You should ask this in the ajax4jsf forum, ajax4jsf skinning is nothing to do with Seam. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4044659#4044659 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4044659