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added some quick basics
and the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Skins info on skins]
or just dive into all the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles examples of user styles]
== How to chage the Logo ==
You can change the Logo of the wiki by altering the $wgLogo variable in LocalSettings.php to the name of the image you want to use as a logo.
Please note that this logo should be placed in the /skins/common/images/ folder.
<code>
$wgLogo = "$wgStylePath/common/images/freephile_sm_logo.gif";
</code>
== How to change the favicon ==
You can change the icon that is displayed in the address bar of your browser by setting a value for $wgFavicon in the LocalSettings.php file
<code>
$wgFavicon = "http://www.freephile.com/images/logos/favicon.ico";
</code>
== How to make your own skin ==
You can create a skin all by yourself by following the steps provided below:
# Go to your mediawiki directory;
# Copy the monobook directory and name it with the name of your skin, exempli gratia: mywikiskin;
# Copy the MonoBook.php file and name it with the name of your skin, exempli gratia: MyWikiSkin.php;
# Edit MyWikiSkin.php and change the class name to SkinMyWikiSkin, exempli gratia: class SkinMyWikiSkin extends SkinTemplate;
# In MyWikiSkin.php, change make the other class to have your skin name together with the word Template, exempli gratia: class MyWikiSkinTemplate extends QuickTemplate;
# In MyWikiSkin.php, make $this->skinname to have a string value of your skin name, exempli gratia: 'mywikiskin';
# In MyWikiSkin.php, make $this->stylename to have a string value of your skin name, exempli gratia: 'mywikiskin';
# In MyWikiSkin.php, make $this->template to have a string value of your skin name properly capitalised with the word Template, exempli gratia: 'MyWikiSkinTemplate';
# In your mywikiskin directory edit the image and CSS files;
# Edit and customise MyWikiSkin.php as you please;
# In LocalSettings.php set $wgDefaultSkin = 'mywikiskin'.
