Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of TracInterfaceCustomization


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    1 = Customizing the Trac Interface =
     1= Customizing the Trac Interface
    22[[TracGuideToc]]
    3 [[PageOutline]]
     3[[PageOutline(2-5,Contents,pullout)]]
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    5 == Introduction ==
    65This page gives suggestions on how to customize the look of Trac. Topics include editing the HTML templates and CSS files, but not the program code itself. The topics show users how they can modify the look of Trac to meet their specific needs. Suggestions for changes to Trac's interface applicable to all users should be filed as tickets, not listed on this page.
    76
    8 == Project Logo and Icon ==
     7== Project Logo and Icon
    98The easiest parts of the Trac interface to customize are the logo and the site icon. Both of these can be configured with settings in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini].
    109
    1110The logo or icon image should be put in a folder named "htdocs" in your project's environment folder. ''Note: in projects created with a Trac version prior to 0.9 you will need to create this folder''.
    1211
    13  ''Note: you can actually put the logo and icon anywhere on your server (as long as it's accessible through the web server), and use their absolute or server-relative URLs in the configuration.''
     12'''Note''': you can actually put the logo and icon anywhere on your server (as long as it's accessible through the web server), and use their absolute or server-relative URLs in the configuration.
    1413
    1514Now configure the appropriate section of your [wiki:TracIni trac.ini]:
    1615
    17 === Logo ===
    18 Change the `src` setting to `site/` followed by the name of your image file. The `width` and `height` settings should be modified to match your image's dimensions. The Trac chrome handler uses "`site/`" for files within the project directory `htdocs`, and "`common/`" for the common `htdocs` directory belonging to a Trac installation. Note that 'site/' is not a placeholder for your project name, it is the literal prefix that should be used. For example, if your project is named 'sandbox', and the image file is 'red_logo.gif' then the 'src' setting would be 'site/red_logo.gif', not 'sandbox/red_logo.gif'.
     16=== Logo
     17Change the `src` setting to `site/` followed by the name of your image file. The `width` and `height` settings should be modified to match your image's dimensions. The Trac chrome handler uses `site/` for files within the project directory `htdocs`, and `common/` for the common `htdocs` directory belonging to a Trac installation. Note that 'site/' is not a placeholder for your project name, it is the literal prefix that should be used. For example, if your project is named 'sandbox', and the image file is 'red_logo.gif' then the 'src' setting would be 'site/red_logo.gif', not 'sandbox/red_logo.gif'.
    1918
    20 {{{
     19{{{#!ini
    2120[header_logo]
    2221src = site/my_logo.gif
    … …  
    2625}}}
    2726
    28 === Icon ===
     27=== Icon
    2928Icons are small images displayed by your web browser next to the site's URL and in the `Bookmarks` menu. Icons should be a 32x32 image in `.gif` or `.ico` format. Change the `icon` setting to `site/` followed by the name of your icon file:
    3029
    31 {{{
     30{{{#!ini
    3231[project]
    3332icon = site/my_icon.ico
    3433}}}
    3534
    36 Note that this icon is ignored by Internet Explorer, which only accepts a file named `favicon.ico` at the root of the host. To make the project icon work in IE as well as other browsers, you can store the icon in the document root of the host and then reference it from `trac.ini` as follows:
    37 
    38 {{{
    39 [project]
    40 icon = /favicon.ico
    41 }}}
    42 
    43 If your browser does not show your favicon in the address bar, append a "?" to the file extension:
    44 
    45 {{{
    46 [project]
    47 icon = /favicon.ico?
    48 }}}
    49 
    50 == Custom Navigation Entries ==
     35== Custom Navigation Entries
    5136The new [mainnav] and [metanav] can now be used to customize the text and link used for the navigation items, or even to disable them, but not for adding new ones.
    5237
    5338In the following example, we rename the link to the Wiki start "Home", and hide the "!Help/Guide". We also make the "View Tickets" entry link to a specific report:
    54 {{{
     39{{{#!ini
    5540[mainnav]
    5641wiki.label = Home
    … …  
    6348See also TracNavigation for a more detailed explanation of the mainnav and metanav terms.
    6449
    65 == Site Appearance == #SiteAppearance
     50== Site Appearance #SiteAppearance
    6651
    67 Trac is using [http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] as the templating engine. Say you want to add a link to a custom stylesheet, and then your own header and footer. Save the following content as `site.html` inside your projects `templates/` directory (each Trac project can have their own `site.html`), eg {{{/path/to/env/templates/site.html}}}:
     52Trac is using [http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] as the templating engine. Say you want to add a link to a custom stylesheet, and then your own header and footer. Save the following content as `site.html` inside your projects `templates/` directory (each Trac project can have their own `site.html`), eg `/path/to/env/templates/site.html`:
    6853
    69 {{{
    70 #!xml
     54{{{#!xml
    7155<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
    7256      xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/"
    … …  
    10589{{{#!xml
    10690<form py:match="div[@id='content' and @class='ticket']/form" py:attrs="select('@*')">
    107   <py:if test="req.environ['PATH_INFO'] == '/newticket' and (not 'preview' in req.args)">
     91  <py:if test="req.path_info == '/newticket' and (not 'preview' in req.args)">
    10892    <p>Please make sure to search for existing tickets before reporting a new one!</p>
    10993  </py:if>
    … …  
    11296}}}
    11397
    114 This example illustrates a technique of using `req.environ['PATH_INFO']` to limit scope of changes to one view only. For instance, to make changes in `site.html` only for timeline and avoid modifying other sections - use  `req.environ['PATH_INFO'] == '/timeline'` condition in `<py:if>` test.
     98This example illustrates a technique of using `req.path_info` to limit scope of changes to one view only. For instance, to make changes in `site.html` only for timeline and avoid modifying other sections - use `req.path_info == '/timeline'` condition in `<py:if>` test.
    11599
    116100More examples snippets for `site.html` can be found at [trac:wiki:CookBook/SiteHtml CookBook/SiteHtml].
    … …  
    118102Example snippets for `style.css` can be found at [trac:wiki:CookBook/SiteStyleCss CookBook/SiteStyleCss].
    119103
    120 If the environment is upgraded from 0.10 and a `site_newticket.cs` file already exists, it can be loaded using a workaround - providing it contains no [trac:ClearSilver] processing. In addition, as only one element can be imported, the content needs some sort of wrapper such as a `<div>` block or other similar parent container. The XInclude namespace must be specified to allow includes, but that can be moved to document root along with the others:
    121 {{{
    122 #!xml
    123 <form py:match="div[@id='content' and @class='ticket']/form" py:attrs="select('@*')"
    124         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
    125   <py:if test="req.environ['PATH_INFO'] == '/newticket' and (not 'preview' in req.args)">
    126     <xi:include href="site_newticket.cs"><xi:fallback /></xi:include>
    127   </py:if>
    128   ${select('*')}
    129 </form>
    130 }}}
     104Note that the `site.html`, despite its name, can be put in a shared templates directory, see the [[TracIni#inherit-section|[inherit] templates_dir]] option. This could provide easier maintainence as one new global `site.html` file can be made to include any existing header, footer and newticket snippets.
    131105
    132 Also note that the `site.html`, despite its name, can be put in a shared templates directory, see the [[TracIni#inherit-section|[inherit] templates_dir]] option. This could provide easier maintainence (and a migration path from 0.10 for larger installations) as one new global `site.html` file can be made to include any existing header, footer and newticket snippets.
     106== Project List #ProjectList
    133107
    134 == Project List == #ProjectList
    135 
    136 You can use a custom Genshi template to display the list of projects if you are using Trac with multiple projects. 
     108You can use a custom Genshi template to display the list of projects if you are using Trac with multiple projects.
    137109
    138110The following is the basic template used by Trac to display a list of links to the projects. For projects that could not be loaded, it displays an error message. You can use this as a starting point for your own index template:
    139111
    140 {{{
    141 #!text/html
     112{{{#!text/html
    142113<!DOCTYPE html
    143114    PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
    … …  
    164135}}}
    165136
    166 Once you've created your custom template you will need to configure the webserver to tell Trac where the template is located (pls verify ... not yet changed to 0.11):
     137Once you've created your custom template you will need to configure the webserver to tell Trac where the template is located:
    167138
    168139For [wiki:TracModWSGI mod_wsgi]:
    169 {{{
     140{{{#!python
    170141os.environ['TRAC_ENV_INDEX_TEMPLATE'] = '/path/to/template.html'
    171142}}}
    172143
    173144For [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI]:
    174 {{{
     145{{{#!apache
    175146FastCgiConfig -initial-env TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR=/parent/dir/of/projects \
    176147              -initial-env TRAC_ENV_INDEX_TEMPLATE=/path/to/template
    … …  
    178149
    179150For [wiki:TracModPython mod_python]:
    180 {{{
     151{{{#!apache
    181152PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /parent/dir/of/projects
    182153PythonOption TracEnvIndexTemplate /path/to/template
    … …  
    184155
    185156For [wiki:TracCgi CGI]:
    186 {{{
     157{{{#!apache
    187158SetEnv TRAC_ENV_INDEX_TEMPLATE /path/to/template
    188159}}}
    189160
    190161For [wiki:TracStandalone], you'll need to set up the `TRAC_ENV_INDEX_TEMPLATE` environment variable in the shell used to launch tracd:
    191  - Unix
    192    {{{
    193 #!sh
     162 - Unix:
     163   {{{#!sh
    194164$ export TRAC_ENV_INDEX_TEMPLATE=/path/to/template
    195165   }}}
    196  - Windows
    197    {{{
    198 #!sh
     166 - Windows:
     167   {{{#!sh
    199168$ set TRAC_ENV_INDEX_TEMPLATE=/path/to/template
    200169   }}}
    201170
    202 == Project Templates ==
     171== Project Templates
    203172
    204 The appearance of each individual Trac environment, ie instance of a project, can be customized independently of other projects, even those hosted on the same server. The recommended way is to use a `site.html` template (see [#SiteAppearance]) whenever possible. Using `site.html` means changes are made to the original templates as they are rendered, and you should not normally need to redo modifications whenever Trac is upgraded. If you do make a copy of `theme.html` or any other Trac template, you need to migrate your modifiations to the newer version. If not, new Trac features or bug fixes may not work as expected.
     173The appearance of each individual Trac environment, ie instance of a project, can be customized independently of other projects, even those hosted on the same server. The recommended way is to use a `site.html` template whenever possible, see [#SiteAppearance]. Using `site.html` means changes are made to the original templates as they are rendered, and you should not normally need to redo modifications whenever Trac is upgraded. If you do make a copy of `theme.html` or any other Trac template, you need to migrate your modifiations to the newer version. If not, new Trac features or bug fixes may not work as expected.
    205174
    206 With that word of caution, any Trac template may be copied and customized. The default Trac templates are located inside the installed Trac egg (`/usr/lib/pythonVERSION/site-packages/Trac-VERSION.egg/trac/templates, .../trac/ticket/templates, .../trac/wiki/templates, ++`). The [#ProjectList] template file is called `index.html`, while the template responsible for main layout is called `theme.html`. Page assets such as images and CSS style sheets are located in the egg's `trac/htdocs` directory.
     175With that word of caution, any Trac template may be copied and customized. The default Trac templates are located inside the installed Trac egg, such as `/usr/lib/pythonVERSION/site-packages/Trac-VERSION.egg/trac/templates, ../trac/ticket/templates, ../trac/wiki/templates`. The [#ProjectList] template file is called `index.html`, while the template responsible for main layout is called `theme.html`. Page assets such as images and CSS style sheets are located in the egg's `trac/htdocs` directory.
    207176
    208177However, do not edit templates or site resources inside the Trac egg. Reinstalling Trac overwrites your modifications. Instead use one of these alternatives:
    209178 * For a modification to one project only, copy the template to project `templates` directory.
    210  * For a modification shared by several projects, copy the template to a shared location and have each project point to this location using the `[inherit] templates_dir =` trac.ini option.
     179 * For a modification shared by several projects, copy the template to a shared location and have each project point to this location using the `[inherit] templates_dir` trac.ini option.
    211180
    212181Trac resolves requests for a template by first looking inside the project, then in any inherited templates location, and finally inside the Trac egg.
    213182
    214 Trac caches templates in memory by default to improve performance. To apply a template you need to restart the server.
     183Trac caches templates in memory by default to improve performance. To apply a template you need to restart the web server.
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