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5/15/2012 1:59 PM
 
Fred Butters


Joined: 3/13/2006
Posts: 64

I've found a bunch of tutorials that discuss how to create a package from an existing/installed skin in the Host -> extensions page. This requires I first select my skin on my site and click "create package"... how can I select my skin if I haven't installed it yet?! 

I built a skin out of html files, and added them to the Portals/_default/Skins directory, then from Admin -> Skins clicked "Parse Skin Package" and was then able to apply the skin to various pages. But I don't see the skin on either Host or Admin -> Extensions pages. Did I add the files to the wrong directory?

The real question is how do I create a skin and container package from my html files? 

Thanks
 
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5/15/2012 3:33 PM
 
Fred Butters


Joined: 3/13/2006
Posts: 64

In case anyone is wondering, here's what I did:

I took my existing, unparsed skin (just html, images and css - no .ascx files) and added a dnn manifest file (shortened version below). I zipped up all the files except the dnn manifest, then added the manifest file to the .zip file (I read that's the right way, not sure). Then I installed it just like any other module/package.

<dotnetnuke type="Package" version="5.0">
    <packages>
        <package name="DotNetNuke.EmpPortal-Blue" type="Skin" version="1.0.0">
            <friendlyName>EmpPortal-Blue</friendlyName>
            <description />
            <owner>
                <name>DotNetNuke</name>
                <organization>DotNetNuke Corporation</organization>
                <url>www.dotnetnuke.com</url>
                <email>support@dotnetnuke.com</email>
            </owner>
            <license>license info here
            </license>
            <releaseNotes>There are no release notes for this version.</releaseNotes>
            <components>
                <component type="Skin">
                    <skinFiles>
                        <skinName>EmpPortal-Blue</skinName>
                        <basePath>Portals\_default\Skins\EmpPortal-Blue</basePath>
                        <skinFile>
                            <name>index.htm</name>
                        </skinFile>
                        <skinFile>
                            <path>images</path>
                            <name>bannerEmpPortal-Blue.png</name>
                        </skinFile>
                    </skinFiles>
                </component>
                <component type="Container">
                    <containerFiles>
                        <containerName>EmpPortal-Blue</containerName>
                        <basePath>Portals\_default\Containers\EmpPortal-Blue</basePath>
                        <containerFile>
                            <name>TitleNoTitle.htm</name>
                        </containerFile>
                    </containerFiles>
                </component>
            </components>
        </package>
    </packages>
</dotnetnuke>
 
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5/15/2012 4:28 PM
 
Fred Butters


Joined: 3/13/2006
Posts: 64

I changed the manifest file to include a separate package node for the containers. 

http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/F... 
 
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