Question

Hi,

I would like to customize some colors in my Twiki. The documentation says i have to let PatternSkin point to the custom-made colors style sheet. so i set: Set USERCOLORSURL = /twiki/pub/Main/TWikiPreferences/theme-colors.css

This doesnt work. In my Twiki installtion there is no such file as theme-colors.css. how can i solve this problem?

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-- MaartenDeRuiter - 26 Jul 2007

Answer

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You need to create it and attach it to Main/TWikiPreferences. Just create a plain text file called theme-colors.css that contains your color style definitions.

-- LynnwoodBrown - 26 Jul 2007

The documentation has an error in the file path. In Main.TWikiPreferences, write Set USERCOLORSURL = /twiki/pub/TWiki/PatternSkinColorSettings/theme-colors.css

-- ArthurClemens - 26 Jul 2007

Thanks guys! it worked out, i also discovered that i have to save twice to see the results"

-- MaartenDeRuiter - 27 Jul 2007

Why do you need to save twice?

-- ArthurClemens - 27 Jul 2007

There's actually a second error, a bug in 4.1.2. You need to change the STARTATTACH statement to actually create the CSS in Main/TWikiPreferences. By default it otherwise gets created in the current topic. Change the PatternSkinColorSettings page to:

%STARTATTACH{"theme-colors.css" web="Main" topic="TWikiPreferences"}%

-- JoachimNilsson - 03 Jan 2008