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Installation

medialog.subskins is installed in plone 4, the usual way.

Add

eggs = medialog.subskins

and run bin/buildout.

 

In your plone site. Install

subskins

This should install

Products.PloneSubSkins and the classic theme (and kupu). If not, you will have to do that manually.

 

Install subskins

The control Panel

How the control panel works.

After installation, you site will look something like this:

Control Panel

 

  • Now, click the "subskins setup"-link on the top.
  • Set your sites widths and select some options (see screenshot below)
  • Press save

 

The Control Panel

 

  • Add portlets and maybe some content 
  • Go back to the control panel (click on the "subskins setup"-link again
  • Click on the "manage viewlets" -link on the bottom om the control panel
  • Rearrange the viewlets if you want to
  • Note: Some viewlets declared "double", which means that if you want the personaltool on bottom you will have to hide them on top and show them on bottom (see screenshots)
Viewlets I

 

Viewlets II

 

  • Go back to the front page
  • Click the "subskins setup" link again.
  • Try out some different setting. You can see the  color-schemes by clicking "click here to see the colorschemes"
  • Please note, not everything is possble (?) to update with javascript, you should press "save". Especially if you select more than one extra (see screenshot). This sometimes havppens with padding as well.

 

 

Many extras

 

Changing the logo

How to have your own logo

  • Go to the plone control panel (see screenshot), click on "subskins settings" and you will get an option to change the logo

 

  • Change logo Plone

  • Clear caches (or even restart zope) to see the changes

 

One or two of the "top selections hides the logo", so if you dont see your logo, select "SubSkins_top_nothing special" from the control panel

 

 

Some Screenshots

Just a few of the layouts you can make

Layout subskins III

 

Layout subskins II

 

Layout subskins I

 

 Layout subskins IIII