I have a problem with the configuration of the Host tabs, I think someone should rethink the solution.



Host and Admin tabs used to come in admin skins and with admin containers. Since the difference between admin tabs and normal tabs has become reduntant, Host and Admin tabs come in the default portal skin.The argument is that you can manually modify the skin of each page.



With Admin Tabs, this is true, but Host tabs cause a problem. I have tried to change the skin of the Host tab, an had to manually correct tab settings in the database. Tabs were saved with a reference to the portal that saved the tab settings (instead of null) and the host settings became unavailable in any portal.



I can change the skin in the portal settings to a host skin which will be the same for every portal. But I have no way to select the "default Admin skin" and ditto container for Host tabs, which would give different skins in different portals. This seems like a step back to me.



DNN still has different logic for hosting tabs. When I copied a module to all tabs, the module indeed appeared on all tabs (even the admin tabs where I had to go and delete them) except for the host tabs. Which is of course what one would expect. So why not implement the admin skin on the Host tabs? Or at least leave the option.

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Another inconsistency:

When I make a skin, I can name all the panes in the native language, except for the ContentPane. The problem is that in the control panel and the control pages, this pane will also appear untranslated and untranslatable.

Somehow, an alias in the foreign language or any way to make the contentpanel appear under a translated name, should exist.

Update:

The problem of the Host tabs' skin, I solved through DSLocalizator: I added a feature to the localized tab settings: the tab skin source control and the tab default container will have in the new release the option "Use Admin Skin" and "Use Admin Container". For the Host tabs, that means that in every portal, the host tabs will appear in the portal's admin skin.

I now use this feature also for my Admin tabs, as that makes them inherit from the default admin skin and I can change all admin tabs by changing default Admin skin.

Maybe consider including that solution in DNN?

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The one-eyed in the land of the blind.