Skin Manager: Skin File

Structure of the Skin File

Skins can be uploaded/updated by a zip file. This zip file will replace the entire contents of the skin with the specific name. The existing directory will be expunged before installation, so updates will not "add" archives, but rather "replace" the entire skin.

Skin zip files has the following rules concerning its contents. All files that not match these criteria will be ignored. The skin manager will silently ignore these files, these files will also not be stored in the archive.

1. All css files must be located in the root.
2. There must be a directory images
3. Only image files (png|gif|jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff) may be located in the directory images
4. All other files are ignored

A typical layout of zip file is:

Path	Type	Description
portal.css	css	The portal stylesheet
tool.css	css	The stylesheet for the tools
images/	directory	The image directory
images/*	png|gif|jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff	Images

A skin may not contain:

• Anything that contains a the characters ".."
• Any path that starts with "/"
• Any file that attempts to locate itself outside it's root directory.