Hi Jean-Marc and everyone there, I have just redone my new skin, based on Jean-Marc's suggestion to use Monobook as a base, but it still breaks in IE. I am using MediaWiki Version 1.14.
The new skin is now adopted at Webmasterteachyourself.comhttp://webmasterteachyourself.com/Main_Page. I have displayed both the following files for the new skin in the website: * Nuskin.php http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin.php * main.css http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin_main.cssAll other files are unchanged.
I suspect it is the use of em instead of px but I am not so sure. The skin looks good to me in Firefox 1024 x 768 but sure looks ugly... very very ugly with 800 x 600. Any workaround for that?
(P/S: Jean-Marc, can I have a look at your website?)
PM Poon
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jean-Marc, thank you for your response. I am using clean_and_blue because it is the closest thing that comes to my concept for a new skin. Apparently, the designer is having some problems with IE too, so it was a bad choice, given my computer knowledge.
Anyway, let me work out a few more details within the next two or three days so that I can get it displayed. Then, I will contact you for further assistance.
Regards and thank you for your helpfulness.
PM Poon
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdamj.m.van.leerdam@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
2009/6/10 Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com:
Hi, I am trying to design a new skin and although it looks good on Firefox, it looks broken in IE. I am no programmer and to be able to design a new skin that works in Firefox is admittedly an achievement by my own lousy standards.
Instead taking care of IE fixes with its many many versions and other browsers as well, I am thinking of using my skin only for Firefox browers and monobook for the rest. How do I tweak this code in LocalSettings.php:
$wgDefaultSkin = 'newskin';
I guess it's something like: if Firebox browser, use 'newskin', else use 'monobook'.
There should be some middleground to have a skin that looks proper in both IE and FF. I know FF has more conformant support for CSS, but IE isn't that bad.
Did you base your skin on monobook? There are provisions in that skin to deal with various IE peculiarities. I have created a new skin based on monobook (1.13, don't know if 1.14 or 1.15 have radically changed the way monobook is skinned) that works OK on both FF and IE.
What are your requirements for the skin, and where does it break in IE?
-- Regards,
Jean-Marc
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