Style properties

I'm trying to insert a couple of style properties in my page.jsp.
Probably I'm missing a step of two because the properties aren't showing.

The steps I took.

1. I made a new style "JMOuders".
2. I added 2 style properties. One images property has the
label "image". One color property has the label "header_color"
3. Made a page.jsp containing:

<c:set var="currentPage" value="${presentationcontext.page}" />
<%-- background home --%>
<wm:presentationProperty label="image" var="backgroundImage" page="${currentPage}" />
<wm:presentationProperty label="header_color" var="backgroundColor" page="${currentPage}" />
${backgroundImage.url}
${backgroundColor}

4. I linked the page.jsp and style "JMOuders" to my homepage.
These both things are done correctly since the lay-out is
correct and I can change my color and image at my page.

What am I missing?

Greetings, Bart

Did you define the presentation properties in the xml descriptor file of the page.jsp (ie. page.xml)?

Here's an example of a style property taken from the community edition style wcb tableElementModeled.xml with colours fonts and images:

<property>
<propertyname>tableTitleBackgroundColor</propertyname>
<display-name>Tabel titel achtergrond kleur</display-name>
<datatype>Color</datatype>
<default></default>
</property>
<property>
<propertyname>tableTitleBackgroundImage</propertyname>
<display-name>Tabel titel achtergrond afbeelding</display-name>
<datatype>Image</datatype>
<default></default>
</property>
<property>
<propertyname>tableTitleFont</propertyname>
<display-name>Tabel titel lettertype</display-name>
<datatype>Font</datatype>
<default>font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color :#216DBB;</default>
</property>


and use it like this:

<wm:presentationProperty var="tableTitleBackgroundColor" label="tableTitleBackgroundColor" />
<wm:presentationProperty var="tableTitleFont" label="tableTitleFont" />

Bart,

If you can: try to use alternatives to 'styles'. Presentation properties are fine, but 'styles' can better be replaced by Page Meta Data WCB's. You might consider it 'deprecated', although an official statement has not been taken about this.

If you still want to use it, check the just updated Design API document for more information about the XML file Michael describes.