Skinning_For_DNN6x-enhancements/ add social media icons/rotating banner
Last Post 09/28/2012 11:03 AM by Joseph Craig. 4 Replies.
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Dan Rothschild
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09/27/2012 10:09 AM
    Hi,
    First thanks very much for your tutorial Skinning_For_DNN6x.
    I've gotten 80% of what I need for a project I am working on.

    A few pieces are still needed including the Darknight social media icons and the rotating banner container. Is there an easy way to implement these features in the the psdtutorial skin?

    Thanks in advance,
    Dan
    Joseph Craig
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    09/27/2012 11:38 AM
    Yes!

    For the rotating banner, uses the jQuery cycle plugin. Take a look at this page -- http://ainq.com/Company/OurConsulta...fault.aspx -- to see one use of the jQyery cycle plugin. Look at the page source.

    The div with the class named team-rotate holds the items that are rotated. The two javascripts below are just pasted into the Footer module setting. If that's not enough, ask some questions and I'll provide more detail. There is also the documentation page for the cycle plugin that defines all of the parameters and also describes how to structure the html for the rotator.

    As for the social icons in the upper right, that's just an HTML module and you can login as an administrator and copy the code to your own module.

    Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
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    Joseph Craig
    DNN MVP
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    09/27/2012 12:21 PM

    Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
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    Dan Rothschild
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    09/28/2012 8:13 AM
    Hi Joe,
    Thanks, I found Will Strohl's image rotator module which worked like a charm. Do you think it would be better for site performance to use the jquery example you provided and remove the extra module?

    A follow up question for you. I'm using the superfish menus like in the turorial. Is there a way to have the home button be an image instead of text? The client wants their logo instead of test for the home button.

    Thanks from a fellow terrapin (grew up in Bethesda)!

    -Dan
    Joseph Craig
    DNN MVP
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    09/28/2012 11:03 AM
    I actually prefer the module solution. It makes site administration simpler. (And, anything from Will Strohl is almost guaranteed to be good.)

    As for Terps, I did my gradulate education in College Park.

    Joe Craig, Patapsco Research Group
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