Hi All
OK, I've done a bit more "digging/experimenting". What I have done now:
1) Deleted the "Skin" documents in Main and in Xwiki "spaces/pages"
(p.s. I miss the spaces concept :) ) - This doesn't really seem to do a good job of
deleting the pages. There seems to be a "blank" placeholder for the document.
2) I created a copy of the flamingo directory in /usr/lib/xwiki/skins/ and named it
CDCSkin2
3) I then set the Wiki Skin to be "CDCSkin2" (Administer Wiki > Presentation
> Skin and then I checked the different pages. I noticed that the "Main" page
still ignored the skin, but all the other pages were loading the skin correctly.
So for example
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences?editor=globa…
= Working
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Accounts/ = Working
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ = Not working
Even setting the skin directly on the Main page (Administer Page > Presentation) was
not working. After further investigation and testing, I noticed that this was because the
Custom Theme was set for that page. If I set the Logo in the Theme, then it applied
correctly everywhere.
So it seems that the Theme logo now overrides the skin logo.
But, if I set the Skin in Administer Wiki > Presentation > Skin to be something like
Main.CDCSkin3, I can see that any code in the Skin document gets executed as per
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins BUT the logo from the skin
doesn't get applied. It defaults to the logo in the Theme.
So basically I went down a rabbit's hole thinking the skin was not working because the
logo was not being applied, but in fact the skin was working, but the logo was being
picked from the Theme because @logo in the theme was still set to default.
Kind regards,
Mahomed Hussein
Custodian Data Centre
Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com
http://www.CustodianDC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Mahomed Hussein
Sent: 27 May 2016 09:15
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] xWiki 8.1 ignoring custom skin
Hi
Sorry to bump this up. I'm really stuck with this skin issue and would really
appreciate any pointers/help.
Sadly there are some people who feel that not having the logo is the end of the world
:-)
But more importantly, I do need some of the modifications/restrictions I've put in
with the .vm files.
Kind regards,
Mahomed Hussein
Custodian Data Centre
Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com
http://www.CustodianDC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Mahomed Hussein
Sent: 26 May 2016 15:19
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] xWiki 8.1 ignoring custom skin
I'm afraid that makes no difference.
Would it be worth deleting and recreating a new skin?
I have noticed that the "home" icon as well as other icons in the applications
panel have changed from the font-awesome type to colourful type icons. But I still
don't have the logo or any of the modifications from the attached .vm files.
I have downloaded the .vm files and I don't mind editing them again based on the
latest files. I just need to know how to create a new skin that I can customise and be
sure it'll work going forward.
Please could you help me with specific instructions on how to do this if it's
possible? Thanks.
Kind regards,
Mahomed Hussein
Custodian Data Centre
Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com
http://www.CustodianDC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Massol
Sent: 26 May 2016 14:14
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] xWiki 8.1 ignoring custom skin
On 26 May 2016, at 15:08, Mahomed Hussein
<Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com> wrote:
Hi Thomas
Thanks for responding.
The skin is called "CDCSkin". Which is sometimes shown as
"Main.CDCSkin".
The URL for it is:
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/CDCSkin
The title of the page is simply "Skin" and the breadcrumbs shows "Home
> Skin"
I have tried the following URLS and none work:
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?skin=CDCSkin
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?skin=Main.CDCSkin
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?skin=Skin
Could it be that your skin page is a nested page?
Try
http://xwiki.local:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?skin=Main.CDCSkin.WebHome
Thanks
-Vincent
I have also checked in /usr/lib/xwiki/skins and the
only directory in there is "flamingo". Though I am pretty sure at some point it
was changed so that you didn't have to duplicate the folder, just had to create a
"skin" document (not sure document is the right word, but hopefully you know
what I mean).
I've tried a search for "CDCSkin" on the server and it doesn't appear
to exist on the filesystem.
Please let me know if you need any other info and thanks again for your help.
Kind regards,
Mahomed Hussein
Custodian Data Centre
Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com
http://www.CustodianDC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
Mortagne
Sent: 26 May 2016 13:44
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] xWiki 8.1 ignoring custom skin
The only thing that changed I can think of is that there is a default base skin now in
xwiki.cfg. Skin that were not indicated any parent skin used to inherit directly from
/templates/, maybe that's you issue.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com>
wrote:
> ?skin= should always work. What and where is your skin exactly ?
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Mahomed Hussein
> <Mahomed(a)custodiandc.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> It seems that 8.1 is ignoring my custom skin. I can tell because it isn’t loading
the skin or any of the overriding .vm files.
>>
>> Even if I use the “Test this Skin” link which specifically specifies the
?skin=CDCSkin, it doesn’t make any difference.
>>
>> I have looked through:
>>
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWiki81
>>
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins
>> But they weren’t much help.
>>
>> Some screenshots:
>>
https://snag.gy/9ZKXN2.jpg
>>
https://snag.gy/oYN3F4.jpg
>>
>> Any help would be sincerely appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
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