I had to train a designer in creation of dnn compliant skins, using the html method. Not so complicated, once you get the hang of it. The only problems are css-related, and these are the same for the html method as for the ascx method.

But there is one thing bothering me: when I compile the skin to ascx format using the dnn Skins module, the module keeps telling me that my skin is a legacy skin.

Am I overlooking something or would that be a little buggy gone unnoticed?

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The one-eyed in the land of the blind.

 read: Minimal Extropy Sorry!

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The one-eyed in the land of the blind.

I have never packaged a skin. Packaging is only necessary/useful if you cannot access the skin folders directly. I create my skins om my computer on a local computer and then copy the whole thing to the host computer. In the beginning, I had also the startern kit installed, but I discovered I didn't really need that to create skins.

The packaging only matters when you install a new skin, now as an extension. When you install a legacy skin, you will get a warning and be asked to confirm that you are installing indeed a skin. Whatever method you use, your skin will end up in one of the Skins or Containers folders.

The next part is what I don't understand. The Skinning module will find the skinning files in the folders where the extension module has planted them. At that moment, the presence or absence of a manifest should no longer be important for the compilation of a html file to ascx format.

Forgive me my ignorance. For me, it would seem logical that the term "legacy" in the skinning module would refer to the usage of objects instead of object tokens in the html file. I cannot see the logic of warning that the skinning files have been placed in their apropriate folders without a manifest file before (or after) the translation to ascx format.

And it got me mighty frustrated because it seemed I was not able to build my skins correctly :-(

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The one-eyed in the land of the blind.