Date: 2005-01-20T19:08:53
Editor: ScottEade
Wiki: Jakarta Turbine Wiki
Page: Turbine2/UsersGuide/TurbineSkins
URL: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-turbine/Turbine2/UsersGuide/TurbineSkins
Migrated page. Content could sure do with updating though.
New Page:
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Turbine has a 'skinnable' feature. Using Velocity templates, this feature is
accessed through the key word: {{{$ui}}}. It's most useful for storing
skinnable properties which CSS can't cover.
When you create an application through the Turbine Developer's Kit, at the
root directory of the web application is a {{{resources}}} directory. The
file: {{{<webapp-dir>/resources/ui/skins/default/skin.props}}} is a properties
file which defines all the properties of the default skin.
Each property name is accessible through the {{{$ui}}} element in your velocity
templates. For example, if you have in your skin.props file:
{{{
darkColor = #000088
homeIcon = blueHome.png
}}}
you can access these properties in your velocity templates with the {{{$ui}}}
element:
{{{
...
<font color="$ui.darkColor">This is some dark text</font>
<img src="$ui.homeIcon">
...
}}}
'''How to Change the skins'''
If your interested, the {{{$ui}}} element is really a
{{{org.apache.turbine.services.pull.util.UIManager}}} java object. It provides
a {{{setSkin(User user, String skin)}}} method, however, I'm not really sure
(at this time ;) ) how to implement it, or what the best practice is.
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