I'm using DotNetNuke 4.9.0 with the DNN-Blue -- Vertical Menu -- Fixed Width skin and the MinimalExtropy - Title_Blue container.

The vertical menu appears with a different container, DNN-Blue -- Image Header -- Color Background!


I'd like to make that container be the same as the other containers.  Any idea how to do that?

OK, I answered my own question. There is no "container" for the TreeView skin object. Instead I have to apply styles in skin.css.

My next questions refer to "attributes" of the skin object. I know that I can add them in the .ascx file for the skin. But, if I want to use a .htm version of the skin, do I place these attributes in the skin.xml file?

yes thats correct all skin attributes for the tokens are placed in the skin.xml file. - If you need starting points, any of the free skins on here will help as they all use skin.htm and skin.xml

The DNN skinning docs pdf outlines all of the properties available for the skin.xml file as well,

I tried to set some attribute for the TREEVIEW menu, and ran into some difficulties. I reverted back to my practice of working with the ascx version of the skin file rather than the html version. That means putting the attributes into the tags that reference the controls, rather than putting them into the xml file.

I was doing this because I wanted to use the html skin to help a friend, and he's much more aware of html than writing asp code.

If you already know the attribute for the ascx version, cant you translate this into the settings in the XML file?

Look at the DNN Blue skin and you should get an example that you can compare it to

Yes, I *should* be able to do that. I did something wrong, and I didn't have the patience to continue.

And, I was actually working with the DNN-Blue skin. I guess that I should give it another go ...