Hi

I'm trying to Install a custom Skin on my DotNetNuke that I made myself. My problem is that I don't really know DotNetNuke good yet.

I have a simple Design that I already coded in HTML / CSS. I read a manual about skinning and I now know that DNN Skins are built up out of Containers and Skins.

Now I tried to make a Skin using the Standard "blue - fixed width" Skin from the Portal as a reference. My skin kind of works already - at least when I upload it my skin is activated. But the modules don't work with it:

Unhandled error loading module.
DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Cannot locate ContentPane for Skin

My Container is a simple <div>..

To make a long story short - here's my skin:

<%@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Skins/skin.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGO" src="~/Admin/Skins/Logo.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="BANNER" src="~/Admin/Skins/Banner.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="MENU" src="~/Admin/Skins/SolPartMenu.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="SEARCH" src="~/Admin/Skins/Search.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="CURRENTDATE" src="~/Admin/Skins/CurrentDate.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="BREADCRUMB" src="~/Admin/Skins/BreadCrumb.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="USER" src="~/Admin/Skins/User.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" src="~/Admin/Skins/Login.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="COPYRIGHT" src="~/Admin/Skins/Copyright.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TERMS" src="~/Admin/Skins/Terms.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="PRIVACY" src="~/Admin/Skins/Privacy.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="DOTNETNUKE" src="~/Admin/Skins/DotNetNuke.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LANGUAGE" src="~/Admin/Skins/Language.ascx" %>
<div id="layout">
  <div id="header">
    <span id="logo">&nbsp;</span>
  </div>
  <div id="navi">
    <dnn:MENU runat="server" id="dnnMENU" />
  </div>
  <div id="column">
    <span id="logo_side">&nbsp;</span>
  </div>
  <div class="content" id="ContentPane">asdfs</div>
  <div id="footer">login</div>
</div>

Then there's a skin.css with the styles.
How do I have to make the Container? Is there Something wrong with my skin that the modules don't work?

Does someone have a simple tutorial how to make a complete skin for a css based layout? That would be great. I've already searched for a few but I only found one that was to basic, and one that was too detailed.

Thanks - phore

hi again.

thanks for your reply, my skin works now.

where can I change the dnn styles like text color, links etc. ?
do you guys have some kind of guide sheet where I can see what style changes what?

thanks.