Hi there,

I have some fundamental questions regarding DNN skinning, because I need to learn how to do it really quickly. So sorry if I simply used the wrong search terms or something...

Here are my first questions:

a) Is it possible to access the DocType _without_ hacking the source? That's a real fundamental thing I think, because the DocType is one of the most important things you need to write a skin. And I want/need to differ between code and skin, because it can occur that I don't have access to the main code.

b) How do I access the source code of the menu (< dnn:MENU runat="server" id="dnnMENU" / >, so I could rewrite the output to create a normal unordered list? Is this possible without hacking, how is this implemented and/or do I need to fork a module for this? _Could_ I do this, if I wanted?

It would be really nice if there'd be someone who can answer this few questions, because I am really under pressure :-/ If the questions are too dumb feel free to give me hints on how to find information about this, but I didn't find it yet.

Regarding the source code for the menu.  The default menu (solpart) source can be downloaded from www.solpart.com

However, the menu can easily be substituted out using the navigation provider to another menu.  If your on .NET 2.0, there is the option to switch to the asp.net 2 menu navigation provider.  And then on top of that utilize the ability to transform this menu with the adapter to an unordered list.  Note:  I have not tried using this adapter within dnn.  Also, you probably will want to modify the aspnet2menu provider to minimize some of the styles it outputs as well.

 

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