skin files and CSS files, which ones are being used where and what they are affecting on the page? The DNN hierarchy is quite complex and it seems there are CSS files and skin files all over the place. Thanks for your time! Brad
 
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9/14/2006 3:47 AM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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The skin folders do not contain one skin but a collection of skins, the same for the containers.

Example: a Skin folder containing myskin.ascx

myskin.htm is the HTML version of the skin.
myskin.ascx is the actual skin DNN creates from the myskin.htm file

Below the CSS files that influence the skin (in load order):

File Loads Location
default.css For all portals on this installation of DNN /Portals/_default/
skin.cssFor all the skins (*.ascx) in this skin folder/Portals/_default/Skins/"skinfolder"
myskin.cssOnly for myskin.ascx/Portals/_default/Skins/"skinfolder"
container.css
For all containers in this container folder
/Portals/_default/Containers/"containerfolder"
mycontainer.css
For the mycontainer.ascx container
/Portals/_default/Containers/"containerfolder"
portal.css For this portal
 /Portals/"portalnr"/portal.css









 
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9/15/2006 3:59 AM
 
Lynn


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bjud001 wrote

Does anyone have a step by step? i have an ok understanding of css and skin tags but need an overview to explain the steps to implement.

Hope this makes sense err... Thanks Kindly.

Hello bjud001

You might find this link useful for a DNN css overerview:  http://www.skinningtoolkit.com/  the person who wrote this is Lee from Dnncreative, I understand he has more information on this on his site if you browse www.dnncreative.com  further.

Good luck

Lynn

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