Thursday, April 16, 2009

dnn skins

Skins:
Designing a custom look and feel for a DotNetNuke site requires changes to all or some of the key five design elements, these being:
Skins Containers Style Sheet Body Background
A summary of each of these design elements and the design areas of the portal which they reflect are detailed below.
Skins
A skin is the design applied to the standard DotNetNuke portal to change the layout and design. A skin package is a zip file includes the HTML layout, images, and may also include a stylesheet.
Containers:
A skin package must be uploaded to your File Manager and can be globally added or removed on the Site Settings tab, or under the Tab Settings of each tab.
Containers frame individual modules and can be applied to one or more modules, or can be set globally across all modules.
A container package are uploaded to your File Manager and can be globally managed on the Site Settings tab, or under the Module Settings of each modules.
The Style Sheet:
The default Style Sheet provides a standardized look to the portal. The Style Sheet controls the fonts, colors and styles throughout the portal.
Body Background:
An image or colour can be added to the background of all tabs to further customize the look of the portal. The body background image is tiled.
The image must be uploaded to your File Manager and can be added or removed on the Site Settings tab.

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