I got a question yesterday from a designer who is unfamiliar with ASP.NET asking what the difference is between ASCX mode and HTML mode when developing skins and containers for DotNetNuke.
I thought it might be useful to the community if I answered this for everyone.
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Today we move our focus to DotNetNuke containers. Not because we are done with skins, but because we can’t go any further in our discussion of skinning until we cover containers.
While it IS possible to create DotNetNuke skins and containers using a standard HTML editor and HTML files, I find that it is much easier to use Visual Studio and ASCX files instead. The reason for this is that I can modify and run my DotNetNuke installation and see exactly what the end result is going to look like. I also find that I am able to create a much leaner set of HTML using the ASCX method than I can using the HTML method.
Today I’m going to start a separate series on Skinning DotNetNuke. Don’t worry, I’m still planning to continue the series on creating modules. Later on, I may start a series on something else. But I have a need to explain skinning for a client, so you all get to benefit from the effort.
