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Can I just modify the DNN6.0 Dark Knight skin without worrying about changes being overwritten by future upgrades or should I copy and create a new skin to modify? im getting these errors...
This is a Legacy Skin and
An error has occurred. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Couldn't load menu style 'DNNStandard': System.Web.HttpException: 'DNNStandard/*menudef.xml' is not a valid virtual path. at System.Web.VirtualPath.Create(String virtualPath, VirtualPathOptions options) at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.MapPath(String path) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromManifest(String manifestUrl) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromName(String templateName, String manifestName) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuBase.Instantiate(String menuStyle) ---> System.ApplicationException: Couldn't load menu style 'DNNStandard': System.Web.HttpException: 'DNNStandard/*menudef.xml' is not a valid virtual path. at System.Web.VirtualPath.Create(String virtualPath, VirtualPathOptions options) at System.Web.HttpServerUtility.MapPath(String path) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromManifest(String manifestUrl) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine.TemplateDefinition.FromName(String templateName, String manifestName) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuBase.Instantiate(String menuStyle) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.MenuBase.Instantiate(String menuStyle) at DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.SkinObject.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
An upgrade won't overwrite the Skin.
It's a good idea to make copy of Original Dark Night skins, so if you do make any changes and it breaks something, that the application will fall back onto the original default skin so that page will run and not break.
There is some logic inside the app that will cascade up the stack until it finds a value that it can use.
I just copy the: /Portals/_Default/Skin/DarkNight/ directory for the Skin and /Portals/_Default/Container/DarkNight/ directory for the container and paste &rename them. Then I update the skin settings in the Site Settings and then there is always a fall back strategy for development.
Legacy skin error sounds like a problem with an old manifest file?
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