Thanks. Indeed it does. The thing is that I had it this way (logo set in the skin, not the
theme) since I started using XWiki sometime with version 7.x (if not earlier) and it only
"broke/changed" with the upgrade to 8.1
It's not a complaint, just pointing out my observation and the resolution to the
problem I had :-)
Thanks again for everyone's help.
Kind regards,
Mahomed Hussein
Custodian Data Centre
Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Marius Dumitru Florea
Sent: 30 May 2016 08:52
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] xWiki 8.1 ignoring custom skin
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Mahomed Hussein <Mahomed(a)custodiandc.com>
wrote:
  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=
 globaladmin§ion=Presentation
 = 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.
 
The Getting Started Guide indicates that the logo should be changed from the Theme
.
 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"
 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/ReleaseNotesXWiki
>> 81 
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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