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How to upload DNN skins and containers

Step 1...
Unpack the main zip file on your hard drive and you will see the various skins zips and container zip. Upload the skin zip and container zip to your portal via admin/skins/site one by one We prefer that to the combine skin/container method

Step 2...
Check that the skins and containers are available when you add a page via page functions/settings/advanced settings and set the appropriate container and skin to the page.

Step 3...
You can also set a global skin and container to your site via admin/site settings and only change the skin type or container type when necessary on the page or on the module that requires a different one to the default skin/container..

To Uninstal

  • Login as admin if the skin is installed in site and host if it is in host main folder.
  • Go to admin/skins or host/skins tabs.
  • Choose the skin or container from the drop down list.
  • The skin pack will show up and please delete.
  • Depending on the version of DNN you are running you may also need to visit the folder with FTP access and delete the empty folder it may leave behind. This is currently not a skin issue and it may be a DNN shortfall in not being able to delete the folder.
Description
Acumen II Skin Pack comes with number of great containers to suit the skin, as well as, skin types for various situations requiring different ways of content placements in the page. It has great flash and number of great images for different skin types. Acumen II Skin Pack is closely related in Design to our popular Acumen SkinPack. Ideal for all kind of business that want to take advantage of DotNetNuke portal.

Features:-

  • Homepage skin with up to 9 panes to place your content in a verity of ways.
  • Number of skin types with great images as the demo examples.
  • Complete source code for all skin components are provided.
  • All the relevant html and psd  source files.
  • Flash with a flash source code so you could change the images to your own image sets. You do need to do this in Adobe/Macromedia Flash 8 and export into your site.

Please click here to see the skin in action. Please click here to see our other skins in action. This skin is continuation of my efforts to create alternative designs showing the capabilities of Standard DNN skin technology.

One Greate Skin Packs Included (Matching Admin Skin Inclued)
Home Page Admin Page
Browser Compatibility and Further Details

HTML style skins for DNN 3.x & 4.x: The skins are all HTML and not ascx. Therefore, you will have painless upgrade to the next version of DNN as the core skinning engine will account for the upcoming changes and creates the correct ascx files.
Language Selector: Language selector is provided with the package so if you have more than one language available in DNN 3.1.1 and after then it will show itself. if you dont need it then ensure you have only one language set in Host/Language settings. Index page also has no language selector option for those not wanting it.
Search Token: Options is also given for you to use the skin type with no search.
Standard Logo placements: You can easily add logo with your own by changing the site logo in all versions of DNN  by going to "Admin/Site Settings".
Fixed width: This skin is the 770px width type of skin with number of containers in each skin.
95% width: This skin types for index and inner is provided with 770px width type of skin with number of containers in each skin. 
Horizontal Menu: Allows you to have large number of tabs for your site.
Matching Containers: For the skin pack you have the matching container. Please check the demo site to see the veriations.
Browser Compatible: Full Explorer, Fire Fox and Opera compatibility.  After all they are the main two. Check your favourite browser for compatibility. We have not seen any unusual behaviour with others.
Admin Skin Included:  Each of the colour options contain their own admin skin-type.
Easy customization: Skins are HTML style with css link placed. This would allow you to customize the skin with minimum coding knowledge. Just open the skin in DreamWeaver and you will see the skin tokens and move them or change graphics to suit.  However, I must warn you that the menu is not easy to customize. I would take it as is and as seen.
Source Files Included: for all aspects of the skin and containers and the flash, you will see the full source code. There are no need to purchase any third party module or skin object to make this skin work.
Great Support: Support by email or support desk.

Technical Suport
For technical support, just submit the request for assistance or any issues then please use the forum on salaro.com or perhaps the feed back forms. If all fails then please, email salaro team - support (@) salaro.net or Salar Golestanian - sg (at) salaro.net.

Known Limitations

1- 95% width skina is included, if we get any issues reported we will list them here.

2- This skin uses Table strucutre, however, the number of tables are minimized.

3- Please test on all browsers and satisfy yourself of the behavior before you purchase. we have tested it on IE7, IE6, FireFox and Opera

4- IE is best for Edit.

5- The buttons on top right are just using default Link module and you wrap it with our module wrapper container to get the button effect. Please note that the size of the buttons are small. So long names will not fit.

6- The easiest way of putting the flash in is using our module or text./html - upload your swf file and use this code. Note that the wmode="transparent" height="120" width="656" shoudl be there.

7- The links on top (salaro.org, Salaro.net,... are link module and we have a method for changing the look and give it the tab look.