For the sake of this example, I didn't copy anything, just modified in place. I used the template out of the box from http://dnnddrmenutemplates.codeplex.com/. I only copied in the following line you gave me ** , added in a little extra code * for styles:

...Above Is Same as Template
<xsl:template match="root">
*<div class="subnav-grey">
*<div class="subnav-grey-head">
**<xsl:param name="subMenuColumns">3</xsl:param>
*</div>
*<div class="subnav">
<ul>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node" />
</ul>
*</div>
*</div>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="node">
...Below Nothing Changed Either

Full Error Message:

DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Couldn't load menu style 'ULXSLT': System.ApplicationException: Can't find processor for manifest D:\Sites\DNN\DesktopModules\DDRMenu\ULXSLT\menudef.xml at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromManifest(String manifestUrl) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromName(String templateName, String manifestName) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuBase.Instantiate(String menuStyle) ---> System.ApplicationException: Couldn't load menu style 'ULXSLT': System.ApplicationException: Can't find processor for manifest D:\Sites\DNN\DesktopModules\DDRMenu\ULXSLT\menudef.xml at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromManifest(String manifestUrl) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromName(String templateName, String manifestName) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuBase.Instantiate(String menuStyle) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuBase.Instantiate(String menuStyle) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuView.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Thanks for helping me through this...seems like it should be really simple?

I'm not following...I placed the folder in the root DesktopModules directory, not inside my skin. That is one of the options for the Template to be applied across all DNN instances. When I remove that single line of code you provided, there is no error. As soon as I put that single line of code, it errors out. Its crashing on that one line of code, which leads me to believe 1) the syntax is incorrect or 2) the location of the line of code is incorrect.

Here is the solution...why this isn't documented in the Wiki I have no idea. If someone who has access to that would include this information for other developers.

To Pass a String to your Custom XSLT Menu Template using a Module:

In your Module Settings, in Template Arguments:

NameOfYourCustomAttribute=This is the value of your custom attribute
NameOfYourSecondCustomAttribute=This is the value of your second custom attribute

(Use carriage return between sets)

In your xslt file, you must declare the custom attribute before you use it using XSLT declaration syntax (this is not documented). If using the ULXSLT template, the top lines of code will look like this:










(Last two lines are your custom attributes)

To use these custom attributes, you can now reference them in your actual template HTML output (or any other way you want to use them):



I am new to XSLT, so this was a little confusing to me. I was not aware you had to declare your XSLT paramters first before using them. It makes sense from a programming perspective now that I have figured it out, but the lack of quality documentation for this simple passing of parameters isn't easy for newbies (a lot of DNN developers).

Hope this helps someone!