If you're using one of the default skins - e.g. the blue one, then you'll need to edit the skin files in the folder Portals/_default/Skins/DNN-Blue

There are two ways of changing them. There are several skins in that folder for different widths and menus. You'll need to figure out which one you are using by checking the Host/Skins menu.

Once you have found it - for example "Horizontal Menu - Fixed Width" you will see two files with that name, but with different extensions:

1. Horizontal Menu - Fixed Width.ascx
2. Horizontal Menu - Fixed Width.htm

The ascx file is the one that is actually being used in real-time by the site. The htm file was used by the portal to create the ascx file - When you upload an html skin, the portal creates ascx files by combining html and xml files. That's why you will see all of these files present in the skin folder.

If you make a change to the ascx file, it will be visible straight away on the site after refreshing the page. If you make a change to the htm file, you will have to reparse the skin, which means the portal recreates the ascx files from the htm files. You do this using a link at the bottom of the Host/Skins page after you have made changes to the htm file.

Points to note:

• Decide to make your changes either directly to the ascx or indirectly to the htm pages - then stick with that choice.
• If you are modifying the default blue skin, it will be over-written when you upgrade DNN - save the files.
• The above instructions only apply to the default host skin - if you are modifying a skin installed viw the Admin/Skins menu then you need to look in your portal folder to find the files - Portals/(portal-number)/Skins/DNN-Blue
• This is only extremely basic information - skinning DNN is no simple task and don't let anyone tell you it is.

And on to the things you actually asked:

1. The date is
   1. ASCX version - <dnn:CURRENTDATE runat="server" id="dnnCURRENTDATE" />
   2. HTML version - [CURRENTDATE]
2. The register bit is
   1. ASCX - <dnn:USER runat="server" id="dnnUSER" />
   2. HTML - [USER]
3. And the login is
   1. ASCX - <dnn:LOGIN runat="server" id="dnnLOGIN" />
   2. HTML - [LOGIN]

Simply remove the relevant bit from the ASCX or HTM files, depending on which type you have decided to edit, resparse the skin if you chose to edit the HTML files, and you're on your way.

Rob