16 Jan
2013
16 Jan
'13
10:40 p.m.
Hello
I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying to create a
custom skin for a space that I defined in the default wiki but nothing is changing. I
tried following the steps provided in
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChangingtheSkina…
(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but nothing happened. I also tried the
procedure described in http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under
"How to override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any
changes.
Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I don't mind doing it
either through web interface or by editing files directly on the server.
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique
Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
ordinateurs centraux
Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services (GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des services
d'infotechnologie (DGSIT)
Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A
0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
16 Jan
16 Jan
11:27 p.m.
Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
Hello
I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying to
create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default wiki but
nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided in
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChangingtheSkina…
specifying "toucan" as the skin) but nothing happened. I also tried
the procedure described in
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How to
override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any changes.
The Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available in 4.4
final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained anymore for some
quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you are still you want to
use it, you can still download it and deploy it in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products. XWiki
skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin
from scratch requires quite a lot of work.
Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I don't mind
doing it either through web interface or by editing files directly on the
server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use the
ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom themes which
can be applied on a per space basis. This is the easiest way of achieving
what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+Application
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the parts
which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique
Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système
d'exploitation des ordinateurs centraux
Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services
(GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des
services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT)
Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal,
Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
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17 Jan
17 Jan
9:03 a.m.
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.burjan(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
The
Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available in 4.4
final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained anymore for some
quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you are still you want to
use it, you can still download it and deploy it in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products. XWiki
skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin
from scratch requires quite a lot of work.
> Could someone please tell me how I
can create a custom skin? I don't mind
> doing it either through web interface or by editing files directly on the
> server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use the
ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom themes which
can be applied on a per space basis. This is the easiest way of achieving
what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+Application
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the parts
which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
> Thank you.
> Naoufel Chbihi
> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique
> Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système
> d'exploitation des ordinateurs centraux
> Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services
> (GPS)
> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des
> services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT)
> Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
> 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal,
> Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> Tel.: 613-748-2169
> Fax: 613-748-2617
> E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying to
> create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default wiki but
> nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided in
>
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChangingtheSkina…
specifying "toucan" as the skin) but nothing happened. I also tried
> the procedure described in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How to
> override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any changes.
What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin that exists.
Thanks
-Vincent
18 Jan
18 Jan
5:03 p.m.
Thank you Sorin and Vincent for responding.
I plan to make a lot of changes to the page layout and I already have CSS and JavaScript
files that I would like to use, so I would prefer a solution that would allow the most
flexibility. I looked through the ColorTheme Application tutorial page suggested by Sorin
but it seems that this application only changes the colors, not the page layout. So, I
would like to try to override a skin. Regarding the Toucan skin, I was just tring to use
it as a test since it was part of the tutorial - I don't really need it.
I finally understood how to use class properties to override the skin. I have been able
to attached a logo to the skin document and reference it. Now I'm trying to use
custom CSS files and it doesn't seem practical to attach CSS files to the skin
document. So, here's what I would like to do:
1. Upload my CSS files to the server (ex. to /xwiki/skins/myskin/)
1. Use class properties to override various Velocity templates
2. Reference the CSS files from the inside the Velocity templates that I will write using
the inline editor
Question: How can I reference them from within the Velocity template?
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique
Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
ordinateurs centraux
Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services (GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des services
d'infotechnologie (DGSIT)
Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Vincent
Massol
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:04 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.burjan(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
The
Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available
in 4.4 final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained
anymore for some quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you
are still you want to use it, you can still download it and deploy it
in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products.
XWiki skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin from
scratch requires quite a lot of work.
> Could someone please tell me how I
can create a custom skin? I don't
> mind doing it either through web interface or by editing files
> directly on the server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use
the ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom
themes which can be applied on a per space basis. This is the easiest
way of achieving what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+Appli
cation
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the
parts which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
> Thank you.
> Naoufel Chbihi
> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
> System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
> ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion
> et prestation des services
> (GPS)
> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale
> des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada |
> Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 |
> 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> Tel.: 613-748-2169
> Fax: 613-748-2617
> E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
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Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying to
> create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default wiki
> but nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChangingth
> eSkinatspacelevel(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but nothing
> happened. I also tried the procedure described in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How to override a
Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any changes.
What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin that exists.
Thanks
-Vincent
21 Jan
21 Jan
3:43 p.m.
Hi,
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins already given by
Sorin should help you with most of your questions.
You could use http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/DebugSkinto
see the part you want to change in what template is defined.
Also take a look at the current style for Colibri
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
and the structure
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
Thanks,
Caty
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
Thank you Sorin and Vincent for responding.
I plan to make a lot of changes to the page layout and I already have CSS
and JavaScript files that I would like to use, so I would prefer a solution
that would allow the most flexibility. I looked through the ColorTheme
Application tutorial page suggested by Sorin but it seems that this
application only changes the colors, not the page layout. So, I would like
to try to override a skin. Regarding the Toucan skin, I was just tring to
use it as a test since it was part of the tutorial - I don't really need
it.
I finally understood how to use class properties to override the skin. I
have been able to attached a logo to the skin document and reference it.
Now I'm trying to use custom CSS files and it doesn't seem practical to
attach CSS files to the skin document. So, here's what I would like to do:
1. Upload my CSS files to the server (ex. to /xwiki/skins/myskin/)
1. Use class properties to override various Velocity templates
2. Reference the CSS files from the inside the Velocity templates that I
will write using the inline editor
Question: How can I reference them from within the Velocity template?
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique
Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système
d'exploitation des ordinateurs centraux
Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services
(GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des
services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT)
Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal,
Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf
Of Vincent Massol
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:04 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.burjan(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
The Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available
in 4.4 final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained
anymore for some quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you
are still you want to use it, you can still download it and deploy it
in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products.
XWiki skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin
from scratch requires quite a lot of work.
_______________________________________________
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Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying to
> create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default wiki
> but nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChangingth
> eSkinatspacelevel(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but nothing
> happened. I also tried the procedure described in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How to
override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any changes.
What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin that
exists.
Thanks
-Vincent
Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I don't
mind doing it either through web interface or by editing files
directly on the server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use
the ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom
themes which can be applied on a per space basis. This is the easiest
way of achieving what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+Appli
cation
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the
parts which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Naoufel Chbihi
> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
> System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
> ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion
> et prestation des services
> (GPS)
> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale
> des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada |
> Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 |
> 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> Tel.: 613-748-2169
> Fax: 613-748-2617
> E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
4:49 p.m.
Thank you, Caty. I think that I'm starting to understand how Velocity templates are
used. I still need to try overriding the template by creating a custom skin directory and
placing files inside, as opposed to using class properties.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique
Mainframe Operating System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
ordinateurs centraux
Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services (GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des services
d'infotechnologie (DGSIT)
Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada
7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Ecaterina
Moraru (Valica)
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:43 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
Hi,
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins already given by Sorin should help
you with most of your questions.
You could use http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/DebugSkinto
see the part you want to change in what template is defined.
Also take a look at the current style for Colibri
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
and the structure
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
Thanks,
Caty
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Naoufel Chbihi < Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca>
wrote:
Thank you Sorin and Vincent for responding.
I plan to make a lot of changes to the page layout and I already have
CSS and JavaScript files that I would like to use, so I would prefer a
solution that would allow the most flexibility. I looked through the
ColorTheme Application tutorial page suggested by Sorin but it seems
that this application only changes the colors, not the page layout.
So, I would like to try to override a skin. Regarding the Toucan
skin, I was just tring to use it as a test since it was part of the
tutorial - I don't really need it.
I finally understood how to use class properties to override the skin.
I have been able to attached a logo to the skin document and reference it.
Now I'm trying to use custom CSS files and it doesn't seem practical
to attach CSS files to the skin document. So, here's what I would like to do:
1. Upload my CSS files to the server (ex. to /xwiki/skins/myskin/) 1.
Use class properties to override various Velocity templates 2.
Reference the CSS files from the inside the Velocity templates that I
will write using the inline editor
Question: How can I reference them from within the Velocity template?
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et
prestation des services
(GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des
services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services
partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700,
chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On
Behalf Of Vincent Massol
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:04 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a
space
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.burjan(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
The Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available
in 4.4 final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained
anymore for some quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you
are still you want to use it, you can still download it and deploy
it in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products.
XWiki skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin
from scratch requires quite a lot of work.
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
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http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying
> to create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default
> wiki but nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided
> in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChanging
> th eSkinatspacelevel(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but
> nothing happened. I also tried the procedure described in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How
> to
override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any
changes.
What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin
that exists.
Thanks
-Vincent
Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I
don't mind doing it either through web interface or by editing
files directly on the server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use
the ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom
themes which can be applied on a per space basis. This is the
easiest way of achieving what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+App
li
cation
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the
parts which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Naoufel Chbihi
> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
> System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
> ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion
> et prestation des services
> (GPS)
> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale
> des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada |
> Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> Tel.: 613-748-2169
> Fax: 613-748-2617
> E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
10:51 p.m.
Hello again
I have created a "templates" directory inside my custom skin directory (i.e.
/xwiki/skins/myskin/templates), I created a file called "header.vm" inside it,
and I copied my custom code into the "header.vm" file. Now, I want to modify
the "Header" attribute in my skin page (using the inline editor) so that it
simply contains an "import" or "include" statement that references the
file "/xwiki/skins/myskin/templates/header.vm" file. I think that I saw this
somewhere but I can't find it now. I have made several attempts but I can't find
the right statement.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Naoufel
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Naoufel
Chbihi
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:50 AM
To: 'XWiki Users'
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
Thank you, Caty. I think that I'm starting to understand how Velocity templates are
used. I still need to try overriding the template by creating a custom skin directory and
placing files inside, as opposed to using class properties.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating System Technology |
Technologie du système d'exploitation des ordinateurs centraux Service Management
& Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services (GPS) Information
Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des services d'infotechnologie
(DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa,
ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Ecaterina
Moraru (Valica)
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:43 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
Hi,
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins already given by Sorin should help
you with most of your questions.
You could use http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/DebugSkinto
see the part you want to change in what template is defined.
Also take a look at the current style for Colibri
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
and the structure
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
Thanks,
Caty
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Naoufel Chbihi < Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca>
wrote:
Thank you Sorin and Vincent for responding.
I plan to make a lot of changes to the page layout and I already have
CSS and JavaScript files that I would like to use, so I would prefer a
solution that would allow the most flexibility. I looked through the
ColorTheme Application tutorial page suggested by Sorin but it seems
that this application only changes the colors, not the page layout.
So, I would like to try to override a skin. Regarding the Toucan
skin, I was just tring to use it as a test since it was part of the
tutorial - I don't really need it.
I finally understood how to use class properties to override the skin.
I have been able to attached a logo to the skin document and reference it.
Now I'm trying to use custom CSS files and it doesn't seem practical
to attach CSS files to the skin document. So, here's what I would like to do:
1. Upload my CSS files to the server (ex. to /xwiki/skins/myskin/) 1.
Use class properties to override various Velocity templates 2.
Reference the CSS files from the inside the Velocity templates that I
will write using the inline editor
Question: How can I reference them from within the Velocity template?
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et
prestation des services
(GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des
services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services
partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700,
chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On
Behalf Of Vincent Massol
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:04 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a
space
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.burjan(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
The Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available
in 4.4 final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained
anymore for some quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you
are still you want to use it, you can still download it and deploy
it in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products.
XWiki skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin
from scratch requires quite a lot of work.
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Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying
> to create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default
> wiki but nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided
> in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChanging
> th eSkinatspacelevel(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but
> nothing happened. I also tried the procedure described in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How
> to
override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any
changes.
What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin
that exists.
Thanks
-Vincent
Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I
don't mind doing it either through web interface or by editing
files directly on the server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use
the ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom
themes which can be applied on a per space basis. This is the
easiest way of achieving what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+App
li
cation
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the
parts which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Naoufel Chbihi
> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
> System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
> ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion
> et prestation des services
> (GPS)
> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale
> des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada |
> Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> Tel.: 613-748-2169
> Fax: 613-748-2617
> E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
22 Jan
22 Jan
6:20 p.m.
I figured out how to do it and I'm responding just to provide the solution, in case
someone is trying to do the same thing. In my template page, using the inline editor, I
set the "Base Skin" field to myskin, which is the name of the skin directory
that created inside /xwiki/skins. Then in the "Header" field, I used either
$xwiki.renderTemplate('templates/header.vm') or
#renderTemplate('templates/header.vm') - both of them work.
Naoufel
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Naoufel
Chbihi
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 4:51 PM
To: 'XWiki Users'
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
Hello again
I have created a "templates" directory inside my custom skin directory (i.e.
/xwiki/skins/myskin/templates), I created a file called "header.vm" inside it,
and I copied my custom code into the "header.vm" file. Now, I want to modify
the "Header" attribute in my skin page (using the inline editor) so that it
simply contains an "import" or "include" statement that references the
file "/xwiki/skins/myskin/templates/header.vm" file. I think that I saw this
somewhere but I can't find it now. I have made several attempts but I can't find
the right statement.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Naoufel
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Naoufel
Chbihi
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:50 AM
To: 'XWiki Users'
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
Thank you, Caty. I think that I'm starting to understand how Velocity templates are
used. I still need to try overriding the template by creating a custom skin directory and
placing files inside, as opposed to using class properties.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating System Technology |
Technologie du système d'exploitation des ordinateurs centraux Service Management
& Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et prestation des services (GPS) Information
Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des services d'infotechnologie
(DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa,
ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Ecaterina
Moraru (Valica)
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:43 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a space
Hi,
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins already given by Sorin should help
you with most of your questions.
You could use http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/DebugSkinto
see the part you want to change in what template is defined.
Also take a look at the current style for Colibri
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
and the structure
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwi…
Thanks,
Caty
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Naoufel Chbihi < Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca>
wrote:
Thank you Sorin and Vincent for responding.
I plan to make a lot of changes to the page layout and I already have
CSS and JavaScript files that I would like to use, so I would prefer a
solution that would allow the most flexibility. I looked through the
ColorTheme Application tutorial page suggested by Sorin but it seems
that this application only changes the colors, not the page layout.
So, I would like to try to override a skin. Regarding the Toucan
skin, I was just tring to use it as a test since it was part of the
tutorial - I don't really need it.
I finally understood how to use class properties to override the skin.
I have been able to attached a logo to the skin document and reference it.
Now I'm trying to use custom CSS files and it doesn't seem practical
to attach CSS files to the skin document. So, here's what I would like to do:
1. Upload my CSS files to the server (ex. to /xwiki/skins/myskin/) 1.
Use class properties to override various Velocity templates 2.
Reference the CSS files from the inside the Velocity templates that I
will write using the inline editor
Question: How can I reference them from within the Velocity template?
Thank you.
Naoufel Chbihi
Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion et
prestation des services
(GPS)
Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale des
services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada | Services
partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 | 7038-700,
chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
Tel.: 613-748-2169
Fax: 613-748-2617
E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On
Behalf Of Vincent Massol
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:04 AM
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.4: Custom skin for a
space
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Sorin Burjan <sorin.burjan(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
The Toucan skin was retired in 4.4-rc1, so it is no longer available
in 4.4 final. It was considered deprecated and was not maintained
anymore for some quite time now, and we decided to remove it. If you
are still you want to use it, you can still download it and deploy
it in your wiki instance (see
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Toucan+Skin )
Colibri is now the only skin we bundle by default in XWiki products.
XWiki skins are much more than just some css and js files, writing a full skin
from scratch requires quite a lot of work.
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
users(a)xwiki.org
http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
users(a)xwiki.org
http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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Hello, see my comments below
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <
Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm running Xwiki Enterprise 4.4 on Apache Tomca 6 and I'm trying
> to create a custom skin for a space that I defined in the default
> wiki but nothing is changing. I tried following the steps provided
> in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins#HChanging
> th eSkinatspacelevel(and specifying "toucan" as the skin) but
> nothing happened. I also tried the procedure described in
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins under "How
> to
override a Skin" sections A, B, C, D and F.1 but I didn't see any
changes.
What you've done should work fine. You just need to specify a skin
that exists.
Thanks
-Vincent
Could someone please tell me how I can create a custom skin? I
don't mind doing it either through web interface or by editing
files directly on the server.
To solve your issue you have 2 options from my point of view:
1) If you want to have different look for each space, you should use
the ColorTheme application (bundled by default), and create custom
themes which can be applied on a per space basis. This is the
easiest way of achieving what you want. For more info, look
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Color+Theme+App
li
cation
2) You can follow the tutorial on Overriding a skin and override the
parts which you want to change. This approach is a little bit harder.
Hope it will help
Regards,
Sorin B.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Naoufel Chbihi
> Technical Specialist | Spécialiste technique Mainframe Operating
> System Technology | Technologie du système d'exploitation des
> ordinateurs centraux Service Management & Delivery (SM&D) | Gestion
> et prestation des services
> (GPS)
> Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) | Direction générale
> des services d'infotechnologie (DGSIT) Shared Services Canada |
> Services partagés Canada 7038-700 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> | 7038-700, chemin Montréal, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
> Tel.: 613-748-2169
> Fax: 613-748-2617
> E-mail: naoufel.chbihi(a)ssc.gc.ca | naoufel.chbihi(a)spc.gc.ca
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