starter-theme-object is a Theme Object starter project for DNN Platform (formerly known as DotNetNuke) made by and for the DNN Community.
Clone this repo into a clean directory of your choice.
git clone https://github.com/DNNCommunity/starter-theme-object.git .Use dnn-cli, which is available as an npm package. dnn-cli it can be installed via yarn or npm.
...via yarn:
yarn global add @dnncommunity/dnn-cli...via npm:
npm install -g @dnncommunity/dnn-cliOnce dnn-cli is installed, this starter project can be installed into an empty directory of your choice.
cd <directory path>
dnn theme-object- Install DNN in a
.\Websitefolder (root of directory in which this project is cloned) - Open solution file in Visual Studio 2019 (Run as Adminstrator...)
- Build in
DebugorReleasemode
By default this will compile the project and deploy it to the .\Website folder.
- DLL and PDB files will be deployed to
.\Website\bin - All other relevant files will be deployed to
.\Website\DesktopModules\ThemeObjects\starter-theme-object
By default this will create a theme object install package and place in .\Website\Install\Skin so it will be in Available Extensions within DNN (SETTINGS > Extensions > Available Extensions).
To implement the theme object within a theme, the following two items are required.
- Register the theme object at the top of the desired ASCX file within the theme.
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="my_theme_object" Src="~/DesktopModules/ThemeObjects/starter-theme-object/my_theme_object.ascx" %>- Utilize the following theme object code within the same ASCX file for which the above was registered.
<dnn:my_theme_object id="myThemeObject1" runat="server" />Pull requests are welcome. Please open an issue first to document the bug or enhancement details.