Thanks for the help I have another question.

I am trying to configure my links to be a diffrent color and a few other things.  I know this code does it:

<style type="text/css">

a:link{

color: #FFFFFF;

text-decoration: none;

}

a:visited{

color: #9932CC;

text-decoration: none;

}

a:hover {

color: #DAA520;

text-decoration: underline;

}

a:active {

color: #FF0000;

text-decoration: none;

}

style>

However a few questions.  can I put this at the top of my skin file even though I can't put it in the header?

Second I would rather configure my separate style sheet.  Here is an example of what I want that doesn't work. This is in my skin.css:

.topmenu

{

width: 775px;

height: 20px;

color:Green;

A:hover { color:red }

}

However VWD tells me that "A" is not a valid CSS property name.  How do I do this?  I have search all over the internet no luck.

Thanks again,
Jeremy

If you wish to style the links of a class you would use the following method

.SkinItem
{
    font-size: 85%;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #036;
}

/* This sets the style for all skin items that are links */
A.SkinItem:link, A.SkinItem:visited
{
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #036;
}

A.SkinItem:hover
{
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #F00;
}

A.SkinItem:active
{
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #036;
}

Thank you very much.....You guys ROCK!!!

Thanks again,
Jeremy Palmer

I though I understud this now but I am still struggling. Here is my code. What am I doing wrong.
In my style sheet I have this code at the top:

.toplinks
{
font-size: 85%;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

A.toplinks:link, A.toplinks:visited
{
font:arial;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration:line-through;
}
A.toplinks:hover
{
text-decoration: underline;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

A.toplinks:active
{
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

Then in my skin html I have this line:

Home    News

[LOGIN]

[SEARCH]

So as I understand the code:
I created the toplinks class
I created how I want the links to look that fall in that class
Then in the htm I am assigning a table cell to that class

What am I doing wrong?
Thank you so much,
Jeremy Palmer

how do I post html code without it converting it?

 Hello,

I still haven't worked out how to successfully post HTML code in this forum, the latest version just seems to strip everything out no matter what the settings are.
You can email me the skin files if you wish and I will have a quick look,

Thanks,

Hello,

You can reply to the email that comes from the forum ;-)

Lol I keep thinking I will figure this out.  I am sending you my files now. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. Probaly somthing really easy...lol

I have not done web work in 8 years....taking me a while to get back into it.

Thanks again,
Jeremy Palmer

Hello,

Okay this is what you need to do:

in the table row where it states class="toplinks"

change this to: id="toplinks"

Then in your CSS enter:

#toplinks
{
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
#toplinks a:link, #toplinks a:visited
{
    font:arial;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration:line-through;
}

#toplinks a:hover
{
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

#toplinks a:active
{
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

 This will style all the links in the table row,

Thanks,

Yes you are on the right lines, I haven't done this myself but it should be fairly easy to setup.

Have a look at page 60 of the skinning documentation and it outlines the properties for the visibility token, it looks as though the default setting names are min.gif and max.gif,  if you add the images you wish to use within your skin file and name them min.gif and max.gif this may work.

For help with the XML documents and how it works check out the skinning tutorials from Issue no 5 & 6

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

Thanks I am testing it out now. I will post back once I have a solution or if I run into to much trouble. My main question is do I include the gifs in the container file or skin file...and lol I have page 60 of the skinning documentation sitting open on the floor next to me.
Just not to sure on implementation...

I will post back in a few min with what I figure out

Yeah that is what I thought. I tried the container folder and the skin folder both. no luck so far. Here is the code in my xml:





Here is the ascx code without the appropriate open and close tags so it will display:
At the top I have this line:

Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="VISIBILITY" Src="~/Admin/Containers/Visibility.ascx"

Then at the proper location I have this line:

dnn:VISIBILITY runat="server" id="dnnVISIBILITY"

The skin works fine but displays the default little + and - sign.
Now I am not sure what to try. Any ideas?
Is there anything special I have to do in the ascx doc to make sure it pulls the xml document?

I notice that when I upload my container it shows this:

# Loaded package level attribute file: Container.xml
# Loading skin object for token ACTIONBUTTON: Admin/Containers/ActionButton.ascx
# Loading skin object for token ACTIONS: Admin/Containers/SolPartActions.ascx
# Loading skin object for token BANNER: Admin/Skins/Banner.ascx
# Loading skin object for token BREADCRUMB: Admin/Skins/BreadCrumb.ascx
# Loading skin object for token COPYRIGHT: Admin/Skins/Copyright.ascx
# Loading skin object for token CURRENTDATE: Admin/Skins/CurrentDate.ascx
# Loading skin object for token DNN360MENU: DesktopModules/CISS.TransMenu/TransMenu.ascx
# Loading skin object for token DOTNETNUKE: Admin/Skins/DotNetNuke.ascx
# Loading skin object for token DROPDOWNACTIONS: Admin/Containers/DropDownActions.ascx
# Loading skin object for token HELP: Admin/Skins/Help.ascx
# Loading skin object for token HOSTNAME: Admin/Skins/HostName.ascx
# Loading skin object for token ICON: Admin/Containers/Icon.ascx
# Loading skin object for token LANGUAGE: Admin/Skins/Language.ascx
# Loading skin object for token LINKACTIONS: Admin/Containers/LinkActions.ascx
# Loading skin object for token LINKS: Admin/Skins/Links.ascx
# Loading skin object for token LOGIN: Admin/Skins/Login.ascx
# Loading skin object for token LOGO: Admin/Skins/Logo.ascx
# Loading skin object for token MENU: Admin/Skins/SolPartMenu.ascx
# Loading skin object for token NAV: Admin/Skins/Nav.ascx
# Loading skin object for token PRINTMODULE: Admin/Containers/PrintModule.ascx
# Loading skin object for token PRIVACY: Admin/Skins/Privacy.ascx
# Loading skin object for token SEARCH: Admin/Skins/Search.ascx
# Loading skin object for token SIGNIN: Admin/Security/Signin.ascx
# Loading skin object for token SOLPARTACTIONS: Admin/Containers/SolPartActions.ascx
# Loading skin object for token SOLPARTMENU: Admin/Skins/SolPartMenu.ascx
# Loading skin object for token TERMS: Admin/Skins/Terms.ascx
# Loading skin object for token TITLE: Admin/Containers/Title.ascx
# Loading skin object for token TREEVIEW: Admin/Skins/TreeViewMenu.ascx
# Loading skin object for token USER: Admin/Skins/User.ascx
# Loading skin object for token VISIBILITY: Admin/Containers/Visibility.ascx

That is alot more tokens than I am referanceing in my container is that normal for it to load all of them even if I don't use them all?

Does this line:
# Loaded package level attribute file: Container.xml
mean that it is infact loading my xml doc.

not sure where to go from here.

You need to check out those skinning tutorials I referred you to earlier as they explain how the XML file works.  You are confusing two different methods of creating a skin:

1) skin.htm file + skin.xml are used together and when uploaded DNN creates a skin.ascx file
2) skin.ascx file - this contains all the code and does not use the skin.xml file

If you are editing the live site you need to edit the skin.ascx file, if you edit the skin.xml file it will not make a difference unless you reparse the skin.

in the .ascx file try:

dnn:VISIBILITY runat="server" id="dnnVISIBILITY" MinIcon="min.gif" MaxIcon="max.gif"

Lee you are a genius that is exactly what I was doing wrong. Works like a charm now. Thank you very much for all your help.

In summary if you want to change out the token for visibility all you have to do is in the ascx file put this line:
dnn:VISIBILITY runat="server" id="dnnVISIBILITY" MinIcon="min.gif" MaxIcon="max.gif"
wow how can such a simple solution take up most of my afternoon..lol

Thanks again,
Jeremy Palmer