[xwiki-devs] Upgraded from Xwiki 2.x to 3.1.1 now Admin panel looks strange is wiki or DB corrupt?
22 Jan
2012
22 Jan
'12
1:56 p.m.
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me as I've tried to obtain help from the
Xwiki Users list but didn't work?
After an upgrade from my old version of Xwiki which was 2.x (I think I
built it in 2010) to 3.1.1 I ended up seeing this as my admin panel:
http://www.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/Screenshot…
In comparison with my old Xwiki instance this doesn't look right.
Additionally, figuring that I should upgrade to version 3.3 or 3.4rc-1 I
ended up not being able to display anything and getting a 500 error in
Tomcat.
I am using Tomcat6 coupled with Postgresql as DB backend.
I will post the logs of tomcat if requested but currently I am slightly
more concerned with the ill looking admin panel. Also having two similar
wiki sites running on 2 different instances of Tomcat, I am unable to
use the WYSIYSG editor on this current wiki as it doesn't render, the
little animation just keeps spinning forever but not actually doing
anything.
The other wiki's WYSIYSG editor is ok though after the upgrade??
Can anybody help?
Regards,
Kaya
22 Jan
22 Jan
7:04 p.m.
On 01/22/2012 07:56 AM, Kaya Saman wrote:
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me as I've tried to obtain help from the
Xwiki Users list but didn't work?
After an upgrade from my old version of Xwiki which was 2.x (I think I
built it in 2010) to 3.1.1 I ended up seeing this as my admin panel:
http://www.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/Screenshot…
In comparison with my old Xwiki instance this doesn't look right.
Looks like you have a custom skin based on Toucan. Well, in the meantime
the Toucan CSS has changed a bit, you should integrate those changes
back into your skin.
Generally, it's a bad idea to copy and modify the base skin, you should
include it from your CSS and override the things you want changed. This
way it will be easier to upgrade.
Additionally, figuring that I should upgrade to
version 3.3 or 3.4rc-1 I
ended up not being able to display anything and getting a 500 error in
Tomcat.
I am using Tomcat6 coupled with Postgresql as DB backend.
I will post the logs of tomcat if requested but currently I am slightly
more concerned with the ill looking admin panel. Also having two similar
wiki sites running on 2 different instances of Tomcat, I am unable to
use the WYSIYSG editor on this current wiki as it doesn't render, the
little animation just keeps spinning forever but not actually doing
anything.
The other wiki's WYSIYSG editor is ok though after the upgrade??
Can anybody help?
Regards,
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
7:20 p.m.
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
On 01/22/2012 07:56 AM, Kaya Saman wrote:
Thanks Sergiu for the response.
Initially I did the modification (which I found through xwiki.org) which
stated to modify the .css file within the skin itself.
$XWIKI/skins/toucan/css
so what I will do now to clean up is copy the original Xwiki 3.1.1 toucan
skin into my Xwiki instance then attempt to use the Admin panel to re-add
the background and right-background images back into the toucan skin.
I'm not sure how to do this even though I have done it with the logo.
-for that there was provisioning within the Admin Panel saying: Logo -
then the image could be uploaded into the DB and engaged from there; while
the method I took was to add the files into the toucan skin folder within
webapps/Xwiki
--Actually on second thoughts it would be better as you suggested to
create a new skin then make the modifications there by copying the
original xwiki 3.1.1 toucan skin. {if possible}
Ok, lot's of work ahead of me but at least I know where I stand and also
that my DB isn't corrupted - few all that hard work too :-)
Regards,
Kaya
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me as I've tried to obtain help from the
Xwiki Users list but didn't work?
After an upgrade from my old version of Xwiki which was 2.x (I think I
built it in 2010) to 3.1.1 I ended up seeing this as my admin panel:
http://www.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/Screenshot…
In comparison with my old Xwiki instance this doesn't look right.
Looks like you have a custom skin based on Toucan. Well, in the meantime the
Toucan CSS has changed a bit, you should integrate those changes back into
your skin.
Generally, it's a bad idea to copy and modify the base skin, you should
include it from your CSS and override the things you want changed. This way
it will be easier to upgrade.
10:26 p.m.
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
On 01/22/2012 07:56 AM, Kaya Saman wrote:
Ok just setup a test instace using an un-modified version of Xwiki war
file and looks good so far!
The only problem I'm having now is knowing what to do in order to
customize the skin....
Using this guide:
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins
I was able to find out that some of the image files I was using are here:
xwiki-enterprise-web-3.1.1/bin/view/XWiki/DefaultSkin#Attachments
Now the question remains; if not edit the DefaultSkin property then how
using either the Admin interface or other do I copy the Toucan skin into a
new skin or just add extra 'properties'??? - sorry this part is really
confusing for me!
Like I have already 'wrongly' done, how do I change the background and
logo properties for EVERY document in my wiki and not affect the
DefaultSkin.
Regards,
Kaya
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me as I've tried to obtain help from the
Xwiki Users list but didn't work?
After an upgrade from my old version of Xwiki which was 2.x (I think I
built it in 2010) to 3.1.1 I ended up seeing this as my admin panel:
http://www.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/Screenshot…
In comparison with my old Xwiki instance this doesn't look right.
Looks like you have a custom skin based on Toucan. Well, in the meantime the
Toucan CSS has changed a bit, you should integrate those changes back into
your skin.
Generally, it's a bad idea to copy and modify the base skin, you should
include it from your CSS and override the things you want changed. This way
it will be easier to upgrade.
11:41 p.m.
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
On 01/22/2012 07:56 AM, Kaya Saman wrote:
Well.... playing around and reading a lot I have managed to get this far:
*I went to the Edit Skin page using the Admin Panel.
*I then changed the name within the URL of my browser to ....Xwiki/WWW_Skin
*I added an object called XwikiSkins
*I included this syntax in the wiki text editor:
$msg.get("xe.admin.skin.makeyourown")
* <a href="$doc.getURL('edit',
'editor=object&classname=XWiki.XWikiSkins')">$msg.get('xe.admin.skin.editskin')</a>
* [$msg.get('xe.admin.skin.testskin')>Main.WebHome?skin=${doc.fullName}]
*Then uploaded my images to the new page
*Added my logo within the **logo** section
*Now am stuck!!! :-)
I wrote about how to change skins ages back:
http://wiki.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/view/Wiki/Background
but this edits the default Toucan skin directly within the
xwiki/skins/toucan dir.
Using the CSS code:
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-red.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-red.png) ;}
body#body.editbody #globallinks,
#globallinks,
#rightPanels,
#editPanels.panels{ background-image: url(
../../images/colors/bg/gpl-red.png);}
#company { background-image: url( ../../images/colors/bg/gpl-red.png); }
But in order to do the same thing I will need to transfer this document
within the xwiki/skins/toucan dir. This of course means that whenever an
upgrade is performed I loose everything or the wiki will use the old CSS
code??
However, I may just do this in any case as it may be the only way round my
issue..
It would be great if like for the logo section there was a section within
the admin panel for background image!
Regards,
Kaya
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me as I've tried to obtain help from the
Xwiki Users list but didn't work?
After an upgrade from my old version of Xwiki which was 2.x (I think I
built it in 2010) to 3.1.1 I ended up seeing this as my admin panel:
http://www.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/download/Main/WebHome/Screenshot…
In comparison with my old Xwiki instance this doesn't look right.
Looks like you have a custom skin based on Toucan. Well, in the meantime the
Toucan CSS has changed a bit, you should integrate those changes back into
your skin.
Generally, it's a bad idea to copy and modify the base skin, you should
include it from your CSS and override the things you want changed. This way
it will be easier to upgrade.
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