Big thanks... this works great!

The control panel should be automatically added to your page once you log in as admin or host .. but you probably dont have a login button, so add this to your skin.ascx file (top or bottom):

<dnn:USER runat="server" id="dnnUSER" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<dnn:LOGIN runat="server" id="dnnLOGIN" />

If you still dont get a control panel after logging in, add this to the top of your skin.ascx file:

<div id="ControlPanel" runat="server" />

JK.

Thank you guys!

Here's the final solution in case anyone wants to replicate this.

1. Create a Blank.ascx file with the following content:

<%@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/Skins/skin.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="USER" Src="~/Admin/Skins/User.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Login.ascx" %>
<div id="ControlPanel" runat="server" />
<div id="ContentPane" runat="server" />
<dnn:USER runat="server" id="dnnUSER" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<dnn:LOGIN runat="server" id="dnnLOGIN" />

2.. On your DNN server, create a new folder:  /Portals/_default/Skins/blank/

3. FTP your blank.ascx file to this new folder.

The blank skin will show up in your skin choices under the host account.  You can use any container without the skin header. This allows you to create free-form pages which are not restriced to the look of your skin. You may want to do this if you want to i-frame your content in another portal. For example, you may have a page that gets updated and you want all the child portals (or other websites) to get your content as it is updated. They would create an I-Frame module and put your URL into the i-frame.

Thanks again for your help, everyone.

Tom

Tom Wood
CEO/Founder
MasteryTV.com