SID-00950: WebLeftBar is above page content and not to the left

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.0	Perl version:	5.10.1.1007
Category:	CategorySkin	Server OS:	Windows XP	Last update:	15 years ago

Hi, I am trying out Twiki as supplied with no other plugins or skins. I just installed and started to customize when I added the following %INCLUDE{%MAINWEB%.WebLeftBar}% to the main page to get the leftbar. The leftbar displays correctly on the left but the page content is pushed down below the leftbar instead of beside the leftbar. Any ideas? Thanks.

-- TomVeil - 2010-08-18

Discussion and Answer

You need to handle that at the template level. twiki/templates/view.topmenu.tmpl overloads template definitions leftbar and leftbardimensions of the PatternSkin, e.g. removes the sidebar.

To restore the sidebar you can remove these lines in twiki/templates/view.topmenu.tmpl:

%TMPL:DEF{"leftbar"}%%TMPL:END%
%TMPL:DEF{"leftbardimensions"}%%TMPL:END%

Or, better yet (for ease of upgrade), overload those settings in a new skin or custom layout. Details at PatternSkinCssCookbook and PatternSkinCustomization.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-08-18

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