Eric K wrote:
Sorry if this is a newbie question. I've not done my research.
If I want to drastically change the appearance and have new types of navigation on the site and what not, I think I can do that but I need to update that template or theme every time there's an update to the Mediawiki software - this is what I had learned a while ago but it may not be true any longer.
Or is there an easier way to plugin a theme and have it work even after updates? Is this the right thing to check out? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Theme
Erik
If they are just CSS changes, you could place them in the MediaWiki namespace instead of creating a new skin (or add a dumb skin for them).