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+## <a name="TWiki_Skins"> TWiki Skins </a>
+
Skins are customized template files. You can use skins to change the look of a %WIKITOOLNAME% topic, for example the layout of the header and footer. Note that the renderd text between header and footer does **_not_** change. You can use skins also to define an alternate view, i.e. a view optimized for printing.
-A skin file is located in the `twiki/template` directory and has a name like `<scriptname>.<skin>.tmpl` or `<scriptname>.<topicname>.<skin>.tmpl`. For example, the `print` skin for the `view` template is <code>view<font>.print</font>.tmpl</code> (red color added for clarification).
+A skin file is located in the <code>**twiki/template**</code> directory and has a name like <code>**&lt;scriptname&gt;.&lt;skin&gt;.tmpl**</code> or <code>**&lt;scriptname&gt;.&lt;topicname&gt;.&lt;skin&gt;.tmpl**</code>. For example, the <code>**print**</code> skin for the <code>**view**</code> template is <code>**view<font>.print</font>.tmpl**</code> (red color added for clarification).
A skin can be activated in two ways:
@@ -10,6 +12,6 @@ A skin can be activated in two ways:
* %SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?skin=print (for the print view skin)
* %SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?skin=plain (for the plain view skin that has no header and footer)
-The `?skin=name` URL parameter overrides the SKIN preference value.
+The <code>**?skin=name**</code> URL parameter overrides the SKIN preference value.
--- [[Main/PeterThoeny]] - 20 Jan 2001 <br />
+-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 16 Mar 2001 <br />