Hello again I have created a "templates" directory inside my custom skin directory (i.e. /xwiki/skins/myskin/templates), I created a file called "header.vm" inside it, and I copied my custom code into the "header.vm" file. Now, I want to modify the "Header" attribute in my skin page (using the inline editor) so that it simply contains an "import" or "include" statement that references the file "/xwiki/skins/myskin/templates/header.vm" file. I think that I saw this somewhere but I can't find it now. I have made several attempts but I can't find the right statement.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you. Naoufel -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Naoufel Chbihi Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:50 AM To: 'XWiki Users' Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space Thank you, Caty. I think that I'm starting to understand how Velocity templates are used. I still need to try overriding the template by creating a custom skin directory and placing files inside, as opposed to using class properties. Naoufel Chbihi Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services (GPS) Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 Tel.: 613-748-2169 Fax: 613-748-2617 E-mail: naoufel.chb...@ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chb...@spc.gc.ca -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:43 AM To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space Hi, http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins already given by Sorin should help you with most of your questions. You could use http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/DebugSkinto see the part you want to change in what template is defined. Also take a look at the current style for Colibri https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-colibri/src/main/resources/colibri and the structure https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-web/src/main/webapp Thanks, Caty On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Naoufel Chbihi < naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote: > Thank you Sorin and Vincent for responding. > > I plan to make a lot of changes to the page layout and I already have > CSS and JavaScript files that I would like to use, so I would prefer a > solution that would allow the most flexibility. I looked through the > ColorTheme Application tutorial page suggested by Sorin but it seems > that this application only changes the colors, not the page layout. > So, I would like to try to override a skin. Regarding the Toucan > skin, I was just tring to use it as a test since it was part of the > tutorial - I don't really need it. > > I finally understood how to use class properties to override the skin. > I have been able to attached a logo to the skin document and reference it. > Now I'm trying to use custom CSS files and it doesn't seem practical > to attach CSS files to the skin document. So, here's what I would like to do: > 1. Upload my CSS files to the server (ex. to /xwiki/skins/myskin/) 1. > Use class properties to override various Velocity templates 2. > Reference the CSS files from the inside the Velocity templates that I > will write using the inline editor > > Question: How can I reference them from within the Velocity template? > > Thank you. > > Naoufel Chbihi > Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating > System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des > ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et > prestation des services > (GPS) > Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des > services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services > partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, > chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 > Tel.: 613-748-2169 > Fax: 613-748-2617 > E-mail: naoufel.chb...@ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chb...@spc.gc.ca > > -----Original Message----- > From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On > Behalf Of Vincent Massol > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:04 AM > To: XWiki Users > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a > space > > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.bur...@xwiki.com> wrote: > > > Hello, see my comments below > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi < > > naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote: > > > >> Hello > >> > >> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying > >> to create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default > >> wiki but nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided > >> in > >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChanging > >> th eSkinatspacelevel(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but > >> nothing happened. I also tried the procedure described in > >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How > >> to > override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any changes. > > What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin > that exists. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > >> > > The Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available > > in 4.4 final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained > > anymore for some quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you > > are still you want to use it, you can still download it and deploy > > it in your wiki instance (see > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin ) > > Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products. > > XWiki skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a > full skin from scratch requires quite a lot of work. > > > >> > >> Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I > >> don't mind doing it either through web interface or by editing > >> files directly on the server. > >> > > > > To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view: > > > > 1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use > > the ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom > > themes which can be applied on a per space basis. This is the > > easiest way of achieving what you want. For more info, look > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+App > > li > > cation > > 2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the > > parts which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder. > > > > Hope it will help > > > > Regards, > > Sorin B. > > > >> > >> Thank you. > >> > >> Naoufel Chbihi > >> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating > >> System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des > >> ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion > >> et prestation des services > >> (GPS) > >> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale > >> des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | > >> Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 > >> | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 > >> Tel.: 613-748-2169 > >> Fax: 613-748-2617 > >> E-mail: naoufel.chb...@ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chb...@spc.gc.ca > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
