TWikiSkins < TWiki

Skins are customized template files. You can use skins to change the look of a %WIKITOOLNAME% topic, for example the layout of the header and footer. Note that the renderd text between header and footer does __not__ change. You can use skins also to define an alternate view, i.e. a view optimized for printing.

A skin file is located in the =twiki/template= directory and has a name like =&lt;scriptname&gt;.&lt;skin&gt;.tmpl= or =&lt;scriptname&gt;.&lt;topicname&gt;.&lt;skin&gt;.tmpl=. For example, the =print= skin for the =view= template is =view<font color="red">.print</font>.tmpl= (red color added for clarification).

A skin can be activated in two ways:
	* Define the SKIN preference variable in TWiki.TWikiPreferences, one of the WebPreferences, or a user preference. I.e. 
		* <nop>Set SKIN = wikiwiki <br> *Note:* Who has time to create the classic =wikiwiki= skin?
	* Add =?skin=name= to the URL, i.e. for this topic:
		* %SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?skin=print (for the print view skin)
		* %SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?skin=plain (for the plain view skin that has no header and footer)

The =?skin=name= URL parameter overrides the SKIN preference value.

-- Main.PeterThoeny - 20 Jan 2001 <br>

This topic: TWiki > TWikiSkins
Topic revision: r1 - 2001-01-20 - PeterThoeny

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