Why cant we just swap stylesheets instead of having to create a duplicate version of skin files to use a different style sheet?  I have one site, one layout, but many different "themes". these themes are just changes in the CSS. To make a new skin, I have to create a new .ascx file for the skin which contains the EXACT same code as all the others, but its the only way I can use a different css file by giving the same name as the .ascx skin file...  I thought of a solution where I could just create an "include" file where all the skin files just inherit or "include" the main skin HTML code so when I need to make a change to the HTML, I can do it in just one file instead of 50 skin files. Anyone have a solution or work-around I am not familiar with? So frustrating...

-Mike

This is a great workaround recommendation!

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Ok, here's an Example:

A. IncludeExample.ascx
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Content:

<!--#include file="Include.inc"-->

 

B. Include.inc
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Content:

<%@ Control Language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Skins/skin.vb" AutoEventWireup="false"
    Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="NAV" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Nav.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Login.ascx" %>
<div class="SkinContainer">
    <div id="ControlPanel" runat="server">
    </div>
    <div id="menu">
        <dnn:NAV runat="server" ID="dnnNAV" ProviderName="DNNMenuNavigationProvider" CSSControl="main_dnnmenu_bar"
            CSSContainerRoot="main_dnnmenu_container" CSSNode="main_dnnmenu_item" CSSNodeRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem"
            CSSIcon="main_dnnmenu_icon" CSSContainerSub="main_dnnmenu_submenu" CSSBreak="main_dnnmenu_break"
            CSSNodeHover="main_dnnmenu_itemhover" NodeLeftHTMLBreadCrumbRoot="<img alt=&quot;*&quot; BORDER=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;breadcrumb.gif&quot;/>" />
            <dnn:LOGIN runat="server" CssClass="Login"/>
    </div>
    <div id="ContentPane" runat="server" class="ContentPane">
    </div>
</div>

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