Changes for page Skins

Last modified by Thomas Mortagne on 2023/10/10

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From version < 29.5 >
edited by Manuel Smeria
on 2012/12/17
To version < 29.7 >
edited by Sorin Burjan
on 2013/01/16
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Change comment: removed Toucan refference

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1 -XWiki.ManuelSmeria
1 +XWiki.Sorin
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17 17  An XWiki Enterprise instance contains several skins by default, such as:
18 18  
19 19  * The [[Colibri skin>>extensions:Extension.Colibri Skin]]
20 -* The [[Toucan skin>>extensions:Extension.Toucan Skin]]
20 +* The [[Toucan skin (deprecated and removed starting with 4.4-rc1)>>extensions:Extension.Toucan Skin]]
21 21  
22 22  The [[full list of XWiki skins>>Features.Skins]] that are included in your XWiki Enterprise instance can be found on the server filesystem, inside the ##webapps/xwiki/skins## folder.
23 23  
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38 38  
39 39  === How to preview a Skin applied on a page ===
40 40  
41 -To check how a page looks when changing the skin, you can add a parameter named skin to the page URL. For example, to preview the wiki main page with the Toucan skin, use the following URL: http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome/?skin=toucan. If you want to preview the page using a skin document named MySpace.MySkinDoc, use the following URL: http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome/?skin=MySpace.MySkinDoc.
41 +To check how a page looks when changing the skin, you can add a parameter named skin to the page URL. For example, to preview the wiki main page with your newly created skin, use the following URL: http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome/?skin=toucan. If you want to preview the page using a skin document named MySpace.MySkinDoc, use the following URL: http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome/?skin=MySpace.MySkinDoc.
42 42  
43 43  === Changing the Skin at instance level ===
44 44  
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45 45  Each XWiki Enterprise instance contains a //skin document// that stores the skin for the instance. In order to find out which document is used to store the current skin, the user has to follow these steps:
46 46  
47 47  * Hover over "Wiki" and click on "Administer Wiki"
48 -* Click on the **Presentation** link
49 -(((
48 +* Click on the **Presentation** link(((
50 50  {{image reference="skin1.png"/}}
51 51  )))
52 -* Click on the **Customize** button from the skin section
53 -(((
51 +* Click on the **Customize** button from the skin section(((
54 54  [[image:skin2.png||style="border:1px solid silver; width:650px"]]
55 55  )))
56 -* Edit the page in Object mode
57 -(((
54 +* Edit the page in Objects mode(((
58 58  [[image:skin3||style="border:1px solid silver; width:650px"]]
59 59  )))
60 60  * You have multiple text areas where you can override the default behavior of your skin. Make your desired modifications.
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63 63  
64 64  === Changing the Skin at space level ===
65 65  
66 -A XWiki space can have its own skin. For example, if you want to set the Toucan skin for the Main space you should follow these steps:
63 +A XWiki space can have its own skin. For example, if you want to set the your skin for the Main space you should follow these steps:
67 67  
68 68  * Go to any page inside the Main space
69 69  * From the top Space menu, click "Administer Space" to open the administration interface for the Main space
70 -* Click on the **Presentation** link
71 -(((
67 +* Click on the **Presentation** link(((
72 72  {{image reference="skin5.png"/}}
73 73  )))
74 -* Write "toucan" in the **Skin** field. (if you have defined another skin, you should fill in the directory name which contains the skin)
75 -(((
70 +* If you have defined another skin, you should fill in the directory name which contains the skin.(((
76 76  {{info}}
77 77  The names of the skins are case-sensitive.
78 78  {{/info}}
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82 82  
83 83  === Changing the Skin for a user ===
84 84  
85 -If you want to use the Toucan skin for a specific user follow these steps:
80 +If you want to use your skin for a specific user follow these steps:
86 86  
87 87  * Go to the user's profile page
88 88  * Edit the page in Objects mode
89 -* Set the value of the "skin" property (under //Objects of type XWiki.XWikiUsers//) to toucan (you must use lowercase letters)
90 -(((
84 +* Set the value of the "skin" property (under //Objects of type XWiki.XWikiUsers//) to you custom skin (you must use lowercase letters)(((
91 91  [[image:skin6.png||style="border:1px solid silver; width:650px"]]
92 92  )))
93 93  * Click on **Save and View**
94 -* Now all the pages inside the wiki will use the toucan skin for that user
88 +* Now all the pages inside the wiki will use your new skin for that user
95 95  
96 96  = More about XWiki Skins =
97 97  

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