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--- tool:software:mediawiki [2020/08/04 21:46] – [Skins] Added notes on various skins rjt
+++ mediawiki [2020/10/25 13:32] – ↷ Page moved from tool:software:mediawiki to mediawiki rjt
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   * The other option is to just insert a little bit of custom CSS for basic changes; chanign text properties and such.
-I've made one basic theme for the Game Making Tools Wiki, which works with the [[git>wikimedia/mediawiki-skins-Vector|Vector]] skin, but would like to work on a fresh skin with nice, clear, basic markup :)
+I've made one basic theme for the [[project:game_making_tools#Wiki|Game Making Tools Wiki]], which works with the [[github>wikimedia/mediawiki-skins-Vector|Vector]] skin, but would like to work on a fresh skin with nice, clear, basic markup :)
 ==== Skins ====
-Mediawiki skins are way too complicated, I think I've given up on ever creating one. The best option seems to be creating //themes//, which are used to modify //skins//.
+Mediawiki skins are way too complicated, I think I've given up on ever creating one.
-Looking for Mediawiki skins is annoying! MediaWiki's wiki has [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:All_skins a section that collects some together]], but there's no gallery of screenshots.
+Looking for Mediawiki skins is annoying! MediaWiki's wiki has [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:All_skins|a section that collects some together]], but there's no gallery of screenshots.
 === Notes ===
-With a bias towards finding a new skin for [[project:game_making_tools]]'s wiki. Looking for something with a narrower reading area((default skins expand to fill width of the browser window, and are fiddlier than they should be to fix)), produces nice markup, and uses ''grid''.
+With a bias towards finding a new skin for [[project:Game Making Tools]]'s wiki. Looking for something with a narrower reading area((default skins expand to fill width of the browser window, and are fiddlier than they should be to fix)), produces nice markup, and uses ''grid''.
   * [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless|Timeless]] - I like that the search input in prominent, responsive, already included with MediaWiki (have to activate), narrower content section, I have themed this in the past.\\ NB: [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless-DarkCSS|Dark version]]
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   * [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Nostalgia|Nostalgia]] - Like earlier wiki engines.
   * [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Pivot|Pivot]] - Could be a good base for themeing.
+  * [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Foreground|Foreground]] - Another one that might be a good fit. Not so keen on not having sidebar/s.((This is the innocuous-looking line that's making this {{tagpage>external-edit-only}}))
 == Vetoed ==
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   * [[https://www.mediawiki.org/|mediawiki.org]]
-{{tag>wiki theming}}
+{{tag>wiki theming external-edit-only}}