Wiki source code of Preview a Skin

Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2026/09/23 14:52

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1 Display one page with any skin by adding a ##skin## parameter to its URL, which wins over every [[skin level>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.skins.levels.WebHome]].
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3 1. Choose one of the [[skins the wiki can use>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.skins.available.WebHome]].
4 1. Add a ##skin## parameter naming that skin to the URL of the page you want to look at, or ##&skin=## if the URL already carries parameters:(((
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6 https://mywiki.example.org/xwiki/bin/view/Sandbox/?skin=XWiki.DefaultSkin
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9 1. Open that URL. The page is displayed with the skin you named, for this request only. Load it again without the parameter and the wiki's own skin is back:(((
10 {{image reference="page-rendered-previewed-skin.png" size="extra" alt="The Sandbox page displayed with the previewed skin, with its navigation panels, breadcrumb, title and content"/}}
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