Category: Skinning

Working on some new skins recently (using this super slick toolset from Artisteer) I started wondering why it's so damn hard to make a DNN site look good – I mean really good. One of the things I noticed about some solutions that compete with DNN (Wordpress, Joomla, etc) is that they seem to have t...

Creating skins for DotNetNuke is a real pain in the ass.  Modifying someone else’s skins is a pain in some other parts – mostly the brain.  The skinning engine for DNN is a powerful one and while a talented designer/programmer can create some pretty amazing and flexible designs, the troubl...

A big topic of discussion around some of the DNN forums lately has centered on the DNN registration process and how much it sucks.  A few vendors offer solutions to a core registration form that’s so ugly only a developer could love [or use] it. Dynamic Registration from DataSprings is one, mo...