Skinning Resources

Make sure you download the skinning documentation provided by DotNetNuke: DotNetNuke Documentation

Here is a regularly updated list of skinning resources provided by the DotNetNuke community: Skinning Resources

Tools

WYSIWYG Editor

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
A free WYSIWYG editor for creating skins. The programme creates XHTML compliant code and can highlight any invalid code to the W3C standards.

Color Selection tools

Free color scheme chooser tool provided by DNN Creative Magazine

Color Schemer
Software and site to share color schemes

Web Developers Toolbars

Useful functions to plug into your browser, essential tool for web design, they provide a variety of tools for quickly testing, troubleshooting and validating your skins.

FireFox web developers Toolbar

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

W3C Standards

Ensure your DotNetNuke skins are coded to a high standard, check your skin files against the W3C Validation tools.

DotNetNuke Tutorials from DNN Creative Magazine

Beginners Tutorials

Beginners Tutorials

Administrators Tutorials

Administrators Tutorials
DNN 4.3+ new features
Portals
SQL

Core Module Tutorials

Core Module Tutorials

Tutorials for Advanced Users

Tutorials for Advanced Users
- DotNetNuke Performance and Http Compression
- How to display Flash Games in DotNetNuke
- How to add the Snowcovered.com RSS feeds to your DotNetNuke portal
- Enabling RSS Auto-Discovery Aggregation
- Configuring DotNetNuke before installation
  (How to create a portal site template for the wizard)
- Using XMod with Active Forums to select Avatars
- Find and Replace SQL queries for DotNetNuke
  (To fix problems after transferring a localhost database to a live website and other useful functions)
- How to synchronize local and live DotNetNuke installations
- How to setup and use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Skinning Tutorials

Skinning Tutorials

Skins

Free Pure CSS Skins
- Simple Red Leaf

Module Development Tutorials

Module Development Tutorials
- How to improve a DotNetNuke module (The Blog module)

There are also further video tutorials in the module reviews section.

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We will regularly keep this toolkit updated with the latest resources and information, so please regularly check back to read the latest version.

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