I'm developing a new site using mediawiki and want to use columns on the MainPage in place of a table which isn't displaying things as I really want. But how do I do it please? I can't find any reference to columns showing how its done in the mediawiki documentation, so I'm at a loss. Can somebody please advise me?
Thanks Sharon.
Hi Sharon,
if you mean multiple columns design there are only two ways I know. One is to use tables. Look at en.wikipedia.org (the mainpage) for real example. Docs are at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables-.
Another way is to insert HTML <div> tags. You may use inline CSS styling (<div style="css">content of the div</div>) or insert CSS to MediaWiki:Common.css in your wiki and declare some classes that way. You may also use MediaWiki:Vector.css if you wish to set some CSS just for one skin (replace Vector by the name of the skin). If you change .css to .js, you'll edit JavaScript.
Best, Martin
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ne 2. 4. 2017 v 12:33 odesílatel Sharon Kimble boudiccas@skimble.plus.com napsal:
I'm developing a new site using mediawiki and want to use columns on the MainPage in place of a table which isn't displaying things as I really want. But how do I do it please? I can't find any reference to columns showing how its done in the mediawiki documentation, so I'm at a loss. Can somebody please advise me?
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Hi Sharon,
Look at extension: NamespaceHTML.
Also you may want to change the skin from the standard Vector to one that allows for greater design features. Any of the skins designed around Foundation Framework (Foreground & Foundation) and/or Bootstrap (Chameleon, Tweeki & others) should be easier to work with.
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On Apr 2, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Sharon Kimble boudiccas@skimble.plus.com wrote:
I'm developing a new site using mediawiki and want to use columns on the MainPage in place of a table which isn't displaying things as I really want. But how do I do it please? I can't find any reference to columns showing how its done in the mediawiki documentation, so I'm at a loss. Can somebody please advise me?
Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
chris tharp tharpenator@gmail.com writes:
Hi Sharon,
Look at extension: NamespaceHTML.
Also you may want to change the skin from the standard Vector to one that allows for greater design features. Any of the skins designed around Foundation Framework (Foreground & Foundation) and/or Bootstrap (Chameleon, Tweeki & others) should be easier to work with.
Thanks for replying Chris.
I've set up foreground and am now using that, and it seems to be working well so far. But I do have three little niggles -
- How can I get rid of 'From DrugFacts' under every level one heading please? Does anyone know please?
- There is a strange menu entry on the navbar 'Site statistics', but I didn't put it there and its not populated with anything. What is it supposed to do? How can I use it effectively please?
- How can I link to a section heading on a page from the sidebar please?
Thanks Sharon.
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On Apr 2, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Sharon Kimble boudiccas@skimble.plus.com wrote:
I'm developing a new site using mediawiki and want to use columns on the MainPage in place of a table which isn't displaying things as I really want. But how do I do it please? I can't find any reference to columns showing how its done in the mediawiki documentation, so I'm at a loss. Can somebody please advise me?
Thanks Sharon.
Bartosz Dziewoński matma.rex@gmail.com writes:
On 2017-04-06 03:29, Sharon Kimble wrote:
- How can I get rid of 'From DrugFacts' under every level one heading please? Does anyone know please?
You can change or remove this text by editing the page "MediaWiki:Tagline" on your wiki.
Ah right, thanks, that's working better :)
Thanks Sharon.
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