Do a search for the file "MySkin". Probably it is XWiki.MySkin. Navigate to the page and click "Edit this skin".

You will see several form fields:

When the contents of these fields are empty, XWiki defaults to the files in the WAR installation. So, for example, if you want to gain control at the UI layer of your header.vm file, get the contents of header.vm and paste it into the header field. Then it will override.

So, for example also, notice that there are style sheet includes for a bunch of CSS files in the Style field. Get the real contents of one of those files and paste it into the Style field. Then remove the import line. Now, you have access to that style from within the XWiki UI.

We should really write up a much clearer tutorial for this. It is a very powerful capability.

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"Stephen Schaub" <stephen_schaub_88@hotmail.com>

09/03/2005 02:40 PM
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I'm not sure I understand completely -- when you say "you need to replace
the default files using the ones in the zip files" that it's not possible
for a single XWiki instance to support multiple skins? It looks like the
design is in place for each space to have its own skin... just wondering.

Assuming an XWiki instance can support only one skin, to install the files,
do I replace files in xwiki\skins\default and xwiki\templates with the ones
provided with the skin zip?

Stephen


>From: Ludovic Dubost <ludovic@xwiki.com>
>Reply-To: xwiki-users@objectweb.org
>To: xwiki-users@objectweb.org
>Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Installing new XWiki skins
>Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:09:39 +0200
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Skins are currently not properly packaged.. At this point you need to
>replace the default files using the ones in the zip files.
>In the future we plan to deliver a skin as one file that can be installed
>locally or in the the wiki.. There is still work for this.
>
>Ludovic
>
>Stephen Schaub wrote:
>>Francois Constant posted some nice-looking skins on this page:
>>
>>http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Dev/Skins
>>
>>However, I wasn't able to figure out how to install them.
>>
>>There is a link to a topic on HowToCreateASkin, but it isn't clear to me
>>how to apply the information on that page to install a pre-packaged skin.
>>
>>If someone could provide some pointers, I would be glad to edit the page
>>and add the necessary info.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Stephen
>>
>>




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