Question

I am wondering if there is a way to make the WebLeftBar go away on only one page of my TWiki site, for all users, all the time. Someone recently suggested that making a change in UserStyles should get the job done, but those changes seem to affect only the user that makes them. I am looking for a way to get the WebLeftBar to not show up permanently, and regarding anyone that visits the page, not just myself. Thanks,

-- TWikiGuest - 18 Sep 2005

Environment

-- TWikiGuest - 18 Sep 2005

Answer

Use the USERSTYLEURL variable. No, variable is not used for users only; and the order in which variables are read makes that topic variables always take precedence over user variables. So write a USERSTYLEURL in a topic.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a new topic, for instance HideLeftBar. You may also want to use a central place for styles - in that case you can choose TWikiPreferences, or a new topic TWiki.CustomStyles or something. I'll use the last one for the example below.
2. In that topic, attach a css file (see attached example). Use the file that matches your TWiki installation (current is Cairo).
3. In the topic where you wish to hide the left bar, write * Set USERSTYLEURL = %PUBURL%/TWiki/CustomStyles/hideleftbar_Cairo.css

See for an example: Sandbox.NotoDisplayLeftBarOnWebHomeforAllUsersTest with the attached css, and Sandbox.ShowNotoDisplayLeftBarOnWebHomeforAllUsersTest to view the result.

-- ArthurClemens - 06 Oct 2005

OK, that makes sense.

But what about a situation where the site supports multiple skins and the home (or any specific) page must display the same - regardless of which skin the user has set or is set in the URL.

-- AntonAylward - 07 Oct 2005