Hello,

i'm a very beginner to the dotNetNuke, i have a few questions about skinning:

1. Is there a program/dreamweaver extension/etc that creates skin by images/flash I like, without touching the code?

2. Suppose I create a new skin by code: how do I upload it?

3. What is the best way for a beginner to skin easily ? What is the best manual to read?

I'm also new to ASP .Net (but definitly not new to ASP) - but I'm a quick learner..

Thanks in advance.

1) If you don't want to even see code, I'd stay away from Dreamweaver, IMHO it's very coder-oriented but you wind up with the best results.

2) When I start a skin from scratch, I draw it in Photoshop, then I build the page structure in Dreamweaver using hand sliced images (I don't actually use the Slice tool, just a bunch of guidelines and Copy-Merged routines). I start with 3 pages, usually:  (customer_initials)_skin.html   (customer_initials)_skin.xml   and    (customer_initials)_skin.css. Once the tables are arranged (I don't have the patience for CSS with DNN yet) I insert all the tokens into their respective areas and add their XML nodes in the XML file. Then I just zip the file and upload it, and tweak the CSS on the live site.

3) I learned by taking apart the default skins myself and asking ALOT of questions.

SB