I purchased a skin for my website and unzipped the files but now I don't know what to do next.  I've tried to upload a few of the files contained in the zip file but DNN is telling me that the file extension is invalid.  is there a good step by step for applying a new skin for the first timer out there?

Mike,

The method for installing a skin on DNN4 varies slightly to that for DNN5 so I'll need to go through both (they are quire similar as you'll see)

in DNN4 you can install a skin as admin or host.

• Login
• then look for the skins option under host or admin (by uploading to a host the skin is available on all portals from that DNN install, uploading as an admin makes it available only to the current portal)
• click on upload a new skin from within the skin page (it's going to be available either as a text link at the bottom of the page, or through the blue triangle dropdown)
• navigate to the .zip file
• Upload
• Dotnetnuke will parse the skin .zip file and extract all the files to create the skin for you to use

In DNN 5 you can only upload a skin when you're logged in as a host (when you're logged in you can then upload through either the host or admin options)

• Login
• Under host/admin look for the extensions option (depending on which option you upload through will determine where the skin is available just like above)
• From the blue arrow dropdown select Install Extension Wizard
• Follow the steps for installing the skin (again you will be installing the complete .zip skin package)

Let us know how you get on.

Regards,

Rick.