'Skinning' refers to an application's ability to change the look of the design by a setting in the application
Explains how DotNetNuke skins can be created in either ASP.NET or HTML with CSS and can be developed with any Web tool that creates HTML/CSS or ASP.NET
Combines the hot topic of using the DotNetNuke application framework with CSS and other site layout technologies to manage the user experience, look, feel, and functionality of Web sites
Covers how to package, install, and remove a skin and offers programming tools for skins
Discusses efficient design, when to use HTML versus CSS versus ASP.NET for a design, and browser-safe designs
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Stick with it
The first few chapters are painfully dry and appear to take you on a tour of DotNetNuke that you probably didn't want to take. Stick with it, you will find that the later parts of the book get practical and worth your time. The practical chapters are helpful, and will get you making your own skins very quickly.
Rating: - Enough content for a full book...?
The book is OK, there are some useful recommendations. However, the actual information about skin creation takes just a few chapters, and a good deal of the book is about DNN, installing DNN, they even throw in something about Silverlight. Which is useful, but probably not completely in the focus of the title, in my opinion.
Perhaps it would be nice to see more information about skin objects and container objects, with more information on how they look and how they can be configured. ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent How-To
Let's face it - you don't use DNN for its good looks. The book was a great way for me to learn all of the customization options for DNN so I could build a great looking site.
The book has very believable practical examples and was glad to see a section about Silverlight.
- Enough content for a full book...?
- Excellent How-To
