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1/1/2009 10:36 AM
 
Tareq Mahmud


www.fowara.com
Joined: 12/16/2007
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I followed your instructions but I keep getting this error:

Could Not Load Skin: /Portals/_default//containers/containers/light colour header - boxed.ascx, Error: Unable to cast object of type 'ASP.portals__default_containers_containers_light_colour_header___boxed_ascx' to type 'DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin'.

I am trying to install containers. Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,

Tareq

Tareq Mahmud
Fowara
 
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1/2/2009 10:11 AM
 
John Helfen

www.randomdefinition.com
Joined: 1/12/2004
Posts: 164

I am working to upgrade a legacy skin.

I copied the skin to the server via FTP.

I registered it as an extension.

I went through the package creation steps and it appears that the manifest file has been created, but the files were not zipped up into a package file? Were they supposed to be or am I supposed to zip them up using the zip file name i defined in the package wizard? I did not receive any errors.

Thanks,

John
 
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1/2/2009 4:01 PM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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www.40fingers.net
Joined: 2/9/2006
Posts: 4430

tmahmud wrote

I followed your instructions but I keep getting this error:

Could Not Load Skin: /Portals/_default//containers/containers/light colour header - boxed.ascx, Error: Unable to cast object of type 'ASP.portals__default_containers_containers_light_colour_header___boxed_ascx' to type 'DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin'.

I am trying to install containers. Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,

Tareq

 

It seems to me you installed the container as a skin, make sure you select the container radio button if you install a legacy container
 
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1/2/2009 4:06 PM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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www.40fingers.net
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Posts: 4430

John Helfen wrote

I am working to upgrade a legacy skin.

I copied the skin to the server via FTP.

I registered it as an extension.

I went through the package creation steps and it appears that the manifest file has been created, but the files were not zipped up into a package file? Were they supposed to be or am I supposed to zip them up using the zip file name i defined in the package wizard? I did not receive any errors.

Thanks,

John

Did you notice that the packages are created in the Host folder?

"If all goes well the skin package should be generated in the "Portals/_default" folder."
 
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1/2/2009 7:30 PM
 
John Helfen

www.randomdefinition.com
Joined: 1/12/2004
Posts: 164

Now that you mention it I do ;)

I was able to mnge together a skin package that installs the skins and the containers in one package through the extensions. I was wondering if you had any info about how to handle the skin.xml (or lack of) moving forward. One thing I noticed is that the mappings that i had inplace via the skin.xml are not carried through the new install (I think this is expected), but how should we handle this moving forward.

Thanks,

John
 
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