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Developing in a Skin

Being able to work with different skins is very useful for skin developers who want to test changes without disrupting other users, or for training exercises where multiple people can work on the same test server using different skins.

Before you begin

You must have Develop App permission to customize skins.

About this task

As a skin developer, it is very useful to view the application in a different skin. If you change your skin, it is used until you log out or change your skin again, manually. This does not modify the skin that other users are experiencing in the application.

Procedure

  1. If you are in a SDL LiveContent Reach tool, click Home in the breadcrumb trail.
    The Review and Collaboration landing page appears.
  2. In the Administration Tools pane, click Developer's Workbench.
    The Developer's Workbench page appears.
  3. In the left pane, click a skin.
  4. In the right pane, click Develop with this skin, and then click OK.
  5. In response to the Refresh this page to develop with this skin pop-up message, press F5.
    You will see the application in the skin you have selected. This selection will last until you choose another skin, or log out from the application.