TWikiSkins < TWiki

---## TWiki Skins

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.

-- PeterThoeny - 16 Mar 2001 <br>

This topic: TWiki > TWikiSkins
Topic revision: r2 - 16 Mar 2001 - 05:59:35 - PeterThoeny

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