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2/9/2006 7:50 AM
 
Joe Oliver

Joined: 1/24/2006
Posts: 40

Well, I tried to upload an image to help out with describing my situation but... no go.  Anyway, try to follow along...

This question/issue has been posted in at least one other thread but there was no clear cut answer (as far as I could tell).  I would like to have a DNN core "links" module to left align in the left pane of my page.  If I use the left align option in the page settings and display the container, it works.  But, I don't want the container to show.  I only want to show the link list as a pulldown menu with a descriptive header and the "Go" link.  So, when I display the module without the container only the pulldown and header show (good ) but the module info (read: header text and pulldown menu) is center aligned (bad ).  I've tried a number of (basic) things to no avail- short of diving into the code (which aside from a basic knowledge of VB and ASP I would have no clue what I'm doing) - such as:

  • Using a FONT Align="Left" tag in the header (with the closer tag in the footer of course)
  • Using the Alignment Right option in the Page settings (just to test it out really)
  • Even putting a FONT Align="Left" tag in the footer of the module above this module
  • Putting a border around the module, etc, etc.

Basically I've found that the container, or rather the displaying or not displaying of such, is the common denominator in all this.  Essentially:

  • With Container:  the Alignment works the way you set it in Page settings.
  • Without Container: the Alignment is always centered.

Please tell me there is a solution or workaround for this .
 
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2/9/2006 8:40 PM
 
Scott Willhite


alkihomes.com
Joined: 4/11/2003
Posts: 3047

The quick answer is to use a container which is basically "invisible"... lots of them out there, but here is code for one.  Note that this one has not title, nor the min/max button.

<%@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Containers/container.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Containers.Container" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="ACTIONS" Src="~/Admin/Containers/SolPartActions.ascx" %>
<table width="100%"  border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td align="left" class="Head" nowrap><dnn:ACTIONS runat="server" id="dnnACTIONS" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><span id="ContentPane" runat="server" width="100%" ></span></td>
  </tr>
</table>

Scott Willhite, Co-Founder DNN

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly... what is essential is invisible to the eye. "
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
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2/10/2006 2:12 PM
 
Joe Oliver

Joined: 1/24/2006
Posts: 40

Forgive me Scott.  I'm a newbie to DNN and have but a limited knowledge of ASP.net (although a basic working knowledge of VB and ASP)...

Where does this code go?  I'd rather not have to rebuild the site.  If I could just cut and paste that into a certain file, that'd be great.  But like I said, I'm new.
 
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2/11/2006 12:24 PM
 
Scott Willhite


alkihomes.com
Joined: 4/11/2003
Posts: 3047

DNN uses Skins / Containers for decorating a site.  The files which enable this are located ( respectively ) in:

\Portals\<x>\Skins\<skin name>\<files>
\Portals\<x>\Containers\<container name>\<files>

<x> is either a portalid ( for its private skins ) or "_default" for host level skins which are available to all.

Try putting that code into a file named "Invisible.ascx" and put it here:

\Portals\_default\Containers\MyContainers\Invisible.ascx

Then select it as your container for the module in question and see if that works for you?

Cheers

Scott Willhite, Co-Founder DNN

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly... what is essential is invisible to the eye. "
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
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2/13/2006 7:50 AM
 
Joe Oliver

Joined: 1/24/2006
Posts: 40

Right On! 

That's the one!  Thank you so much Scott.  Your fix not only gave me the desired result but also gave me a small 'snippet' into the world of DNN.

Thanks for your time!
 
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