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| == How to make your own skin == | | == How to make your own skin == |
| A skin generally has it's own directory, plus two setup files.
| | [[mw:User:Dantman|Daniel Friesen]] offers a [https://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/28/mediawiki-subskin-tutorial/ good tutorial] on how to subclass the [[mw:Skin:Vector|Vector skin]] to create a new derivative skin. And his [https://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/08/mediawiki-skinning-tutorial/ MediaWiki skinning tutorial] is the basis for the [[mw:Manual:Skinning Part 1|official manual on skinning]]. |
| If you wanted to create a skin called 'Happy' you would have
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| Happy.php
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| The easiest way to create your skin is to copy the monobook skin and start from there.
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| You can create a skin all by yourself by following the steps provided below:
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| # Go to your mediawiki 'skins' directory;
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| # Copy the monobook directory and name it with the name of your skin: happy;
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| # Copy the MonoBook.php file and name it with the name of your skin: Happy.php;
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| # Edit Happy.php and change the class name to SkinHappy: <source lang="php">class SkinHappy extends SkinTemplate;</source>
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| # In Happy.php, change the template class to have your skin name together with the word 'Template': <source lang="php">class HappyTemplate extends QuickTemplate;</source>
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| # Also in Happy.php, make the references to the skin match the names:
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| $this->skinname = 'happy'; // matches the physical directory name
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| $this->stylename = 'happy'; // matches the physical directory name
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| $this->template = 'HappyTemplate'; // matches the template class name
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| </source>
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| # In your happy directory edit the image and CSS files until your heart is content;
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| # Edit and customise Happy.php as you please;
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| == Making your Skin Available == | | == Making your Skin Available == |