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MediaWIki

Theming

There are a few different ways to theme MediaWiki.

The most complex is to create a skin. This is the base that determines the appearance of the wiki.
Next is a theme. Themes are applied on top of skins, and a theme will rely on a particular skin. They change less, but can still do a lot.
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 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.

Looking for Mediawiki skins is annoying! MediaWiki's wiki has a section that collects some together, but there's no gallery of screenshots.

Notes

With a bias towards finding a new skin for Game Making Tools's wiki. Looking for something with a narrower reading area¹⁾, produces nice markup, and uses grid.

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: Dark version
PureCSS - I thought the name was appealing :) but it's actually some Yahoo framework. Still, the skin's code is easy to read, so might be a good starting point for developing a custom skin.
Nimbus - Similar to the default, but a bit nicer.
Nostalgia - Like earlier wiki engines.
Pivot - Could be a good base for themeing.
Foreground - Another one that might be a good fit. Not so keen on not having sidebar/s.²⁾

Vetoed

Tweeki - Bootstrap.
Medik - 〃
Strapping - 〃
Material - puke material puke design puke

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