Question

In earlier versions of TWiki it was possible to create a template for a specific topic overriding the master templated and the web template. This feature seems to have been lost in the September 1, 2001 release. I would like to have the option to create a special layout for a page, for example for WebHome. Is there a way to achieve this or would it be possible to restore the feature?

• TWiki version: September 1, 2001
• Web server: any
• Server OS: any
• Web browser: any
• Client OS: any

-- EelcoVisser - 27 Jan 2002

Answer

This has been removed after a request for comment. You get the functionality for creating new topics if you pass a templatetopic paramter to the edit script. Currently it is not possible to do that for topic view. As a workaround you can create links to your topic with a skin, i.e. [[%SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%MAINWEB%/%HOMETOPIC%?skin=homeskin][%HOMETOPIC%]]

-- PeterThoeny - 28 Jan 2002

That is not an adequate workaround. Especially for top-level pages such as WebHome, which are referenced from outside the twiki. Was there a good reason for removing the feature?

-- EelcoVisser - 29 Jan 2002