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George Vessels
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02/11/2005 8:17 PM  
I downloaded and installed DNN 3.10 beta this week. Yesterday I purchased CSS Skins and am trying to figure out how to get it installed and working. What files in the default DNN 3.10 install do I need to change to reference Snapsis.DNN.Skins.....

I am not sure the information in the CSS Skins Development Guide is for DNN 3 or DNN2 but I cannot seem to match up the files by name.

Thanks,
George Vessels
John Mitchell
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02/11/2005 8:48 PM  

Hi George,

Sorry about the confusion. You're right, I need to get the minor changes for DNN3 into the documentation.

To make a normal DNN skin into a Snapsis CSS Skin you only need to change the line at the very top of the .ascx file that says:

 Inherits=DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin

To

Inherits=Snapsis.DNN.Skins.Skin

Then if you want to add in the the floating control panel, css editor, and floating login you need a controls folder inside your skin folder.

The easiest way to do this is to copy a controls folder from one of the sample skins.

That's it.  After applying a CSS Skin to a tab you can also add the user selectable skins module if you want your users to be able to choose their own skin.  When and if you add the module you will only want to make CSS Skins available to your users, as a normal skin won't work since it doesn't use the CSS Skins engine.

Feel free to post more questions if that isn't clear.

Thanks for supporting CSS Skins.

George Vessels
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02/11/2005 9:15 PM  
To make sure I have this correct. I should look through each skin file like DNN - Blue\Horizontal Menu - Fixed Width.ascx, DNN -Blue\Horizontal Menu - Full Width.ascx, etc. and make the switch from DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin to Snapsis.DNN.Skins.Skin.

Regards,
George Vessels
John Mitchell
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02/11/2005 9:22 PM  

You only need to change the default DNN skins if you want to use them as Snapsis Skins (floating control panel, css editor, etc.). 

You could just upload the sample skins in the package if you want to use them instead.

 

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