Skinr creates a variable containing your skins class that you need to print
- inside your template files. Thankfully this will not be necessary in Drupal 7,
- but for now you'll need to add the $skinr variable and all the
- template files you plan to use yourself.
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In Drupal 6 to make Skinr work with your theme you had to print the $skinr variable in any template file you wanted to be able to manipulate with Skinr. In Drupal 7, for the most part, this is not necessary. You can alter blocks, nodes, views and panels without separate template files. This is because Drupal 7 handles classes differently, and Skinr is able to insert classes at the preprocess level. There are however, a couple of suggested templates you should create and print the contextual links for easier Skinr use.
The $skinr variable should be printed in the class attribute of
- the first, or outer-most <div> in your theme's template
- files. The variable is the same no matter which type you are dealing with, but
- you may need to add template files to your theme. The variable is added by
- doing:
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<?php print $skinr; ?>- -
NOTE: Depending on how your template files are structured, you may need to add a blank space before the variable so it doesn't conflict with other classes you might have:
- -<?php print ' '. $skinr; ?>- -
Here is a list of template files that are typically used and supported by
- Skinr. See the link for each if you need to create these from scratch in your
- theme. These links point to Drupal's default code for the template files.
- You'll be able to copy/paste that code or tpl file to your theme. Then you can
- add the $skinr variable and modify the code to suit your needs.
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Body classes and region classes can be defined without these template files, but in order to have the contextual links for easy access to Skinr settings you will need to add a PHP snippet to their templates. See the links below for each if you need to create these from scratch in your theme. These links point to Drupal's default code for the template files. You'll be able to copy/paste that code or tpl file to your theme. Then you need to add
<?php print render($title_suffix); ?>in the files right after the classes are being printed.
Note: If you have other template files, i.e. node-blog.tpl.php make sure you print the $skinr variable in them, otherwise it wont work.