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'.
PM Poon
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?
Hi Jean-Marc, thank you for your response. I am using clean_and_blue because it is the closest thing that comes to my concept for a new skin. Apparently, the designer is having some problems with IE too, so it was a bad choice, given my computer knowledge.
Anyway, let me work out a few more details within the next two or three days so that I can get it displayed. Then, I will contact you for further assistance.
Regards and thank you for your helpfulness.
PM Poon
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdamj.m.van.leerdam@gmail.com wrote:
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?
-- Regards,
Jean-Marc
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Hi Jean-Marc and everyone there, I have just redone my new skin, based on Jean-Marc's suggestion to use Monobook as a base, but it still breaks in IE. I am using MediaWiki Version 1.14.
The new skin is now adopted at Webmasterteachyourself.comhttp://webmasterteachyourself.com/Main_Page. I have displayed both the following files for the new skin in the website: * Nuskin.php http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin.php * main.css http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin_main.cssAll other files are unchanged.
I suspect it is the use of em instead of px but I am not so sure. The skin looks good to me in Firefox 1024 x 768 but sure looks ugly... very very ugly with 800 x 600. Any workaround for that?
(P/S: Jean-Marc, can I have a look at your website?)
PM Poon
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jean-Marc, thank you for your response. I am using clean_and_blue because it is the closest thing that comes to my concept for a new skin. Apparently, the designer is having some problems with IE too, so it was a bad choice, given my computer knowledge.
Anyway, let me work out a few more details within the next two or three days so that I can get it displayed. Then, I will contact you for further assistance.
Regards and thank you for your helpfulness.
PM Poon
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdamj.m.van.leerdam@gmail.com wrote:
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?
-- Regards,
Jean-Marc
. ___ . @@ // \ "De Chelonian Mobile" . (_,/ _/ \ TortoiseSVN . \ _/__/> The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control . /_/ _\ http://tortoisesvn.net
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Hi,
2009/6/12 Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com:
The new skin is now adopted at Webmasterteachyourself.comhttp://webmasterteachyourself.com/Main_Page. I have displayed both the following files for the new skin in the website:
- Nuskin.php http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin.php
- main.css
http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin_main.cssAll other files are unchanged.
I suspect it is the use of em instead of px but I am not so sure. The skin looks good to me in Firefox 1024 x 768 but sure looks ugly... very very ugly with 800 x 600. Any workaround for that?
I don't see the problem with 800x600, or do you mean the introduction of a horiz. scrollbar on the pages? That is caused by the wide site logo and the fact that most pages show 4 google ads next to each other. This just won't fit in 800 pixels.
(P/S: Jean-Marc, can I have a look at your website?)
Sure, not that it is a very interesting one at the moment (only the Wiki is up and running, the rest of the site is still in development offline): http://about42.nl/wiki
Hi Jean, thanks for your reply. You are right. I am thinking of the logo and the 4 Google ads.
I tried to view your webpages but it requires registration and yet it doesn't allow registration. I see it is a pretty new site with no Alexa ranking. Are you selling yourself short? I wonder. As it is, it is hard enough to get traffic even without all the restrictions.
PM Poon
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdam < j.m.van.leerdam@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
2009/6/12 Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com:
The new skin is now adopted at Webmasterteachyourself.comhttp://webmasterteachyourself.com/Main_Page. I have displayed both the following files for the new skin in the
website:
- Nuskin.php http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin.php
- main.css
http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin_main.cssAll other
files
are unchanged.
I suspect it is the use of em instead of px but I am not so sure. The
skin
looks good to me in Firefox 1024 x 768 but sure looks ugly... very very
ugly
with 800 x 600. Any workaround for that?
I don't see the problem with 800x600, or do you mean the introduction of a horiz. scrollbar on the pages? That is caused by the wide site logo and the fact that most pages show 4 google ads next to each other. This just won't fit in 800 pixels.
(P/S: Jean-Marc, can I have a look at your website?)
Sure, not that it is a very interesting one at the moment (only the Wiki is up and running, the rest of the site is still in development offline): http://about42.nl/wiki
-- Regards,
Jean-Marc
. ___ . @@ // \ "De Chelonian Mobile" . (_,/ _/ \ TortoiseSVN . \ _/__/> The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control . /_/ _\ http://tortoisesvn.net
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Hi, I finally manage to build the Monobook-based new skin to my satisfaction, thanks to everyone and in particular, Jean-Marc. However, I have a slight problem with Chrome, Opera, and Safari. My Yahoo Recent Visitors does not appear in all 3 browsers, although I have no problem with it for Firfefox and IE6.0. Anyone has any idea as to the mystery? See Dummipedia.com http://dummipedia.com/I_Am_America_%28And_So_Can_You%21%29.
PM Poon
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jean, thanks for your reply. You are right. I am thinking of the logo and the 4 Google ads.
I tried to view your webpages but it requires registration and yet it doesn't allow registration. I see it is a pretty new site with no Alexa ranking. Are you selling yourself short? I wonder. As it is, it is hard enough to get traffic even without all the restrictions.
PM Poon
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdam < j.m.van.leerdam@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
2009/6/12 Ekompute .info ekompute@gmail.com:
The new skin is now adopted at Webmasterteachyourself.com<http://webmasterteachyourself.com/Main_Page . I have displayed both the following files for the new skin in the
website:
- Nuskin.php http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin.php
- main.css
http://webmasterteachyourself.com/MediaWiki:Nuskin_main.cssAll other
files
are unchanged.
I suspect it is the use of em instead of px but I am not so sure. The
skin
looks good to me in Firefox 1024 x 768 but sure looks ugly... very very
ugly
with 800 x 600. Any workaround for that?
I don't see the problem with 800x600, or do you mean the introduction of a horiz. scrollbar on the pages? That is caused by the wide site logo and the fact that most pages show 4 google ads next to each other. This just won't fit in 800 pixels.
(P/S: Jean-Marc, can I have a look at your website?)
Sure, not that it is a very interesting one at the moment (only the Wiki is up and running, the rest of the site is still in development offline): http://about42.nl/wiki
-- Regards,
Jean-Marc
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hello all I'm back again with the same problem, and no one solution. i have reinstalled my server but the problem continue in th top of any page i see the same article follow of the article or page.
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