MediaWiki/Theming: Difference between revisions

Adds info and example about customizing Interface Messages
adds info about site skin (Chameleon) and HTML5
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== Styling ==
== 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]]
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]]
== This wiki ==
This wiki uses the [[Chameleon]] skin, which is based on [[Bootstrap]] and the Bootstrap extension.  [https://www.quora.com/Is-Bootstrap-a-complement-or-an-alternative-to-HTML5-Boilerplate-or-viceversa That is not synonymous with HTML5].  Bootstrap is a specialized, modular, HTML/CSS/JS toolkit.  The HTML5 Boilerplate (H5BP) is a starting project template that is designed to be adapted to your needs.  In short, they can (and probably should) be used together.
== HTML5 ==
If you want to use HTML5 in your wiki, then you need at least version 1.16.0 of MediaWiki, which is the first version that includes the <code>$wgHtml5</code> setting.  See http://www.initializr.com/


== Icons and Graphics ==
== Icons and Graphics ==