Posts Tagged ‘skinning’
Blue Stack Form Enhancer Review
September 30th, 2009 | 
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The folks over at BlueStack asked me to take a look at their new Form Enhancer product. Which I will provide.
The basic gist of this module is that by using jQuery and some images we can style the form elements on a page.
It’s a pretty cool concept with some promising results.
According to their sales copy…
DotNetNuke Skins – ASCX vs HTML mode
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.
Posted in DotNetNuke - Skinning | 
Tags: ASCX, asp.net, containers, dotnetnuke, html, skinning | 
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DotNetNuke Skinning – Collapsible Containers
One feature you’ll see in DotNetNuke containers is the ability to collapse the container using an icon, typically in the upper right hand corner of the container. Implementing collapsible containers in DotNetNuke is relatively simple.
DotNetNuke Skinning – SolPartMenu
When you first encounter the SolPartMenu skin object, you may become a bit overwhelmed by all of the options. But, it doesn’t take long to realize that you can ignore most of the attributes on the list and stick to a small subset that really matter.
DotNetNuke Skinning – Dealing with Images
There is one final basic topic we need to address prior to moving on to the details of working with Skin Objects, and that is the topic of including images in our skins and containers.
You might think that because you know where the images are on your installation, you’ll know where the images are on any other installation. But aside from the fact that DotNetNuke can be installed in a subdirectory you know nothing about, what if they rename the skin or module directory? Read the rest of this entry »
