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11/8/2010 12:26 PM

Gabe Chavez

Joined: 10/7/2010

Posts: 35

Artisteer and partial rendering issue

Hello, I'm developing a module that has standard asp.net controls. The site I'm developing for uses an Artisteer generated skin module. Certain elements such as buttons are are styled with javascript on page load. After inspecting the code, what I realize is that the actual rendered <input> tag is wrapped with a <div> and some sibling <span(s)> are added.

The problem is that if the module control is set to "support partial rendering" or I wrap some markup with <asp:Button(s)> in an <asp:UpdatePanel>, the button is rendered minus the additional elements and classes, thus losing it's style.

asp.net markup:

<asp:UpdatePanel runat="server" ID="upnlTest">

<ContentTemplate>

<asp:Button runat="server" ID="cmdFail" Text="Click here to see button style fail" />

</ContentTemplate>

</asp:UpdatePanel>

original rendered markup:

<div id="dnn_ctr561_ButtonStyleFail_upnlTest">

<span class="art-button-wrapper ">

<span class="l"> </span>

<span class="r"> </span>

<input type="submit" class="art-button" id="dnn_ctr561_ButtonStyleFail_cmdFail" value="Click here to see button style fail" name="dnn$ctr561$ButtonStyleFail$cmdFail">

</span>

</div>

after post-back (partial rendering) markup:

<div id="dnn_ctr561_ButtonStyleFail_upnlTest">

<input type="submit" class="art-button" id="dnn_ctr561_ButtonStyleFail_cmdFail" value="Click here to see button style fail" name="dnn$ctr561$ButtonStyleFail$cmdFail">

</div>

Anyone have any experience or ideas about this? I realize this isn't a DNN-specific issue, but I wager I'm not the only person using Artisteer with DNN and Artisteer's forum sucks.

Thanks,
Gabe

11/8/2010 2:33 PM

Josh Wheeler

Joined: 4/15/2004

Posts: 87

Re: Artisteer and partial rendering issue

Gabel

I am using Artisteer, however, I have not run into this problem.

If you would post the entire contents of your ?Skin?.ascx file here I would be happy to take a look at it.

Good luck!

Josh

11/8/2010 2:57 PM

Gabe Chavez

Joined: 10/7/2010

Posts: 35

Re: Artisteer and partial rendering issue

Thanks for the offer of assistance Josh! I'm using asp.net 4. Here's the source to the skin.ascx file:

<%@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Skins/skin.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGO" Src="~/Admin/Skins/logo.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/login.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="BREADCRUMB" Src="~/Admin/Skins/breadcrumb.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="ARTMENU" Src="~/DesktopModules/ArtMenuSO/ArtMenuSO.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="STYLES" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Styles.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="COPYRIGHT" Src="~/admin/Skins/copyright.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TERMS" Src="~/admin/Skins/terms.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="PRIVACY" Src="~/admin/Skins/privacy.ascx" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TEXT" Src="~/admin/Skins/Text.ascx" %>

<script runat="server">

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

Me.Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude("script.js", Me.TemplateSourceDirectory & "/script.js")

End Sub

Private Function CollapseSidebars() As String

Return String.Empty

End Function

</script>

<div id="art-page-background-gradient"></div>

<div id="art-main">

<div class="art-sheet">

<div class="art-sheet-tl"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-tr"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-bl"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-br"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-tc"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-bc"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-cl"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-cr"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-cc"></div>

<div class="art-sheet-body">

<div id="ControlPanel" runat="server"></div>

<dnn:ARTMENU ID="ArtMenu1" ShowHiddenTabs="False" ShowAdminTabs="True" ShowDeletedTabs="False" ShowLoginTab="True" ShowUserTab="True" runat="server" /><div class="art-header">

<div class="art-header-jpeg"></div>

<div class="art-logo">

<div class="logo">

<dnn:LOGO runat="server" ID="dnnLogo" />

</div>

<div id="slogan-text" class="art-logo-text">TSP, 401Ks, Brokerage Accounts, Variable Annuities, and more!</div>

</div>

<div class="art-content-layout">

<div class="art-content-layout-row">

<div class="art-layout-cell art-content<%= CollapseSidebars() %>">

<div id="ContentPane" runat="server"></div>

</div>

<div class="cleared"></div>

<div class="art-footer">

<div class="art-footer-t"></div>

<div class="art-footer-l"></div>

<div class="art-footer-b"></div>

<div class="art-footer-r"></div>

<div class="art-footer-body">

<div class="art-footer-text">

<p><dnn:TERMS runat="server" ID="dnnTerms" />

| <dnn:PRIVACY ID="dnnPrivacy" runat="server" /><br />

<dnn:COPYRIGHT runat="server" id="dnnCopyright" /></p>

</div>

<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

<div class="cleared"></div>

<p class="art-page-footer"></p>

</div>

<dnn:STYLES runat="server" ID="style" Name="style" StyleSheet="style-admin.css" UseSkinPath="true" />

<dnn:STYLES runat="server" ID="styleIE6" Name="styleIE6" Condition="IE 6" StyleSheet="style.ie6.css" UseSkinPath="true" />

<dnn:STYLES runat="server" ID="styleIE7" Name="styleIE7" Condition="IE 7" StyleSheet="style.ie7.css" UseSkinPath="true" />

11/8/2010 6:05 PM

Gabe Chavez

Joined: 10/7/2010

Posts: 35

Re: Artisteer and partial rendering issue

I just worked out a solution that seems to do the trick, although it's a bit of a hack and will require me to update my skin package manually. I wrote an event handler for EndRequest that executes the two Artisteer functions that change the look and feel of html elements. I put this function in both page-admin.ascx and page.ascx directly after the server-side script block.

<script type="text/javascript">

Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_endRequest(ReloadArtStyleFuncs);

function ReloadArtStyleFuncs(sender, args) {

if (args.get_error() == undefined) {

artButtonsSetupJsHover("art-button");

artFixEventsModule();

}

</script>

This causes buttons in update panels to get restyled after a partial render, but if there's a better solution, I'm interested in it. My intuition is that Artisteer needs to implement a fix for this.

Gabe

11/9/2010 6:11 PM

Josh Wheeler

Joined: 4/15/2004

Posts: 87

Re: Artisteer and partial rendering issue

Gabe

That's not a bad solution, it works.

I looked at it a little last night and couldn't see any blatant problems with the way Artisteer is doing it, just that it doesn't work for partial renders in your case.

One thought for a quick solution might be to try putting the server side script in your default.aspx page, see if that helps resolve some of the problem. Remember to set the correct path to the .js file. This would at least make your fix a little more permanent.

When I have more time I'll try a few scenarios and if I can come up with anything I'll let you know.

Glad you got it working for now at least.

Josh

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