skins

Questions on ASP.NET themes?

1) If I create a theme and a skin file and a css file to go with that theme, does the skinfile automatically pickup the css file I created? What happens if you have multiple css files under a theme? 2) Do css files in themes override global css files? I created a global one and the theme that had a css file did not change the backgr...

Using skins without embeding in css doc and swf in flex

The issue I am having is creating an application with nearly every component skinned using CSS. The majority of the components are skinned using: Embed(source="file.png"); method. The problem I am running into, is flex trying to compile all of the embedded assets into the final swf. As it stands now, my compiled swf stands around 16mb!@@...

how to create themes and skin in asp.net mvc?

Anyone point me to any article that describes how to use themes and skins in an asp.net mvc application? ...

How can I extract all default skins / styles / icons etc. from my Flex app?

I'm developing a Flex application. Since I'm not a very talented graphical designer, I leave all stylings etc. at their defaults. Once I finish the app, I would like to give it to a graphical designer, together with all the fonts, icons, styles etc. that Flex has put into my app, so she can swap them out and make my app pretty and theme ...

Whats happening when switching themes in Sugar CRM or similar kind of application

Can anyone tell me what's happening when i click on a different color / Them icon in sugar CRM or new ORKUT. I am trying to develop a similar kind of application(in ASP.NET) where i need to switch to different themes. I dont want to use the ASP.NET SKINS.It seems that there is no page post backs happening when we change the skins in suga...

Which C++ cross platform GUI framework has good skinning ability?

What is a cross-platform C++ GUI framework that has good skinning ability? So I could (and give the users) the ability to customise the GUI. ...

What is best practice on ASP.NET MVC projects and extensionable/skinned systems?

Hi! I've been wondering about best practices on creating a project in MVC, and let others create extension/modules/plugins and skins/themes etc, for it. For example WordPress is great at this. Just upload a file or folder. Or even browse the plugins directly from your WP administration and install by a simple click. Does anybody here...

Applying skins through actionscript

Hi, I have a problem in applying the styles for scroll bar skins through actionscript. In css we specify as thumbOverSkin: Embed(source="assets/thumb_over.png",scaleGridLeft="4",scaleGridTop="4", scaleGridRight="5", scaleGridBottom="5"); In actionscript we specify as setStyle("thumbOverSkin", someImageClass); How can we specify sca...

LinkButton has default theme defined - although different skindIDs are given

Hi, I have a datagrid and an itemtemplate in it. I want to assign a skindID to the item template, but I get the following error: Type System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton already has a default theme defined. Here is the datagrid: <asp:DataGrid ID="grdPage" runat="server" AlternatingItemStyle-CssClass="row2" Aut...

How to add a skin engine to asp.net MVC system

I'm implementing a solution in ASP.NET MVC that later can be applied to couple of other fields. To do so it will require to re-brand the UI even though the underlying business logic wont need to change. I'd like to write the code in such a way that will allow other developers to only develop code that will only changes the UI. This is si...

DotNetNuke Skinning.

Hi there, I was reading this tutorial from the DNN website http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Blogs/tabid/825/EntryId/2675/DotNetNuke-Skinning-101-Part-2.aspx I found the tutorial to be very useful, however there was an issue when I tried to apply the CSS style. For example after adding the content pane in the initial index.html I have...

How to disable default skin for a particular control?

Is it possible to have a control which does not use the default skin that is specified in a .skin file? I have a control for which I do not want a default skin applied to. ...

DNN Error when loading a specific skin (GeneralContentPage)

I get this error when I load a page that uses a specific skin (GeneralContentPage). I have deleted the ascx page and parsed the skins again but still have the same error. Would appreciate any input! An error has occurred. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: input ---> System.ArgumentN...