Hello,
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Kaya Saman <kayasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok I actually managed to sort this out....
>
> First up I played around with the style.css file and used the @include
> statement to include the css for the red background just to try out.
>
> I then created a new css style sheet called bg-mod.css under
> /usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0/webapps/xwiki/skins/toucan/css/colors in my
> FreeBSD jail which has this content:
>
> body#body,
> #allviewpanels .accordionTabContentBox{background-image: url(
> ../../images/colors/gray/H4x4-GRAY.png); }
>
> body#body #xwikimaincontainer,
> body.hideright #xwikimaincontainer,
> body#body.hideright #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body.importbody #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body.exportbody #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body.adminbody #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body.hidelefthideright #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body#body.hidelefthideright #xwikimaincontainerinner
> { background-image :url( ../../images/colors/bg/gpl.png) ; }
>
> #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body#body.editbody #xwikimaincontainerinner,
> body#body.eportbody #xwikimaincontainer,
> body#body.importbody #xwikimaincontainer,
> body#body.adminbody #xwikimaincontainer,
> body#body.hidelefthideright #xwikimaincontainer,
> body#body.hideleft #xwikimaincontainer,
> body#body.editbody #xwikimaincontainer
> { background-image :url( ../../images/colors/bg/gpl_right.png) ;}
>
> body#body.editbody #globallinks,
> #globallinks,
> #rightPanels,
> #editPanels.panels{ background-image: url(
> ../../images/colors/bg/gpl.png);}
>
> #company { background-image: url( ../../images/colors/bg/gpl.png); }
>
> I then created the subdir under images/colors called bg and uploaded
> some files into it.
>
> My style.css file now looks like so:
>
> @import "microformats.css";
> @import "toucan.css";
> @import "css/colors/bg-mod.css";
>
> After that was done and tested I edited the toucan.css file generating
> this code:
>
> #companylogo {
> padding: 0;
> ###background-color: #FFF;
> ###background-color: #666;
> background-color: #transparent;
> margin-right: 220px;
> ###margin-right: 0px;
> height: 80px;
> ###background-image: url($xwiki.getSkinFile("sunv210mod.png"));
>
> }
>
> What seems to not have been working is the
> url($xwiki.getSkinFile("sunv210mod.png") line I got from here:
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins#HD.OverridingtheSkincomponents
$xwiki.getSkinFile("sunv210mod.png") searches the image file like this :
1. in the current skin
1.1 in the specified Skin Document (
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins#HA.CreatingaSkindocument
)
1.2 if no success, in the '/skins/myskin/' directory (in your
case: '/skins/toucan/')
1.3 if no success, in the '/resources/' directory
2. if no success, in the parent skin (if the current skin is a Skin
Document and has set a parent skin)
3. if no success, in the default base skin directory (the one set it
'xwiki.cfg')
So, do like you did with the other images - put it under the '/bg/'
directory and use a relative path for the url:
#companylogo {
background-image: url(../../images/colors/bg/sunv210mod.png);
}
or attach the image to the current Skin Document.
Raluca.
>
> I mean either it does work or I just don't know how to use it but never
> the less what I wanted to achieve is done to an extent :-)
>
> Thanks for all the help and regards,
>
> Kaya
>
>
>
> On 08/28/2010 11:32 AM, Raluca Stavro wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tend to think that your CSS selectors are not specific enough. See
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html .
>> You have to make sure that your CSS rules are taken in account after
>> the default XWiki CSS rules (ex: CSS StyleSheet linked in the header
>> after the default ones that contain the rules that you want to change
>> => this can be done by using skin extensions
>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/SkinExtensionsTutorial
>> ) and you have to make sure that your selector's specificity is
>> correct.
>>
>> Raluca.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Kaya Saman<kayasa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Lockie for the suggestion only the same thing is happening!!
>>>
>>> Firebug definitely shows the CSS alright but I alter what the screen is
>>> telling and nothing happens even though Firebug reports the change after
>>> a refresh....
>>>
>>> The issue is that the CSS is quite complex and am no CSS expert meaning
>>> that if things are dependent on certain criteria I won't be able to see it.
>>>
>>> Am back where I started I guess :-(
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Kaya
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/28/2010 03:51 AM, Lockie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Kaya,
>>>>
>>>> While I haven't worked with Toucan skin before, the easiest way to edit the
>>>> .css file of any skin is to get the Firebug addon for the Firefox browser.
>>>> Then its just a matter clicking on the html in the main panel, and seeing
>>>> what css is related to which part of the skin in the right panel.
>>>>
>>>> http://getfirefox.com/
>>>> http://getfirebug.com/
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>> Lockie
>>>>
>>>>
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