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ACME Theme System— Mega Menu + Drawer menus module for DNN

posted by DaoA - 05/26/2026
$65.00
$35.00

ACME Skin — Mega Menu Theme for DNN

A modern, SEO-optimized DotNetNuke theme designed to drop into any existing portal without reorganizing your content. ACME ships with a powerful mega menu, 40+ scaffold-able sample pages, and pane-level compatibility shims for the most popular legacy DNN themes — refresh the look of a long-running site in minutes, not weeks.

Highlights

  • SEO-first — semantic markup, server-rendered menu (no JavaScript gating for crawlers), preconnect / dns-prefetch hints, lazy-loaded reveal CSS.
  • Xcillion & Aperture pane compatibility — bundled xcillion-compat.ascx and aperture-compat.ascx layouts mirror the original pane structures (P1_75_1, P1_25_2, footer_25_1…4, etc.) and the ACME pane set in one superset. Apply once — existing modules stay exactly where they are.
  • DDR menu compatibility — AcmeMega ships as a CISS Navigation Suite DDR style. Upgrade an existing DDR-driven menu without touching tab structure. Full settings UI for menu mode, layout, brand, and 20 CSS color presets.
  • Mega menu — 4 styles × 20 CSS presets:
    • Mega / full-width / dropdown / simple-list modes
    • 20 color presets (Ember, Ocean, Forest, Gold, Slate, Pearl, Sage…) instantly swappable
    • Fixed-width or full-width container per item
    • Megamenu can host DNN module for flexible
    • Image-card categories (product, template, portfolio mega menus)
    • Centered-logo "ACMEV35" variant with optional logo scroll-zoom
  • Content Builder — one click generates 40+ sample pages (Templates, Designs, Menu Styles, Heroes, Footers, MegaForm samples…) with real content blocks. Edit in place, or use the Element Manager (hero, slider, gallery, tabs, events) for dynamic SQL/REST-bound content.
  • In-page Menu Builder — admin-only Edit-menu pill opens a drag-and-drop builder for labels, descriptions, links, thumbnails, utility bar (phone, hours, secondary nav), and on/off toggles. Saves live, no rebuild.
  • 16 AcmeXcillion containers bundled — Title_h2 variants, Boxed, NoTitle, etc.
  • 9 ready-made footer variants — Default, Enterprise, Healthcare, Financial, Map, Media-rich, Interactive SPA, Mega-SPA, Brutalist.

36 ready-to-edit templates — live previews

Each thumbnail links to the live page on dnndefender.com/acmecorp. All ship with the install and scaffold in one click via the Content Builder.

How to install

  1. Install CISS Navigation Suite first (upload CISS.SideMenu_xx.xx.xx_Install.zip via Host → Settings → Extensions → Install Extension). The ACME skin uses the CISS DDR menu engine; it must be present before the skin is registered.
  2. Install ACME Skin (upload ACMESKIN_Install.zip the same way). Brings the skin, the AcmeMega DDR style, AcmeXcillion containers, and Menu Builder bundle.
  3. Choose your starting layout in Persona Bar → Settings → Site Settings → Appearance:
    • AcmeSkin/default.ascx — fresh ACME design, ideal for new sites and demo builds
    • AcmeSkin/xcillion-compat.ascx — drop-in for portals running Xcillion (preserves all pane assignments)
    • AcmeSkin/aperture-compat.ascx — drop-in for portals running Aperture
  4. Edit individual pages — click the red "Edit menu" pill in the eyebrow as a host to open the in-page Menu Builder; build out the menu, utility bar, and footer with thumbnails and saved presets.
  5. Or scaffold a whole site — in the Menu Builder, click "Build demo site" to generate 40+ template / design / showcase pages in one pass. Each page can be assigned its own skin variant (e.g. corporate-light, saas-dark, restaurant-elegant) via Page Settings → Theme.

Requirements

  • DNN Platform 9.4.0 or higher (DNN 10.x fully supported)
  • SQL Server (Express or higher)
  • CISS Navigation Suite installed first

Live demo

https://dnndefender.com/acmecorp