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Must have container displayed to have modules in content centered?

6/23/2007 8:33 AM

Tikkune

Joined: 11/21/2005

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Container/Content Alignment Using Header/Footer Modified By Tikkune on 6/23/2007 10:11:38 AM

John Mitchell wrote

You could also use the (Module Settings > Advanced Settings) Header & Footer fields to accomplish alignment.

In the Header:

In the Footer:

</div>

Here is another trick along the same idea.

In the Header:

In the Footer:

</div>

I've been working w/ DotNetNuke for about a year. Every so often I get a little frustrated by container/content positioning issues using the default skins. Today I went hunting for a solution and your DIV ALIGN and STYLE solutions in Header/Footer settings works nicely. Thank you, John. I'm quoting your post w/ a modified Subject because it's a post really worth reiterating.

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6/23/2007 9:23 AM

John Mitchell

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Joined: 4/18/2003

Posts: 3987

Re: Container/Content Alignment Using Header/Footer

Thank you. I'm glad I could help.

6/23/2007 10:24 AM

Tikkune

Joined: 11/21/2005

Posts: 201

Container/Content Aligment Using No Container

John Mitchell wrote

The problem with alignment is that the wrapper used for the module when you uncheck "display container", puts the content in a span tag. Since span is an inline html element it does not have alignment capabilities (it is also an XHTML validation issue).

You could make your own "no container" that does not have any visible presentation, but still allows alignment if you wanted to work around this. The easiest way is to just change the "no container" container to use a DIV instead. It is located in portals/_default/containers

John, the one thing I could not fully understand was how we might edit the 'No Container.ascx' file to achieve more alignment control. If you could take a few moments to explain this further, it might help those looking to use that method but are unsure about how exactly to do it.

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6/23/2007 10:29 AM

John Mitchell

www.snapsis.com
Joined: 4/18/2003

Posts: 3987

Re: Container/Content Aligment Using No Container

The No Container.ascx file uses a SPAN tag. It needs to be changed to a DIV, or rendered as a block element by changing it's style if you want to be able to do alignment.

The best thing is to change it to a DIV since it is very likely that it will contain block elements and those are not allowed in a SPAN per W3C.

6/23/2007 11:14 AM

Tikkune

Joined: 11/21/2005

Posts: 201

Re: Container/Content Aligment Using No Container Modified By Tikkune on 6/23/2007 11:17:50 AM

Here is what is inside my DNN 4.5.3 '...\Portals\_default\Containers\_default\No Container.ascx' file:

<%@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Containers/container.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Containers.Container" %> <span runat="server" id="ContentPane"></span>

And I think you're saying it is as simple as changing to:

But what is next? How would you do container/content alignment AFTER making this change to 'No Container.ascx'? Is there still a Header/Footer setting required, or are you saying to put the DIV ALIGN or STYLE commands right there inside the 'No Container.ascx' file?

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If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.

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