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or just dive into all the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles examples of user styles]
== How to chage change 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.
$wgLogo = "$wgStylePath/common/images/freephile_sm_logo.gif";
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== How to change the favicon ==
$wgFavicon = "http://www.freephile.com/images/logos/favicon.ico";
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== Styling ==
A user can completely affect the styling of the wiki they are using by applying user-defined styling to the site. [[meta:Help:User_style]]
== Icons and Graphics ==
See the Nuvola2 project
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nuvola_icons_for_KDE_3.x
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Project_Nuvola_2.0%2B
== How to use Templates for information design, consistency, and utility ==
The [[Templates|template]] system allows you to create re-usable interface elements such as 'sidebars', 'callouts' or 'info boxes' and almost limitless utility. The [[Wikipedia:Template:Ambox|Ambox template]] is an example of a template that you'll probably want to use in your local wiki system.
== How to change the navigation ==
The navigation system is setup through a special type called an 'interface message'. (The interface message system message like is also used for many other aspects of the Mediawiki system. ) This means that you don't actually have to change 'code' to affect the menu. You can simply edit a special page in the mediawiki system. Edits to this page get stored in the database like every other page edit which provides built-in versioning etc. However, it can also mean that pushing changes from a development machine to a server can be more challenging than pushing 'code' changes.
In any case, to change the nav, you will want to edit the '''MediaWiki:Sidebar''' page. (e.g. <nowiki>http://example.com/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar</nowiki>) The right to edit this page is normally restricted to administrators, so if you want to delegate the responsibility for this, you will want to look at the user permissions system. There are rules and conventions which apply here, and you can [http[MediaWiki://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Navigation_bar | find more help in the documentation]]. In case you are going to change the location of blocks like the '''search ''' box or '''toolbox ''' (which normally show up in your the sidebar) by making a custom theme, you'll want to edit them out of coordinate those changes with the default navigation boxsidebar.
== How to make your own skin ==
== Resources ==
The skinning manual http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning is probably the most comprehensive and best introduction to how the skin system works aside from digging into [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/skins/ the code in the 'skins' directory].
http://www.softwarekombinat.de/wiki/Customize_mediawiki has one of the best 'howto's that I found.
The [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Layout_design_document Layout Design Document] might cover some relevant info, but a quick glance makes it seem that it's circa 2004.