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MediaWiki Skins Design

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MediaWiki Skins Design

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MediaWiki Skins Design
Aug, 2008 | 248 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
MediaWiki Skins Design
MediaWiki Skins Design
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
Preface
Preface
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1
Introduction
Introduction
Examples of MediaWiki Skins
Customized MediaWiki Skins
Why Skin Your (Media) Wiki?
Our Case Study: JazzMeet
The Process of Skinning MediaWiki
Summary
2
Formatting the Body
Formatting the Body
Initializing Your Skin
Using Your Skin
Styling Article Content
Making Our Case Study 'JazzMeet'
Styling the Edit Interface
Preview Page
Logging In and Registering
JazzMeets So Far
Summary
3
Formatting Interface Elements
Formatting Interface Elements
The Interface Area: .portlet
Changing the Logo
Styling the Navigation: #p-navigation
The Userbar: #p-personal
View Options: #p-cactions
The Toolbox: #p-tb
The Search Box: #p-search
The Footer: #footer
Summary
4
Changing the Layout
Changing the Layout
Keep Your Head On: MediaWiki's <head> Tag
Changing the Content Area: #bodyContent
Changing the Interface
Creating Your Own Template
Summary
5
Useful MediaWiki Functions
Useful MediaWiki Functions
PHP Functions and MediaWiki Functions
Functions for <head>
Functions For <body>
Advanced PHP Functions
Summary
6
Adding Decorative Elements
Adding Decorative Elements
Decorative Elements
Focus-Drawing Techniques
Depth and the Third Dimension
Focus-Lessening Techniques
Summary
7
Dynamic CSS and JavaScript
Dynamic CSS and JavaScript
Inline Edit Interface
Installing Lightbox 2
LightboxThumbs
Tables: Making Data easier to read
Summary
8
Social Networking and MediaWiki
Social Networking and MediaWiki
Integrating Twitter with MediaWiki
YouTube in MediaWiki
Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking Aggregators
Summary
9
Deploying Your MediaWiki Skin
Deploying Your MediaWiki Skin
Deploying on your Own Wiki
Packaging Your MediaWiki Skin
Licensing Options
Summary
10
MediaWiki Print Styles
MediaWiki Print Styles
Viewing the Printable Version of Your Page
What's Already Done for Us: commonPrint.css
What Remains to be Styled
Summary
Troubleshooting Browser Issues with MediaWiki
Troubleshooting Browser Issues with MediaWiki
Browser Modes
Conditional Comments
Internet Explorer 5 Bugs
Internet Explorer 6 Bugs
Inline List Items Partially Displayed
Bugs in Other Browsers
Firefox Bugs
Testing your Design in Multiple Browsers
Summary

Using Your Skin

There are two ways to view your skin: setting it as the default skin for the wiki, and changing your user account preferences, which means that only you will see the skin by default when you are logged in. The latter option means that you will be required to register an account on your wiki after creating an '"admin" or "sysop" account when MediaWiki is installed.

Making Your Skin as Wiki's Default Skin

To make your new skin the default skin for all visitors to your wiki, set the $wgDefaultSkin variable in LocalSettings.php file to the name of your skin. For example, replace $wgDefaultSkin = 'monobook' with $wgDefaultSkin = 'jazzmeet'. Save the file and upload it in its original directory.

Note

In some versions of MediaWiki, $wgDefaultskin may not be in your LocalSettings.php file. You need to add it if you are not able to see it.

Making Your Skin as Your Default Skin

Log in to your wiki, and select the my preferences option from the user bar (positioned at the top-right of the...

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