Skin Editor Resources

The Skin Editor Resources screen is a file upload and management tool.

Resource Notation

Any image or text file can be uploaded to ThemeBuilder Resources and is then available to a skin using the resource notation, as shown below.

SkinID::ResourceName

Note: Notice the double colon (::) between the skin and file name. This tells ThemeBuilder to look in its resources for the file.

Resource Actions

Once a resource has been uploaded, you can perform actions to manage the resource. The actions will differ depending on the type of resource.

Note: Text includes CSS, JS, etc. You must click Save in the Skin Editor after changing any text file in the Resources screen.


Resource Type	Icon	Action
Image		Hover to view in popup
Image, Text		Click to open the browser, or right-click to copy the image URL
Image, Text		Click to delete
Text		Hover to preview contents
Text		Click to open in a simple text editor

Upload and Reference an Image File

While in the Edit Skins tab of the administration menu, you can add images to the Resources tab:

Click the Browse button to find an image from a local folder.
Select the image you want to upload and click Open.
Upon upload, the image appears in the Resources list.

See the Image Resource macro for more about using an image in a ThemeBuilder panel or Confluence page.

CSS Usage

Image resources can be used in the ThemeBuilder CSS screen for background images. The code is added with the URL in resource notation.

Examples

Add a background image to an HTML div in a panel or page.

.my-background
{background-image: url("SkinId::ResourceName.ext");
}

Image in Resource screen

CSS screen

.my-background {
    background: url("MYSKIN::unicorn.png") repeat left bottom #CC3300;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    height: 340px;
}

Div Added to Panel

In your ThemeBuilder skin panel, add this code block to create the element the CSS will be applied to:

<div class="my-background">
</div>

Div Added to Page

You will need the Content Formatting for Confluence app installed to add HTML divs to a page. Use the Macro Browser to add a div with the my-background class.

Result

As seen below, the image is added as a background to the div.

Example Usage

Text files can be used as additional resources for CSS and JavaScript code. Also, as a way to hold code separate from your skin, that then gets imported into a panel (e.g., a place to have chunks of text that are reused throughout your skin).

CSS/JS Resource

See Skin Editor - HTML for an example on how to reference a CSS or JS resource file.

New Text Resource - Panel Import

Click the New Text Resource button to open the text editor.
Add the name of your file in the Name text field, and press Enter.
A popup appears with a simple text editor and the file name in the tab. The example shows HTML added a file called company-address.txt.
The text file extension can be used as this will be imported into a panel that outputs XML/HTML.
Use the Import Macro, located within the Panel Editor, to include the contents of the resource in your panel. Use resource notation to reference the file.
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<ac:macro ac:name="import"> <ac:parameter ac:name="import">MYSKIN::company-address.txt</ac:parameter> </ac:macro>

Result:

Output HTML

<p>My Company</p>
<p>The Building</p>
<p>The Street</p>
<p>The Town</p>
<p>The District</p>
<p>The Code</p>

Note: Click Save to apply any changes made in the Resources screen.