Some template variables need to expand in the topic content

The %FORMTEMPLATE% and %TOPICPARENT% variables need to be expanded in the topic content to enable the new FreeSkin or other skins that give more power to the designer.

I'm doing an upgrade on FreeSkin, and i want have the freedon to define all the TWiki interface on especial topics. (It will be god to the internacionalization too)

The %FORMTEMPLATE% and %TOPICPARENT% do not works if is called out of the tmpl file. But if it do not work called in a topic I can't make an new edit interface without putting an file on the server. (Everythig maked by the web)

-- AurelioAHeckert - 06 Apr 2005

What are the impacts of expanding these variables here (for example, I can see fixing TOPICPARENT might be a bad idea).

I'm not doing anyhting about this until there is a more complete description of what's required, and why it's required.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 14 Apr 2005

This variables are needed to do an interface for the edit mode.

The FreeSkin get the html for the web layout fom 2 base topics. The next version of the FreeSkin will allow to define the edit, attach and some other interface modes of TWiki.

If any body want to do similar thigs (like in TWikiApplication), it will be ok.

-- AurelioAHeckert - 20 Apr 2005

Aurelio, I'm still not clear. 2 base topics? Why aren't you using templates? Or templates in topics? What do you mean by "define"? Do you mean define interactively (e.g. by editing a topic? What other interfaces? WHy not all? What do you mean, "similar things"?

-- CrawfordCurrie - 20 Apr 2005

Ok... My english is not god... I will use examples:

See the II Free Software Festival of Bahia web site: http://twiki.im.ufba.br/bin/view/Festival

It is in a TWiki web. We make more othes beaultiful colaborative web sites in TWiki-IM

This web sites uses the FreeSkin to freely create your layout. See the graphical project page of Festival: http://twiki.im.ufba.br/bin/view/Festival.ProjetoGrafico

The view template ( the .tmlp ) of FreeSkin includes the FreeSkinPreTopic and the FreeSkinPosTopic. see this topics:

• http://twiki.im.ufba.br/bin/view/Festival/FreeSkinPreTopic
• http://twiki.im.ufba.br/bin/view/Festival/FreeSkinPosTopic

Now we (I'm doing) want to have the same way to do the interface of edit mode and other user interfaces of TWiki.

I want to do TWikiApplications too!

-- AurelioAHeckert - 20 Apr 2005