Hello,

First, thank you for answering this question.

In which video does it explain how to upload the skin.css file?  In tutorials 5 and 6 it just says to upload the skin.css.  I am using dnn 4.5.3 and I am having trouble navigating to the proper folder where I think skin.css lives.

Thank you,
Michael

You upload and install skins pretty much like you upload and install modules, using functionality that is part of DotNetNuke.

Under the Host menu look for the Skins submenu.  You will find "Upload Skin" and "Upload Container" links at the bottom of the page, and also in the dropdown next to "Skins" at the top left.

On the Install Skin Package page, you browse and select the ZIP file that contains the skin.  Then click "Install Skin Package".  Assuming that your skin has been packaged into the zip file correctly, that's all.  Any containers that are part of the skin package will be installed, so you needn't do that separately.

There are a lot of good tutorials at DNN Creative Magazine.  Look at all of those for beginners.  In particular, look at How to Install a Skin and Container in DotNetNuke.

First thank you for responding.

My question is not about how to install a skin.  I have already done that and that was clearly explained in the tutorials.  My question is about how to upload a modified skin.css file.  After adding a Html/Text module to a page I then want to edit the text.  I would prefer not to use tables for well known reasons.  I want to style my text using the style dropdown.  My understanding is that in order for this to happen, I must first edit the skin.css file (the one that came with the skin that I purchased) locally and then upload it somehow.  After properly uploading it, the style dropdown will be populated with my custom css rules that I added to the skin.css file.  So my question is, how do I upload the modified skin.css file?

Thank you again,
Michael

OK ...

• Take your existing skin ZIP file and rename skin.css to skin.css.old. 
  
• Then, add your modified skin.css file to the zip file.
  
• THen, install the modified skin
  

This will install the modified skin package over the existing one.  And, you'll have saved a copy of the original skin.css in case you ever want to restore it.

I presume that you have viewed these modules:

• Styling and formatting in the Text / HTML module (skinning)
• Styling and formatting (part 2) – Text / HTML module and FCKEditor (skinning)

If you haven't, I recommend that you do.  And, you should be aware that FCKEditor is now the default editor.  If you are using the latest version of DotNetNuke, you don't have to worry about installing it.

Your answer helped. Thank you very much for answering so quickly.