Hi Hudy,

Actually, it is the simplest things to do. The menus are build as **lists**. It means that they are in html something like <ul><li>first item</li> <li>second item</li>...</ul> If it doesn't look like a list in the normal wiki, it is because the css (skins/monobook/main.css) tells no to display the menu list as a list, but instead, to display it "inline". That is why it looks like tabs.

So, to move the block of edit menu: Open monobook.php and change the following block's to the place you want it to appear on the page:

<div id="p-cactions" class="portlet"> <h5><?php $this->msg('views') ?></h5> <ul> <?php foreach($this->data['content_actions'] as $key => $tab) { ?> <li id="ca-<?php echo htmlspecialchars($key) ?>"<?php if($tab['class']) { ?> class="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($tab['class']) ?>"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($tab['href']) ?>"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($tab['text']) ?></a></li> <?php } ?> </ul> </div>

And to let it display as normal list:

change in monobook/main.css #p-cactions li { display: inline; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-bottom: none; padding: 0 0 .1em 0; margin: 0 .3em 0 0; overflow: visible; background: white; }

into this #p-cactions li { /* display: inline;*/ border: 1px solid #aaa; border-bottom: none; padding: 0 0 .1em 0; margin: 0 .3em 0 0; overflow: visible; background: white; }

Hope this helps

François

Ryan Hudy wrote:

Well, I guess customizing both. My wiki is set up so the only skin

choice the users have is monobook.

I noticed you took the edit link from the tabs and put it on the left.

I'm looking to do the same, except I want the edit link on the top right. How did you get the edit, history, etc links on the right?

Ryan

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To: mediawiki-l@wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Re: Creating a skin with no tabs Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:15:52 +0100

Do you mean that you are customizing the Monobook.php, or only the css ? Anyway, those are the two main files where your layout can be changed... Note that if you change monobook.php, people using another skin via the preferences won't see the difference.

I have just upgraded from an old version of wiki, and I'm in labor for organising my new site. I've "stolen" a three column layout called skidoo, maybe you would like to have a look at it. But a lot of things are still not working on my site, so don't be surprised.

http://www.fxparlant.net/Category:Test

Hope this helps.

François

Ryan Hudy wrote:

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I am trying to create a skin in which the tabbed links are no longer seen and some of the links (edit, history, etc) are now seen along the top right of the screen. I have successfully "deleted" the tabs,

but I'm

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having an issue with creating an edit and history link along the top right. Has anyone done this successfully with a skin they have created?

Ryan

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