Hi All,

     I installed a new skin and it works fine.The ascx page is xyz.ascx and i need the user authentication in the Home Page itself.So that

i added these two lines below.

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGINPAGE" Src="~/admin/Authentication/Login.ascx" %>

 <td width="222" height="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"><dnn:LOGINPAGE runat="server" id="USER1" CssClass="MediaTabs" /></td>

when i click the Login button, the authentication is checked and the name of the user is displayed. But the problem is that the following error occurs.

Could Not Load Skin: /Portals/0/Skins/xyz/xyz.ascx Error: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: format

In the page, admin/Users/Password.ascx.vb , the following error throws.

 Public Overrides Sub DataBind()

            If IsAdmin Then
                lblTitle.Text = String.format(Localization.GetString("PasswordTitle.Text", LocalResourceFile), User.Username, User.UserID.ToString)        Exception : Value cannot be null.Parameter name: format
            Else
                trTitle.Visible = False
            End If

            lblLastChanged.Text = User.Membership.LastPasswordChangeDate.ToLongDateString

            'Set Password Expiry Label
            If User.Membership.UpdatePassword Then
                lblExpires.Text = Localization.GetString("ForcedExpiry", Me.LocalResourceFile)
            Else
                If PasswordConfig.PasswordExpiry > 0 Then
                    lblExpires.Text = User.Membership.LastPasswordChangeDate.AddDays(PasswordConfig.PasswordExpiry).ToLongDateString
                Else
                    lblExpires.Text = Localization.GetString("NoExpiry", Me.LocalResourceFile)
                End If
            End If

            'If Password retrieval is not supported then only the user can change
            'their password, an Admin must Reset
            If Not MembershipProviderConfig.PasswordRetrievalEnabled And IsAdmin Then
                pnlChange.Visible = False
            Else
                pnlChange.Visible = True

                'Set up Change Password
                If IsAdmin And Not IsUser Then
                    lblChangeHelp.Text = Localization.GetString("AdminChangeHelp", Me.LocalResourceFile)
                    trOldPassword.Visible = False
                Else
                    lblChangeHelp.Text = Localization.GetString("UserChangeHelp", Me.LocalResourceFile)
                End If
            End If

            'If Password Reset is not enabled then only the Admin can reset the
            'Password, a User must Update
            If Not MembershipProviderConfig.PasswordResetEnabled Then
                pnlReset.Visible = False
            Else
                pnlReset.Visible = True

                'Set up Reset Password
                If IsAdmin And Not IsUser Then
                    If MembershipProviderConfig.RequiresQuestionAndAnswer Then
                        pnlReset.Visible = False
                    Else
                        lblResetHelp.Text = Localization.GetString("AdminResetHelp", Me.LocalResourceFile)
                    End If
                    trQuestion.Visible = False
                    trAnswer.Visible = False
                Else
                    If MembershipProviderConfig.RequiresQuestionAndAnswer And IsUser Then
                        lblResetHelp.Text = Localization.GetString("UserResetHelp", Me.LocalResourceFile)
                        lblQuestion.Text = User.Membership.PasswordQuestion
                        trQuestion.Visible = True
                        trAnswer.Visible = True
                    Else
                        pnlReset.Visible = False
                    End If
                End If
            End If

            'Set up Edit Question and Answer area
            If MembershipProviderConfig.RequiresQuestionAndAnswer And IsUser Then
                pnlQA.Visible = True
            Else
                pnlQA.Visible = False
            End If

        End Sub

Please help me how to add the user authentication page in the Home Page itself. If i did a wrong way , tell me the right one.

Thanks

Regards

Fenie Thomas