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DNN 7 Skins Responsive?

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Kim Bracknell

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5/1/2020 12:57 AM

Hi there,

I have recently signed up with a hosting provider and they have DNN 7 available.

I cannot upgrade to a later version and I am limited to SITE only activities.

As a result I cannot add Extensions such as Skins.

They will not allow me access to HOST or add extensions themselves.

Q: Of the default Skins such as Gravity, Aphelia, DarkNightMobile, etc are any set up to be responsive?

Q: Is it possible to add a Skin manually instead of via INSTALL?

Many thanks,

Kim.

Timo Breumelhof.

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5/1/2020 8:47 AM

Well, DNN 7 misses a lot of secuirty fixes so that's a bit weird.
You can only install skins if you have ftp acces or Host access. (for security reasons, when you can upload a skin, you can ultimately alter anything on the website becasue a skin can contain server side code)
IMHO a company offering DNN7 without upgrade path is not a good company to host your site with.

Timo Breumelhof.

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5/1/2020 8:48 AM

I think gravity should be responsive, but I never used it so not 100% sure

Francisco Pérez Andrés

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5/2/2020 7:34 AM

Posted By Timo Breumelhof on 01 May 2020 08:47 AM
Well, DNN 7 misses a lot of secuirty fixes so that's a bit weird.
You can only install skins if you have ftp acces or Host access. (for security reasons, when you can upload a skin, you can ultimately alter anything on the website becasue a skin can contain server side code)
IMHO a company offering DNN7 without upgrade path is not a good company to host your site with.

I'm with Timo. DNN 7 was released more than 5-7 years ago, it's so obsolete that you may have a lot of security issues, not to mention the huge amount of technological improvement that you're going to miss. I encourage you to find a provider that can give you last versions of software support ;-)

Regards,
Francisco

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