Beginning DotNetNuke Skinning and Design
Published on 1. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-470-10963-2 (ISBN)
Description
Beginning DotNetNuke Skinning and Design
The skinning engine of DotNetNuke has strengthened over the last several years, making it a highly successful way to customize the look, feel, and user experience of a web site. Featuring a Foreword by DotNetNuke creator Shaun Walker, this book takes you through the process of designing a custom skin for a DotNetNuke site and shows you how to apply web design features to that site.
Author Andrew Hay discusses the necessary steps for streamlining the interaction between client and end-user, as well as designer and developer. To that end, he has divided the book into three sections: the first section addresses basic terminology used in DotNetNuke skinning. The second section shows you how to apply the skills you've acquired to a specific site. The final section explores new technologies and specialty areas of DotNetNuke, ASP.NET, and web site development.
No matter your amount of experience in web site development and regardless of platform, by the end of this book you will be well versed in the installation, configuration, and customization of a DotNetNuke web site.
What you will learn from this book
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How to find, modify, and apply existing skins
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Tips for working towards a DotNetNuke solution that successfully passes an HTML validation test
*
Ways to install a third party menu component
*
How to add personalization, AJAX, Silverlight, and sIFR technologies to extend your site
*
Ways to maximize the potential of web user controls in your site
Who this book is for
This book is for web developers who are interested in customizing the look and feel of a DotNetNuke web site.
Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.
The skinning engine of DotNetNuke has strengthened over the last several years, making it a highly successful way to customize the look, feel, and user experience of a web site. Featuring a Foreword by DotNetNuke creator Shaun Walker, this book takes you through the process of designing a custom skin for a DotNetNuke site and shows you how to apply web design features to that site.
Author Andrew Hay discusses the necessary steps for streamlining the interaction between client and end-user, as well as designer and developer. To that end, he has divided the book into three sections: the first section addresses basic terminology used in DotNetNuke skinning. The second section shows you how to apply the skills you've acquired to a specific site. The final section explores new technologies and specialty areas of DotNetNuke, ASP.NET, and web site development.
No matter your amount of experience in web site development and regardless of platform, by the end of this book you will be well versed in the installation, configuration, and customization of a DotNetNuke web site.
What you will learn from this book
*
How to find, modify, and apply existing skins
*
Tips for working towards a DotNetNuke solution that successfully passes an HTML validation test
*
Ways to install a third party menu component
*
How to add personalization, AJAX, Silverlight, and sIFR technologies to extend your site
*
Ways to maximize the potential of web user controls in your site
Who this book is for
This book is for web developers who are interested in customizing the look and feel of a DotNetNuke web site.
Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Thickness: 2 cm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-10963-2 (9780470109632)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Andrew Hay is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and the Director of Software Development at Pop Art, Inc. After graduating in 1995 with a B.S. from North Central College in Naperville, IL, he started his career at Peoples Energy in Chicago. Here, he wrote and maintained Assembly language code for an IBM OS/360 Mainframe computer. Some of these programs exceeded Andrew's age. In the late 1990s, he was lured into the web development world with everyone else and joined The Information Management Group, Inc., also located in Chicago. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and winner of the Certified Technical Education Center of the Year award, this company was prime spot to witness the first release of the Microsoft.Net Framework. In late 2002, Andrew and his wife Kari moved to Portland, OR where he joined Pop Art, Inc. His current interests include standards-based web development, ASP.Net AJAX, and making the next batch of homebrew beer with his friends.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Getting Acquainted.
Chapter 1: Introducing DotNetNuke Skinning.
Chapter 2: Installing DotNetNuke.
Chapter 3: Installing Skin Packages.
Chapter 4: Exploring Skins.
Chapter 5: Creating Custom Skins.
Part II: Welcome to the Neighborhood.
Chapter 6: The Neighborhood Association Website.
Chapter 7: Skinning the Neighborhood Association Website.
Chapter 8: Designing the Navigation.
Chapter 9: Leveraging Web User Controls.
Part III: Increasing the Property Value.
Chapter 10: Exploring Silverlight.
Chapter 11: Using Cascading Style Sheets.
Chapter 12: Web Standards and Compliance.
Chapter 13: Targeting Modules with CSS.
Chapter 14: Exploring AJAX in DotNetNuke.
Chapter 15: Using sIFR with DotNetNuke.
Appendix A: Exercises and Solutions.
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms.
Index.
Part I: Getting Acquainted.
Chapter 1: Introducing DotNetNuke Skinning.
Chapter 2: Installing DotNetNuke.
Chapter 3: Installing Skin Packages.
Chapter 4: Exploring Skins.
Chapter 5: Creating Custom Skins.
Part II: Welcome to the Neighborhood.
Chapter 6: The Neighborhood Association Website.
Chapter 7: Skinning the Neighborhood Association Website.
Chapter 8: Designing the Navigation.
Chapter 9: Leveraging Web User Controls.
Part III: Increasing the Property Value.
Chapter 10: Exploring Silverlight.
Chapter 11: Using Cascading Style Sheets.
Chapter 12: Web Standards and Compliance.
Chapter 13: Targeting Modules with CSS.
Chapter 14: Exploring AJAX in DotNetNuke.
Chapter 15: Using sIFR with DotNetNuke.
Appendix A: Exercises and Solutions.
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms.
Index.