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?