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Defining the skin and assigning it to a theme manually

When you create new skin resources, you can define them so that you can assign them to a theme.

You can define the skin and assign it to a theme by using Manage properties or manually. Learn more about Defining the skin and assigning it to a theme using Manage properties.

  1. Use the following code snippet as a template for the XMLAccess skin definition to import, where theme_context, skin_folder_name, skin_unique_name, skin_title, theme_folder, skin_folder_name, and theme_unique_name are the unique values for your theme and skin.

    Note

    This template creates a title in English only, but you can add more locales.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                <request
                    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" build="wp80" version="8.0"
                    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd"
                    type="update" create-oids="true">
                    <portal action="locate">
                        <skin action="update" active="true" context-root="theme\_context" default="false" domain="rel" 
                          resourceroot="skin\_folder\_name" type="default" objectid="skin\_unique\_name" uniquename="skin_unique_name">
                        <localedata locale="en">
                            skin\_title
                        </localedata>
                            <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.skintype" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[template]]></parameter>
                            <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.skin.template.file.name.html" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[skin.html]]></parameter>
                            <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.skin.template.ref" 
                              type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[dav:fs-type1/themes/theme\_folder/skins/skin\_folder\_name/]]></parameter>
                        </skin>
                        <theme action="update" uniquename="theme\_unique\_name">
                            <allowed-skin skin="skin_unique_name" update="set"/>
                        </theme>
                    </portal>
                </request>

  2. Import the XMLAccess skin definition by using the command line or the Import XML portlet.