Hi, Over here, modifying for example xwiki/templates/view.vm on the file system is reflected instantly when viewing a page, without a server restart. This should be true for nearly all template files (I think macros.vm is only processed when the server starts up)... but you're saying nothing changes even after a server restart? How about browser local cache? What template files are you editing? Are you sure your changes will be visible (they might be in some unreached Velocity #if block)? One other cause I can think of is if the template files are being overridden in your skin. Edit your skin object - you will see a number of text areas corresponding to templates and css. If one of those fields has content, then that template will be loaded from the skin (which is stored in the wiki DB) rather than the file system. In fact, you might find you prefer modifying your templates directly in the wiki rather than on the file system (I do). If no field exists in your skin for the template you'd like to modify, simply go to the class editor, open the XWiki.XWikiSkins class, and add a new text area property with the name of the template file you want to overried (e.g. 'preview.vm'). Then reload your skin in the object editor, paste in the content of the template in your new field, edit as required and save. This is a great feature and should get more attention imo. :) Regards, Robin On 25/04/06, Istvan Soos <syntern(a)sch.bme.hu> wrote: