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DNN Containers

This might be a general question, but I can't seem to figure it out. What are containers in DNN? Skins are essentially a layout plus a colour scheme for the whole portal. So are containers the skin for desktopmodules?

Sorry if this question is novice. I am not confident in DNN yet, and am reading the doco. However i need this answer quite quickly.

Cheers.

Solution

  • Containers allow you to add style and markup to any module independently of the page skin or the particular module.

    The layout goes like this:

    1. Default.aspx
    2. Skin (.ascx control, either the Portal default or selected on the given tab) - this has panels on it
    3. Container (.ascx control, this can allow you position some edit buttons and have a configurable wrapper around any module)
    4. Module (.ascx control, usually coming from /DesktopModules)

    I hope this helps, -Eric