Hello,
I would like to copy all of the files from Vector and then make changes in them to create a new skin. There are directions for what I would like to do here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skinning/Vector However, I am concerned that with the Resource Loader, the above directions won't work.
How should one go about cloning Vector with newer versions of Mediawiki?
Regarding why I don't want to make a subskin: Daniel Friesen has an excellent tutorial that would be great if we didn't need to make changes in the skin's PHP ( http://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/28/mediawiki-subskin-tutorial/ ). I imagine that to veteran developers, it may seem easier to make a subskin and override various methods from Vector or use hooks to make changes. My heart really sinks at the prospect of doing this. I have explored the files in the Vector skin and I can't tell you how much easier it feels to just edit a clone of those files. I'm perfectly happy to redo changes whenever we upgrade. There won't be that many, after all.
Forest