Converting a 3 section skin to a 5 content section skin

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1/21/2012 7:00:23 AM
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Converting a 3 section skin to a 5 content section skin

 

Thank you for your great Mojo project

Using: Mojoportal 2.3.6.7 MSSQL, I am trying to turn the "styleshout-citrusisland" skin to a 5 content section skin. Based on previous instructions I made following changes to the Layout.Master

<div id="wrapheader">
          <portal:SiteTitle id="SiteTitle" runat="server"></portal:SiteTitle>
          <portal:SkipLink id="SkipLink1" runat="server" />
</div>

<div id="siteNav">
          <portal:sitemenu id="SiteMenu1" runat="server" usetreeview="false" usespaninlinks="true"
            hidemenuonsitemap="false" direction="Horizontal" toplevelonly="false" dynamicdisplaylevels="2"></portal:sitemenu>
</div>

<asp:Panel ID="divAlt1" runat="server" CssClass="altcontent1">

        <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="altContent1" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</asp:Panel>

<div id="wrapcenter">

      //REMAINED UNCHANGED

<.div>

<asp:Panel id="divRight" runat="server" visible="True" cssclass="rightside" SkinID="pnlPlain">

             <asp:contentplaceholder ID="rightContent" runat="server"></asp:contentplaceholder>
</asp:Panel>

Here are two problems:

1- Mojoportal does not recognize new added panels and do not show me top and bottom panels, in page edit mode.

2- After rendering it wrongly sets the top menu into the the "Wrapheader" and this caused displacement as shown in the following sectionL

<div id="wrapheader">
       <h1 class='art-Logo-name art-logo-name siteheading '><a class='siteheading'            href='http://pegahsoft.com/Default.aspx'>Pegahsoft</a></h1>
         <a href='#startcontent' class='skiplink'>Skip over navigation</a>

         <div class="AspNet-Menu-Horizontal" id="ctl00_SiteMenu1_ctl00">

             .......................................

 

I examined "ramblingsoul-5contentpanes" and it works correctly. Maybe I am missing something. (the website is: www.pegahsoft.com)

Thank you 

 

By the way, how can we reuse an existing mojoportal skin in Artisteer?

1/22/2012 7:43:46 AM
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Re: Converting a 3 section skin to a 5 content section skin

Hi,

I would check the mojoPortal log for clues under Adminsitration > System log

If there is any mistake in your layout.master file that prevents it form loading it will load an alternate faillsafe master page to prevent from crashing the page and it will log an error. My guess is that is what is happening and the failsafe master page is not the same as yours so it doesn't have the addiitonal panels and some things are in different places.

You cannot use existing skins in Artisteer. Artisteer is a design tool, it doesn't know anything about mojoPortal or mojoPortal skins, especially ones that were not created in Artisteer to begin with. For the skins we ship that were created in Artisteer we also ship the .artx file in our ArtisteerFiles.zip download so you can open those in Artisteer and modify the design and re-export the css.

Hope that helps,

Joe

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