Variables in Skins

You can use template variables, TWikiVariables, and other predefined variables to compose your skins. Some commonly used variables in skins:

Variable: <-- -->	Expanded to:
%EDITTOPIC%	Edit link
%META{"attachments"}%	FileAttachment table
%META{"form"}%	TWikiForm, if any
%META{"parent"}%	The topic parent
%REVINFO%	Revision info, ex: r1.6 - 24 Dec 2002 - 08:12 GMT - TWikiGuest
%REVTITLE%	The revision title, if any, ex: (r1.6)
%SCRIPTSUFFIX%	The script suffix, ex: .pl, .cgi
%SCRIPTURL%	The script URL of TWiki
%TEXT%	The topic text, e.g. the content that can be edited
%TOPIC%	The name of the current topic
%TOPICURLENCODED%	The name of the current topic, URL encoded (for form action)
%WEB%	The name of the current web
%WEBBGCOLOR%	Web specific background color, defined in the WebPreferences
%WEBCOPYRIGHT%	Copyright notice, defined in the WebPreferences
%WEBTOPICLIST%	Common links of current web, defined in the WebPreferences. It includes a #GoBox
%WEBURLENCODED%	The name of the current web, URL encoded (for form action)
%WIKILOGOALT%	Alt text of page logo
%WIKILOGOIMG%	Image URL of page logo
%WIKILOGOURL%	Link of page logo
%WIKITOOLNAME%	The name of your TWiki site

The "Go" Box and Navigation Box

The %WEBTOPICLIST% includes a "Go" box to jump to a topic. The box also understand URLs, e.g. you can type http://www.google.com/ to jump to an external web site. The feature is handy if you build a skin that has a select box of frequently used links, like Intranet home, employee database, sales database and such. A little JavaScript gets into action on the onSelect method of the select tag to fill the selected URL into the "Go" box field, then submits the form.

Here is an example form that has a select box and the "Go" box for illustration purposes. You need to have JavaScript enabled for this to work:

Packaging and Publishing Skins

See TWiki:Plugins/SkinPackagingHowTo