Bug: TWiki variables are sometimes not expanded
I have set SKIN to pattern in my personal page. But sometimes the new skin does not appear until I have used Edit.
Test case
At the bottom of
PatternSkinDev I have written %SKIN% to see what the variable is, but it is just displayed as %SKIN%.
Test:
%SKIN% is tagme, topmenu, pattern
Environment
Server OS:
Web server:
twiki.org
Perl version:
Client OS:
Web Browser:
Safari
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ArthurClemens - 03 Aug 2004
Follow up
This is not a bug, it's an artefact of the current spec. Users are tracked by IP address at TWiki.org once you edit a page. If your IP address changes (work/home, DHCP lease expire, etc) you will be a
TWikiGuest or in rare cases someone else in view (until you edit a page).
TWikiPreferences did not have the SKIN set, neither does
TWikiGuest. That is why you see the unexpanded %SKIN% variable. I added an empty SKIN setting in the TWikiPreferences, so it at least will resolve.
A
LoginButton could be useful.
See also older discussions in
WhoIsTheRemoteUserInView
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