7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Fig. 16.1
Installing new
skins
Adapting the
menu sidebar
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Admittedly, the selection of skins in the standard installation is
rather sparse. However, you can install additional skins. A list of
current skins can be found under http://twiki.org/cgibin/view/Plugins/SkinPackage.
From there, you can go to the respective
page of the skin and download an archived file which is
present as an attachment. Unpack the file to the twiki directory.
Note: The procedure described here may vary somewhat for individual
skins. Thus, you should read the installation instructions indicated
for each skin.
Caution: Before you set up a newly installed skin, you should first
test it on a single page to avoid any unpleasant surprises. For instance,
in the case of FreeSkin, you must first define the edit buttons.
If you forget to do this, you can only obtain the edit mode of the
preferences page directly through the URL (edit instead of view).
In the Pattern skin, it is relatively easy to put together a menu bar. In
every web, there is a topic with the name WebLeftBar, which is integrated
into the page as a template on the left side of the article. If
you access the page, you will see that a complete copy of the menu
sidebar is located there. You can edit that sidebar just as you can any
other page in the TWiki. For example, if you want to add a link to
our homepage, just add the line
16 Designing a TWiki