WikiMatrix / Beginner Question

krieg · 2008-11-07 20:39:52

Ok, I've installed PmWiki. In order to skin it the way I want, I have to build a new .tmpl (template) file and a new .css file right? The CSS is like any other CSS. And as I understand it the .tmpl file is basically an HTML page with a different extension.
So I make a CSS file with all of the things I'll want. Then I make an HTML file using dreamweaver so I can see what changes are being made. When I finish it, I just change the .html to .tmpl and PmWiki displays the CSS correctly.

The rough outline is as such (just div ids and closing tags so you can see the nesting (/)= closing tag name:

Code:

<div id=body>
    <div id=background>
        <div id=main>
             <div id=content>
                <div id=pagetext>
                   <div id=wikitext>The editable wiki content.</div>
                </div>    (/pagetext)
             </div>        (/content)
        </div>            (/main)
    </div>            (/background)
</div>          (/body)

Now, the problem.

When I point the browser to www.mydomain.com/wiki/Main/Main it shows the outline of my CSS perfectly, but the wiki content is displayed directly below it. When I crack open the source to see what it looks like, lo and behold I find an unexpected addition to the .tmpl I just created:

Code:

<div id=body>
    <div id=background>
        <div id=main>
             <div id=content>
                <div id=pagetext>
                   <div id=wikitext>The editable wiki content.</div>
                </div>    (/pagetext)
             </div>        (/content)
        </div>            (/main)
    </div>            (/background)
</div>          (/body)

<div id=wikitext>Content from my wiki page renderered as HTML code.</div>

Now, if you look at my original code, I already have a <div> tag for 'wikitext'. Yet no matter what I try it always creates that code at the bottom. Other than its placement, the wiki content works fine. I can edit it, create pages, etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Last edited by krieg (2008-11-07 20:41:02)

UberGeek · 2009-11-24 20:18:31

Old topic, I know.

Your tmpl file is not quite the right format:

Code:

<html>
 <head>
  ...some header stuff...
  <!--HTMLHeader-->
  ...some more header stuff...
 </head>
 <body>
  ...some HTML...
  <!--PageText-->
  ...some more HTML....
  <!--HTMLFooter-->
 </body>
</html>

This is from here.

By following that basic layout for the tmpl file, and applying the CSS to the elements, you'll get the effects and looks you want.

But: You need to have the "directives" in there  ...  or else it wont work. PmWiki expects to find these, and that's how it knows where to put the appropriate elements.

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#2 2009-11-24 20:18:31

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