While building DNN pages i find that I repeat the following sequence a lot:

1. On my local Visual Web Developer 2008, make a change to the html page that defines the skin.
2. upload the html file to the remote DNN installation
3. Go to Admin | Skins
4. Select my skin from the drop down menu
5. Select Reparse.

It seems that I ought to be able to save my place at the Reparse step so that after I upload the new html file I can just click something and have it automatically execute steps 3-5.    Is anything like this available?

Thanks,
Steve A.

Yes, I've looked at ASCX skinning and I'll probably end up doing it that way. But right now, as a DNN beginner, I'm very comfortable with HTML skinning because it's just a baby step away from the normal web programming that I'm used to. I also like that I can view the html in a local browser from VWD, with skin.css applied, so I can see pretty much what the skin will look like before I upload it to DNN, though it doesn't have the module data yet, of course.

Your step 2 is interesting, though now I have the extra step of zipping the package before uploading. The install link is nice to know about, though. Thanks.

But doesn't this question suggest a nice addition for the next version of DNN: a Macro Generator that lets you bundle up any series of key strokes and assigns a link to it under Common Tasks in the Control Panel.

Steve