[Mediawiki-l] Sitewide css

[Matthew Gertner]

Brion,

I get the impression that this page is only available for "new-school" skins
(i.e. those that use PHPTal). Anyway, I bit the bullet and downgraded to
PHP4, so now we can use the Monobook skin.

Thanks for your help,
Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-
> bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brion Vibber
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:00 AM
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Sitewide css
> 
> Matthew Gertner wrote:
> > Thanks for your response. I do seem to have a page called
> > MediaWiki:Monobook.css, but I'm not using the monobook skin. When I
> tried
> > the names of other skins (e.g. Nostalgia.css) no page was found (we're
> > using the standard skin). Is this something specific to monobook? How do
> I
> > create a page for a different skin?
> 
> [[MediaWiki:<skinname>.css]]
> 
> It's possible that Nostalgia doesn't include one. Check the source.
> 
>  > Isn't there a way to add styles that
> > apply to *all* skins without changing the common.css file directly? What
> > am I missing?
> 
> No, you'd have to change the centrally-included CSS files.
> 
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)