Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-03 Thread Vincent Massol

> On 3 May 2017, at 09:20, Interaktionsweise  wrote:
> 
> Thank you very much for your explanation!
> I did not understand this behavior correctly from the documentation.

Would be awesome if someone (you? :)) could update the documentation to make it 
more clear! 

Thanks!
-Vincent

> Regards,
> sthag
> Am 02.05.2017 17:31:29 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Thomas Mortagne
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Interaktionsweise <>
>> ne...@interaktionsweise.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> I can file a bug report.
>>> Just wanted to add something I forgot to mention and make sure it is
>>> still a bug.
>>> 
>>> If I leave the field "parent" within skin.properties empty the error
>>> occurs.
>>> If I explicitly add flamingo "parent=flamingo" the error does not occur.
>>> 
>>> From the description in the documentation I assumed it is not necessary
>>> to add the parent because it is defined in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin" within
>>> "xwiki.cfg".
>>> 
>>> Is it a bug or a feature?
>>> 
>> 
>> A feature. When you set parent to empty string you explicitly indicate you
>> don't want to inherit any skin (i.e. you disable xwiki.defaultbaseskin).
>> This is actually important for a skin made from scratch (like flamingo
>> which do exactly that) which would be broken if the default base skin is
>> changed.
>> 
> 
> If you want to inherit xwiki.defaultbaseskin then don't put any
> skin.properties or an empty one.
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> sthag
>>> Am 02.05.2017 15:20:52 schrieb Thomas Mortagne
 :
>>> Looks like a bug to me. Would be great if you could create an issue on
>>> http://jira.xwiki.org and detail the steps to reproduce it.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Interaktionsweise
>>> wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I tried two skins with the same edits.
 I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file
>>> logo-company.png.
 The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.
 
 In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as
>>> described.
 If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the
>>> changes show up with the newly set skin.
 
 The other skin folder only has the edited files
 _ companylogo.vm
 _ logo-company.png
 _ skin.properties
 
 If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see
>>> an error "You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action"
>>> after pressing save.
 If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only
>>> see a blank page.
 
 Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?
 
 Regards,
 sthag
 
 
 Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] ·
>>> ne...@interaktionsweise.de [mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
 Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
 On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within
>>> the Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri
>>> (should be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then
>>> there is a part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a
>>> skin to inherit from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't
>>> explicitly enter one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is
>>> configured in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".
 
> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I
>>> reference flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named
>>> folder within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for
>>> example a logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.
 
 Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
 want to customize some templates only.
 
> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this
>>> inheriting and parent child relation of skins from the articles in the
>>> documentation. Why have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
> 
> Regards,
> sthag
 
 
 
 --
 Thomas Mortagne
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Thomas Mortagne
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Thomas Mortagne
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Thomas Mortagne



Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-03 Thread Interaktionsweise
Thank you very much for your explanation!
I did not understand this behavior correctly from the documentation.

Regards,
sthag
Am 02.05.2017 17:31:29 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Thomas Mortagne
wrote:

> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Interaktionsweise <>
> ne...@interaktionsweise.de> wrote:
>
>> I can file a bug report.
>> Just wanted to add something I forgot to mention and make sure it is
>> still a bug.
>>
>> If I leave the field "parent" within skin.properties empty the error
>> occurs.
>> If I explicitly add flamingo "parent=flamingo" the error does not occur.
>>
>> From the description in the documentation I assumed it is not necessary
>> to add the parent because it is defined in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin" within
>> "xwiki.cfg".
>>
>> Is it a bug or a feature?
>>
>
> A feature. When you set parent to empty string you explicitly indicate you
> don't want to inherit any skin (i.e. you disable xwiki.defaultbaseskin).
> This is actually important for a skin made from scratch (like flamingo
> which do exactly that) which would be broken if the default base skin is
> changed.
>

If you want to inherit xwiki.defaultbaseskin then don't put any
skin.properties or an empty one.


>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> sthag
>> Am 02.05.2017 15:20:52 schrieb Thomas Mortagne
>> >:
>> Looks like a bug to me. Would be great if you could create an issue on
>> http://jira.xwiki.org and detail the steps to reproduce it.
>>
>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Interaktionsweise
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I tried two skins with the same edits.
>> > I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file
>> logo-company.png.
>> > The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.
>> >
>> > In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as
>> described.
>> > If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the
>> changes show up with the newly set skin.
>> >
>> > The other skin folder only has the edited files
>> > _ companylogo.vm
>> > _ logo-company.png
>> > _ skin.properties
>> >
>> > If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see
>> an error "You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action"
>> after pressing save.
>> > If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only
>> see a blank page.
>> >
>> > Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > sthag
>> >
>> >
>> > Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] ·
>> ne...@interaktionsweise.de [mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
>> > Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
>> > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within
>> the Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
>> >> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri
>> (should be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then
>> there is a part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a
>> skin to inherit from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't
>> explicitly enter one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is
>> configured in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".
>> >
>> >> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I
>> reference flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named
>> folder within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for
>> example a logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.
>> >
>> > Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
>> > want to customize some templates only.
>> >
>> >> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this
>> inheriting and parent child relation of skins from the articles in the
>> documentation. Why have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> sthag
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thomas Mortagne
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Mortagne
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Mortagne
>



--
Thomas Mortagne


Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-02 Thread Thomas Mortagne
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Thomas Mortagne 
wrote:

> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Interaktionsweise <
> ne...@interaktionsweise.de> wrote:
>
>> I can file a bug report.
>> Just wanted to add something I forgot to mention and make sure it is
>> still a bug.
>>
>> If I leave the field "parent" within skin.properties empty the error
>> occurs.
>> If I explicitly add flamingo "parent=flamingo" the error does not occur.
>>
>> From the description in the documentation I assumed it is not necessary
>> to add the parent because it is defined in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin" within
>> "xwiki.cfg".
>>
>> Is it a bug or a feature?
>>
>
> A feature. When you set parent to empty string you explicitly indicate you
> don't want to inherit any skin (i.e. you disable xwiki.defaultbaseskin).
> This is actually important for a skin made from scratch (like flamingo
> which do exactly that) which would be broken if the default base skin is
> changed.
>

If you want to inherit xwiki.defaultbaseskin then don't put any
skin.properties or an empty one.


>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> sthag
>> Am 02.05.2017 15:20:52 schrieb Thomas Mortagne > >:
>> Looks like a bug to me. Would be great if you could create an issue on
>> http://jira.xwiki.org and detail the steps to reproduce it.
>>
>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Interaktionsweise
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I tried two skins with the same edits.
>> > I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file
>> logo-company.png.
>> > The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.
>> >
>> > In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as
>> described.
>> > If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the
>> changes show up with the newly set skin.
>> >
>> > The other skin folder only has the edited files
>> > _ companylogo.vm
>> > _ logo-company.png
>> > _ skin.properties
>> >
>> > If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see
>> an error "You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action"
>> after pressing save.
>> > If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only
>> see a blank page.
>> >
>> > Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > sthag
>> >
>> >
>> > Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] ·
>> ne...@interaktionsweise.de [mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
>> > Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
>> > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within
>> the Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
>> >> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri
>> (should be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then
>> there is a part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a
>> skin to inherit from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't
>> explicitly enter one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is
>> configured in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".
>> >
>> >> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I
>> reference flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named
>> folder within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for
>> example a logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.
>> >
>> > Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
>> > want to customize some templates only.
>> >
>> >> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this
>> inheriting and parent child relation of skins from the articles in the
>> documentation. Why have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> sthag
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thomas Mortagne
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Mortagne
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Mortagne
>



-- 
Thomas Mortagne


Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-02 Thread Thomas Mortagne
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Interaktionsweise <
ne...@interaktionsweise.de> wrote:

> I can file a bug report.
> Just wanted to add something I forgot to mention and make sure it is still
> a bug.
>
> If I leave the field "parent" within skin.properties empty the error
> occurs.
> If I explicitly add flamingo "parent=flamingo" the error does not occur.
>
> From the description in the documentation I assumed it is not necessary to
> add the parent because it is defined in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin" within
> "xwiki.cfg".
>
> Is it a bug or a feature?
>

A feature. When you set parent to empty string you explicitly indicate you
don't want to inherit any skin (i.e. you disable xwiki.defaultbaseskin).
This is actually important for a skin made from scratch (like flamingo
which do exactly that) which would be broken if the default base skin is
changed.


>
> Regards,
> sthag
> Am 02.05.2017 15:20:52 schrieb Thomas Mortagne  >:
> Looks like a bug to me. Would be great if you could create an issue on
> http://jira.xwiki.org and detail the steps to reproduce it.
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Interaktionsweise
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried two skins with the same edits.
> > I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file logo-company.png.
> > The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.
> >
> > In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as
> described.
> > If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the
> changes show up with the newly set skin.
> >
> > The other skin folder only has the edited files
> > _ companylogo.vm
> > _ logo-company.png
> > _ skin.properties
> >
> > If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see an
> error "You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action" after
> pressing save.
> > If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only
> see a blank page.
> >
> > Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?
> >
> > Regards,
> > sthag
> >
> >
> > Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] ·
> ne...@interaktionsweise.de [mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
> > Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
> > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within
> the Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
> >> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri
> (should be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then
> there is a part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a
> skin to inherit from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't
> explicitly enter one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is
> configured in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".
> >
> >> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I
> reference flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named
> folder within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for
> example a logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.
> >
> > Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
> > want to customize some templates only.
> >
> >> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this
> inheriting and parent child relation of skins from the articles in the
> documentation. Why have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> sthag
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thomas Mortagne
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Mortagne
>



-- 
Thomas Mortagne


Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-02 Thread Interaktionsweise
I can file a bug report.
Just wanted to add something I forgot to mention and make sure it is still a 
bug.

If I leave the field "parent" within skin.properties empty the error occurs.
If I explicitly add flamingo "parent=flamingo" the error does not occur.

>From the description in the documentation I assumed it is not necessary to add 
>the parent because it is defined in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin" within "xwiki.cfg".

Is it a bug or a feature?

Regards,
sthag
Am 02.05.2017 15:20:52 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
Looks like a bug to me. Would be great if you could create an issue on
http://jira.xwiki.org and detail the steps to reproduce it.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Interaktionsweise
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried two skins with the same edits.
> I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file logo-company.png.
> The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.
>
> In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as described.
> If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the changes 
> show up with the newly set skin.
>
> The other skin folder only has the edited files
> _ companylogo.vm
> _ logo-company.png
> _ skin.properties
>
> If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see an 
> error "You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action" after 
> pressing save.
> If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only see a 
> blank page.
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?
>
> Regards,
> sthag
>
>
> Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] · ne...@interaktionsweise.de 
> [mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
> Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within the 
>> Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
>> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri 
>> (should be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then 
>> there is a part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a 
>> skin to inherit from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't 
>> explicitly enter one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is 
>> configured in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".
>
>> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I reference 
>> flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named folder 
>> within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for example 
>> a logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.
>
> Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
> want to customize some templates only.
>
>> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this inheriting and 
>> parent child relation of skins from the articles in the documentation. Why 
>> have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
>>
>> Regards,
>> sthag
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Mortagne



--
Thomas Mortagne


Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-02 Thread Thomas Mortagne
Looks like a bug to me. Would be great if you could create an issue on
http://jira.xwiki.org and detail the steps to reproduce it.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Interaktionsweise
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried two skins with the same edits.
> I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file logo-company.png.
> The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.
>
> In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as described.
> If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the changes 
> show up with the newly set skin.
>
> The other skin folder only has the edited files
> _ companylogo.vm
> _ logo-company.png
> _ skin.properties
>
> If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see an 
> error "You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action" after 
> pressing save.
> If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only see a 
> blank page.
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?
>
> Regards,
> sthag
>
>
> Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] · ne...@interaktionsweise.de 
> [mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
> Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within the 
>> Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
>> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri 
>> (should be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then 
>> there is a part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a 
>> skin to inherit from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't 
>> explicitly enter one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is 
>> configured in "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".
>
>> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I reference 
>> flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named folder 
>> within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for example 
>> a logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.
>
> Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
> want to customize some templates only.
>
>> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this inheriting and 
>> parent child relation of skins from the articles in the documentation. Why 
>> have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
>>
>> Regards,
>> sthag
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Mortagne



-- 
Thomas Mortagne


Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-02 Thread Interaktionsweise
Hi,

I tried two skins with the same edits.
I only changed the file companylogo.vm and added a file logo-company.png.
The skin.properties file points to flamingo as parent.

In one skin folder I copied all of the flamingo files and edited as described.
If I change the skin for the wiki everything is as expected and the changes 
show up with the newly set skin.

The other skin folder only has the edited files
_ companylogo.vm
_ logo-company.png
_ skin.properties

If I switch to this skin, tested changing it only for one page, I see an error 
"You are not allowed to view this page or perform this action" after pressing 
save.
If I try to switch to the changed page from the wiki frontend, I only see a 
blank page.

Is there something I'm doing wrong? Why is there no inheritance?

Regards,
sthag

                 
Interaktionsweise [https://interaktionsweise.de] · ne...@interaktionsweise.de 
[mailto:ne...@interaktionsweise.de]
Am 02.05.2017 10:32:23 schrieb Thomas Mortagne :
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within the 
> Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri (should 
> be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then there is a 
> part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a skin to inherit 
> from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't explicitly enter 
> one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is configured in 
> "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".

> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I reference 
> flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named folder 
> within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for example a 
> logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.

Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
want to customize some templates only.

> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this inheriting and 
> parent child relation of skins from the articles in the documentation. Why 
> have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
>
> Regards,
> sthag



--
Thomas Mortagne


Re: [xwiki-users] Question to skins and inheriting files

2017-05-02 Thread Thomas Mortagne
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Interaktionsweise
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a new skin. I followed the section Skins within the 
> Developer's Guide and also Platform Features / Skins.
> The article "How to create a new skin" says to copy the whole colibri (should 
> be flamingo by now) skin folder and make an example change. Then there is a 
> part about skin.properties. The property "parent" indicates a skin to inherit 
> from. It says that it always has a value, even if I don't explicitly enter 
> one for myself it will inherit from WAR or whatever is configured in 
> "xwiki.defaultbaseskin".

> Does that mean I don't have to copy the whole flamingo folder if I reference 
> flamingo as "parent"? This way I could only create a custom named folder 
> within the xwiki/skins folder with the skin.properties file and for example a 
> logo.png file which would replace the flamingo logo.png file.

Yes you can inherit from Flamingo, no need to duplicate it if you just
want to customize some templates only.

> I don't understand the behavior and the functionality of this inheriting and 
> parent child relation of skins from the articles in the documentation. Why 
> have a parent if I copy the whole skin folder anyways?
>
> Regards,
> sthag



-- 
Thomas Mortagne