Search Skin Object Enhancement in DotNetNuke 4.9

If many of you are early adopters like me, you probably had your web sites upgraded to the latest version of DotNetNuke. In this version, there’s a minor change in the [SEARCH] token that hasn’t been documented anywhere. I thought I would share a new attribute just in case for non-developers can understand.

When designing your DotNetNuke web skin using HTML approach, if you wish to use the dropdown list, make sure to use this:

If you know a bit about ASCX skinning, you can embed this code within your search skin object to make it work:

UseDropDownList=”True”

When you want to disable the “Site” or “Web” search, either removing UseDropDownList or set it to “False” will allow the attributes “ShowWeb” and “ShowSite” to function properly.