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1/3/2007 4:46 PM
 

I can't for the life of me get a simple skin to work. Every time I pack it up and upload it, when I select it in the Skins section, it shows "No Skin Files Exist in Folder", and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Here's my file structure:
  MySkin
    /containers (empty)
    /skins
      MySkin.htm
      MySkin.css
      MySkin.xml
      (a couple jpgs for the skin)

I first tried doing what the documentation said to do and zipped "containers" and "skins", then added them to a "MySkin" zip file, but that didn't work. I then tried zipping up "MySkin" keeping the file structure (i.e. the contianers and the skins folders with their files), that didn't work. Lastly I tried zipping up just the "skins" folder, and that didn't work.

My skin is a simple HTML table with tokens put in place as supplied in the XML file. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Is there a log I can look that might state if there was a problem with the files?

-shnar

 
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1/3/2007 4:51 PM
 

do not use subfolders in your zip


Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

dnnWerk - The DotNetNuke Experts   German Spoken DotNetNuke User Group

Speed up your DNN Websites with TurboDNN
 
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1/3/2007 5:00 PM
 

I tried that, just zipping up the "skins" folder (everything is in the "root" of that zip) and still has the same error.

I tried doing an incredibly simple skin to see if I could just upload a simple HTML skin. Here is my file structure:

  SimpleSkin
    /containers (empty)
    /skins
      simple.htm
      simple.xml

Here's my "simple.htm" file:

<TABLE>
  <TR>
    <TD>
      Menu goes here: <BR />
      [SOLPARTMENU]
    </TD>
    <TD>
      [LOGIN]
      <BR />
      [USER]
    </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
  <TR>
    <TD WIDTH="10%">
      [CONTENTPANE:1]
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="80%">
      [CONTENTPANE]
    </TD>
    <TD WIDTH="10%">
      [CONTENTPANE:2]
    </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

And here's my "simple.xml" file contents:

<Objects>
  <Object>
    <Token>[LOGIN]</Token>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Token>[USER]</Token>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Token>[SOLPARTMENU]</Token>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Token>[CONTENTPANE]</Token>
    <Settings>
      <Setting>
        <Name>ID</Name>
        <Value>Content Pane</Value>
      </Setting>
    </Settings>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Token>[CONTENTPANE:1]</Token>
    <Settings>
      <Setting>
        <Name>ID</Name>
        <Value>Left Pane</Value>
      </Setting>
    </Settings>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Token>[CONTENTPANE:2]</Token>
    <Settings>
      <Setting>
        <Name>ID</Name>
        <Value>Right Pane</Value>
      </Setting>
    </Settings>
  </Object>
</Objects>

 

In this "simple" skin, I don't have a CSS file (do I need one?). I tried all three zip formats (i.e. a zip called "SimpleSkin" with a zip inside it called "skins" that has these two files inside it, no go. I tried just zipping the "skins" folder, and no go. What am I missing?

-shnar

 
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1/3/2007 5:12 PM
 

the simpliest is a zip with the files directly in its root:

mySkin
   mySkin.html
   mySkin.xml
/

instead of [CONTENTPANE:1], I prefer to use [LeftPane] and you can omit all entries in the xml file (and the xml file as well)


Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

dnnWerk - The DotNetNuke Experts   German Spoken DotNetNuke User Group

Speed up your DNN Websites with TurboDNN
 
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1/3/2007 5:41 PM
 

As per your advice, I removed the XML file and changed [CONTENTPANE:1] to [LeftPane] and changed [CONTENTPANE:2] to [RightPane]. I then zipped the .htm file into "SimpleSkin.zip" and uploaded it. I am still getting "No Skin Exists in Folder" when I select that skin to apply to my site.

What am I doing wrong?

-shnar

 
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