# Customization of PatternSkin This page describes ways to change the layout, fonts and colors of [[PatternSkin]].
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## Screen parts The PatternSkin view template uses four screen parts: - The topic part - contains besides the topic content: action buttons, form table, attachment table, topic info - Top bar - used for a logo, contains Go box - Left bar - site and web navigation, contains a personal link block; may contain a Go box - Bottom bar - copyright, disclaimer These parts are dynamically included topics: - Top bar: [[WebTopBar]] - Left bar: included topic [[WebLeftBar]] (one WebLeftBar topic per web) - Personal links block: Main.%USERNAME%LeftBar. Your own personal leftbar: Main.adminLeftBar - Bottom bar: included topic [[WebBottomBar]] ### Top bar The top bar is mainly used as branding space. To change the screen room for the logo, see below, [[Customizing the logo|Main/TOPIC#Customizing_the_logo]]. ### Left bar The menu items are css-formatted bullet lists. So in [[WebLeftBar]] you write: * *Group* * [[SomeTopic][Link 1]] * [[AnotherTopic][Link 2]] * [[ThirdTopic][Link 3]] The left bar may contain a Go box instead of the top bar. Use: * The personal left bar block is formatted like the rest of the left bar. ### Bottom bar The bottom bar contains the copyright disclaimer, but may contain other information, perhaps a web list. ## Customizing the logo The top bar is 60 pixels high, and has a padding of 5 pixels on top, bottom and left, so the logo should be 50 pixels high. If your logo image has a different size, you can either alter the padding in `style.css` (.twikiTopBarContents) or change the top bar height in `layout.css` (look for the comment _setting the height of the top bar_). You can also choose to set a background image for the top bar. In `style.css`, add this to .twikiTopBar: background-position:top left; background-attachment:fixed; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-image:url(http://absolute_path_to_your_image); and set the correct image file path. ## Fonts ### Font style Font styles are defined in `style.css` in these places: html body { font-family:"Lucida Grande", verdana, lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; } h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family:"Lucida Grande", helvetica, lucida, verdana, sans-serif; } textarea { font-family:monospace; } input, select { font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif; } .twikiSeparator { font-family:Arial,sans-serif; } .twikiEditPage .twikiSig input { font-family:monospace; } ### Font size Font sizes in PatternSkin are scalable. This means that even on Windows Explorer, the text in the browser can scale with the user settings (in contrast to many sites where texts have a fixes pixel size, these cannot be changed by the user). Scalable text is a big accessibility asset. If you notwithstanding want to have a fixed font, or if you want to set the default size smaller or bigger, the easiest way is to make a new entry for body, below the 2 other entries: html body { ... (keep) } html>body { ... (keep) } html body { font-size:11px; } -- TWiki:Main.ArthurClemens - 15 Aug 2004