Instead of "requiring people to create new pages" you can bundle pages with a skin.
They come in a folder inside of the skin, but once edited are part of the standard page repository. This also allows you to ship documentation pages, etc. -Michael Paulukonis http://www.xradiograph.com <http://goog_2112721603>Interference Patterns (a blog)<http://www.xradiograph.com%5Cinterference> @XraysMonaLisa <https://twitter.com/XraysMonaLisa> http://michaelpaulukonis.com <http://www.BestAndroidResources.com> Sent from somewhere in the Cloud (hearthrug, by the fender) On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Ian MacGregor <ardchoill...@me.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply! Yes, I enjoy designing skins but reserve this method > for my personal use as posting these types of skins on PmWiki.org would > require people to create new pages. > > I searched for MouseSkin on pmwiki.org but couldn't find it. Was a page > for this skin never created? > > Regards, > Rev. Ian MacGregor > http://www.ianmacgregor.net > > > On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Tamara Temple <tamouse.li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> On Oct 18, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Ian MacGregor <ardchoill...@me.com> wrote: > >> > >> I am not always able to access my server via SFTP or a shell so I > thought it would be easier for me to manage things as much as possible from > the wiki. So, I have implemented my skin template as follows: > >> > >> <body> > >> <div id="wrapper"> > >> <div id="header"> > >> <!--PageHeaderFmt--> > >> <!--wiki:Site.WebsiteHeader--> > >> <!--/PageHeaderFmt--> > >> </div> > >> <div id="sitenav"> > >> <!--wiki:Site.SiteNavBar--> > >> </div> > >> <div id="content"> > >> <div id="pageactions"> > >> <!--PageActionFmt--> > >> <!--wiki:Site.PageActions--> > >> </div> > >> <!--PageTitleFmt--> > >> <h2>{$Title}</h2> > >> <!--PageText--> > >> </div> > >> </div> > >> <div id="footer"> > >> <!--PageFooterFmt--> > >> <!--wiki:Site.WebsiteFooter--> > >> </div> > >> <!--HTMLFooter--> > >> </body> > >> > >> Is there anything wrong with this as long as I have the correct pages > called from the .tmpl file? I have designed a skin for my personal use and > it seems to work as desired. However, I would like to know if this is a bad > idea in the long run. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Rev. Ian MacGregor > >> http://www.ianmacgregor.net > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pmwiki-users mailing list > >> pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com > >> http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > > > > > > This is very close to what I've done with MouseSkin. Nearly all aspects > of the site's content is defined in wiki pages. It's sometimes a wee bit > arcane (as the example with the menu you just posted prior) but it's not > really hard to work with. Feel free to check MouseSkin if you want for > examples, but also rolling your own is quite fun and instructive. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users >
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