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adrelanos at riseup

Jul 31, 2013, 10:39 AM

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How to use the NullBook skin?

Hi!

In an own installation of mediawiki, I would like to use this skin by
default:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles/NullBook

For testing I added it to User:MyUserName/myskin.css but then the skin
was just totally messed up (no skin at all).

Or asked the other way around, how am I supposed to use any of the skins
listed here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Gallery_of_user_styles

They most of the time only provide a css file, but the skin folder of
mediawiki seems to require a .php file and a whole folder with css.

Must I create a new .php file myself? Can't I just use a premade one?

Cheers,
adrelanos

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Jul 31, 2013, 10:45 AM

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Re: How to use the NullBook skin? [In reply to]

Doesn't seem to be available

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:System_administration#Choosing_a_design:_Selecting_a_skin

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On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:39 AM, adrelanos <adrelanos [at] riseup> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> In an own installation of mediawiki, I would like to use this skin by
> default:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles/NullBook
>
> For testing I added it to User:MyUserName/myskin.css but then the skin
> was just totally messed up (no skin at all).
>
> Or asked the other way around, how am I supposed to use any of the skins
> listed here:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Gallery_of_user_styles
>
> They most of the time only provide a css file, but the skin folder of
> mediawiki seems to require a .php file and a whole folder with css.
>
> Must I create a new .php file myself? Can't I just use a premade one?
>
> Cheers,
> adrelanos
>
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adrelanos at riseup

Jul 31, 2013, 10:55 AM

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Re: How to use the NullBook skin? [In reply to]

Those are the default ones. What about the user created ones? I am
asking how to use them.

Mlpearc:
> Doesn't seem to be available
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:System_administration#Choosing_a_design:_Selecting_a_skin
>
> *
> Mlpearc*
> Founder
> Everything Food & Drink.org
> everythingfoodanddrink.org<http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index.php/Main_Page>
> Phone: 760-718-1290
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:39 AM, adrelanos <adrelanos [at] riseup> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> In an own installation of mediawiki, I would like to use this skin by
>> default:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles/NullBook
>>
>> For testing I added it to User:MyUserName/myskin.css but then the skin
>> was just totally messed up (no skin at all).
>>
>> Or asked the other way around, how am I supposed to use any of the skins
>> listed here:
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Gallery_of_user_styles
>>
>> They most of the time only provide a css file, but the skin folder of
>> mediawiki seems to require a .php file and a whole folder with css.
>>
>> Must I create a new .php file myself? Can't I just use a premade one?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> adrelanos
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> MediaWiki-l mailing list
>> MediaWiki-l [at] lists
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> MediaWiki-l [at] lists
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mah at everybody

Jul 31, 2013, 11:16 AM

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Re: How to use the NullBook skin? [In reply to]

On 07/31/2013 01:39 PM, adrelanos wrote:
> They most of the time only provide a css file, but the skin folder of
> mediawiki seems to require a .php file and a whole folder with css.
>
> Must I create a new .php file myself? Can't I just use a premade one?

You can use one of the bundled ones if you're willing to just change
MediaWiki:Common.css to contain the CSS necessary

The CSS you're looking at, though, relies on the MySkin which was
removed a few months ago. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/25170/

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adrelanos at riseup

Jul 31, 2013, 11:28 AM

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Re: How to use the NullBook skin? [In reply to]

Mark A. Hershberger:
> The CSS you're looking at, though, relies on the MySkin which was
> removed a few months ago. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/25170/

This means, this skin can't be easily used without deeper understanding
mediawiki skinning and manually fixing it by editing the code?

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mah at everybody

Jul 31, 2013, 12:41 PM

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Re: How to use the NullBook skin? [In reply to]

On 07/31/2013 02:28 PM, adrelanos wrote:
> This means, this skin can't be easily used without deeper
> understanding mediawiki skinning and manually fixing it by editing the
> code?

MySkin is still in MW 1.21, so if you're using this on your own wiki, it
shouldn't be a problem unless you installed your wiki from git.

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