MediaWiki Design
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Design considerations for the Semantic MediaWiki
This listing is closed ... and superseeded by Create new skin
- we thanks to Neill Mitchell and Prescient Software for their help in development of the new style.
How to
The main principle is to have a skin per namespace. The skin BIF contains the settings for the Basic Internet, and the main page BasicInternet:Basic_Internet contains the following elements:
| Menu: Template:BIF_Navbar | |
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| Picture: Template:BIF_Slideshow | |
| Template:BIF_About | BIF_News |
| Footer | |
Accordingly, the links for CWI (Main page) are
| Menu: Template:Main_Navbar | |
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| Picture: Template:CWI_Slideshow | |
| Template:Main_About | News |
| Footer | |
In order to create a new skin for a namespace, do the following
- 1) copy the BIF skin, as well as the BIF*.php files into a new skin, e.g. GravidPluss
- 2) edit the css accordingly ... more info required
- 3) Upload a logo and a banner
- 4) Create templates and pages (see example of BIF in the table)
Open issues
- Q: how to have a specific footer?
- A:
- how to have a slideshow for multiple banners/pictures?
Old: Design suggestions for the Semantic MediaWiki
Ongoing skin development (in german)
Free skins
vertical and horizontal menus, and more info
Creating a custom skin for Mediawiki
- tutorial at http://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/08/mediawiki-skinning-tutorial/
- Custom skin extensions: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Skin_extensions
Nice design with drop-down: http://en.openei.org/wiki/Main_Page
- http://www.richardcarterconsultancy.com/2011/12/stunning-mediawiki-skin-design/
- clean Blogg: http://en.openei.org/community/content/energy-blogs
- latest content http://en.openei.org/community/ (**** preferred format *****)
Should contain the possibility for "mobile device viewing".
