docs/skin.txt File Reference

Functions
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the	release (2011)

Variables
This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site to create complex custom skins for their wikis It should be preferred over editing the core Monobook skin directly See enabled via LocalSettings php This is done by adding it to	$wgValidSkinNames
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming	available
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user	basis
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by	editing
This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site to create complex custom skins for their wikis It should be preferred over editing the core Monobook skin directly See enabled via LocalSettings php This is done by adding it to for	example
This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site to create complex custom skins for their wikis It should be preferred over editing the core Monobook skin directly See	https
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector *	Modern
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook *	Monobook
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming that gallery is a good place to ending in the name of the file will automatically be added as a skin	name
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in *	Nostalgia
This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site	operators
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming that gallery is a good place to ending in	php
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the	release
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core	skins
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming that gallery is a good place to	start
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since	then
You can also disable dropped in or core skins	using
skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those	were

Function Documentation

release()

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the release

(

2011

)

Variable Documentation

$wgValidSkinNames

This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site to create complex custom skins for their wikis It should be preferred over editing the core Monobook skin directly See enabled via LocalSettings php This is done by adding it to $wgValidSkinNames

Definition at line 75 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by Skin::getSkinNames().

available

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming available

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by UserOptions::showUsageAndExit().

basis

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user basis

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

editing

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by editing

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

example

This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site to create complex custom skins for their wikis It should be preferred over editing the core Monobook skin directly See enabled via LocalSettings php This is done by adding it to for example

Definition at line 75 of file skin.txt.

https

This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site to create complex custom skins for their wikis It should be preferred over editing the core Monobook skin directly See https

Definition at line 75 of file skin.txt.

Modern

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector* Modern

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

Monobook

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook* Monobook

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

name

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming that gallery is a good place to ending in the name of the file will automatically be added as a skin name

Definition at line 62 of file skin.txt.

Nostalgia

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in* Nostalgia

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

operators

This technique is used by the more ambitious MediaWiki site operators

Definition at line 75 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by CLDRPluralRuleConverter::doConvert().

php

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming that gallery is a good place to ending in php

Examples

/src/includes/rcfeed/RedisPubSubFeedEngine.php, and /src/tests/phpunit/MediaWikiTestCase.php.

Definition at line 62 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by Exif::__construct(), CologneBlueTemplate::afterContent(), CologneBlueTemplate::beforeContent(), MonoBookTemplate::cactions(), ApiFormatBase::closePrinter(), MonoBookTemplate::customBox(), profile_point::display(), GenerateJsonI18n::doShim(), UserloginTemplate::execute(), UsercreateTemplate::execute(), ModernTemplate::execute(), MonoBookTemplate::execute(), VectorTemplate::execute(), ApiFormatBase::initPrinter(), MonoBookTemplate::languageBox(), ImportStreamSource::newFromUpload(), TextPassDumper::openSpawn(), outFooter(), AtomFeed::outFooter(), outHeader(), AtomFeed::outHeader(), outItem(), AtomFeed::outItem(), WebInstallerOutput::outputFooter(), WebInstallerOutput::outputHeader(), WebInstallerOutput::outputShortHeader(), BaseTemplate::printTrail(), TextPassDumper::processOption(), VectorTemplate::renderNavigation(), VectorTemplate::renderPortal(), MonoBookTemplate::searchBox(), showHelp(), showUsage(), UserOptions::showUsageAndExit(), and MonoBookTemplate::toolbox().

release

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the release

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by JobQueueRedis::pushBlobs().

skins

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core skins

Definition at line 5 of file skin.txt.

start

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those in etc for skin dependent CSS etc for skin dependent JavaScript These can also be customised on a per user by etc This feature has led to a wide variety of user styles becoming that gallery is a good place to start

Initial value:

== Drop-in custom skins ==
 
If you put a file in MediaWiki's skins directory

Definition at line 62 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by JSNode::__construct(), JSNode::addNode(), MonoBookTemplate::execute(), Preprocessor_Hash::preprocessToObj(), DbTestPreviewer::start(), and DbTestRecorder::start().

then

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since then

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by RedisLockManager::freeLocksOnServer(), RedisLockManager::getLocksOnServer(), PoolCounterRedis::initAndPopPoolSlotList(), JobQueueRedis::popAndAcquireBlob(), JobQueueRedis::popAndDeleteBlob(), JobQueueRedis::pushBlobs(), JobQueueRedis::recyclePruneAndUndelayJobs(), PoolCounterRedis::registerAcquisitionTime(), and PoolCounterRedis::release().

using

You can also disable dropped in or core skins using

Definition at line 66 of file skin.txt.

were

skin txt MediaWiki includes four core it has been set as the default in MediaWiki since the replacing Monobook it had been been the default skin since before being replaced by Vector largely rewritten in while keeping its appearance Several legacy skins were removed in the as the burden of supporting them became too heavy to bear Those were

Definition at line 10 of file skin.txt.

Referenced by CheckLanguageCLI::help().