Proof of concept: Dnn and Css grid working together!

• Geoff Barlow
• 31/01/2018
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• Css and Html

Over the past week I thought I’d play about with Css Grid (a new Css layout system). When I started to use Css Grid I started to think of ways the Css Grid would work well with Dnn and I came up with an idea.

This idea not only solves a problem for the Theme creator but also allows the user of the theme to create the layout they want and not what the theme allows them to do!

The new Dnn9 Administration User Experience

• Geoff Barlow
• 03/11/2016
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Dnn 9 is coming and it has a new ‘Administration User Experience’ that will speed up the way you work with the Dnn CMS. In Dnn9 our much loved CMS has become more organized with the introduction of the Persona bar and ALLOT faster making admin tasks like when you first set up an instance a pleasure to do.

Intro to the DnnMDesign theme for Dnn using Bootstrap 3

• Geoff Barlow
• 12/05/2016
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To follow up the FREE DnnBootster theme I decided to take it 1 step further with the new FREE, Open Source theme ‘DnnMDesign’.

So what is different with the DnnMDesign theme I hear you ask, well the DnnMDesign theme uses Bootstrap v3.3.6 just like the DnnBootster them but this time I have added an extra css framework so that you have the look and feel of ‘Material Design’.

Using SVG files in a Dnn text/html module

• Geoff Barlow
• 18/04/2016
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SVG stands for ‘Scalable Vector Graphics’ and is a XML based vector image format. Image formats like Jpeg, Gif and Ping are raster format.

The SVG format is infinitely scalable without losing any image quality. This means that it doesn’t matter what size you display the SVG, it will always be of high quality unlike the raster format which will become pixelated if you up size it.

Placing social buttons in the DnnBootster theme

• Geoff Barlow
• 14/04/2016
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On every skin layout of the DnnBootster theme (apart from the home page skin layout), in the header there is a Dnn pane called ‘SocialPane’. This is where you can place all of your social buttons like FaceBook, Twitter & Google+ etc.

Changing & creating DnnBootster color schemes

• Geoff Barlow
• 07/04/2016
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Out-of-the-box the DnnBootster skin comes with 18 color schemes and we’ve created the skin so that you can change the color schemes easily and even to create your own. Find out how….

Intro to the DnnBootster Skin for Dnn using Bootstrap 3

• Geoff Barlow
• 07/04/2016
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A couple of weeks ago I had a bit of time on my hands so I decided to create a new open source skin for the Dnn community. The first thing I did was to ask, via social channels what framework people would like to see the skin using. It was obvious from the reactions I received that the community wanted another Bootstrap skin so I began to create the new skin for the community with Bootstrap and the outcome was the DnnBootster skin!