[Mediawiki-l] tables

[Jason Aubrey]

Right - you need to search for exactly "MediaWiki:Common.css"

The file common.css is in the namespace MediaWiki, which is not searched by
default. (Although you can change that in "my preferences")

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Philippe Dhont <
Philippe.Dhont at gems-group.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply and the links!
> I searched on my wiki server for common.css or Common.css and *css
> I found a lot of css files but no common.css.
> Thanks, Ph.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jason Aubrey
> Sent: vrijdag 9 juli 2010 16:22
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] tables
>
> Philippe,
>
> You can find that file by searching for it on your wiki.  Here are three
> links which explain in more detail:
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces
>
> The mediawiki.org site has very good documentation.  There is also a very
> good book "MediaWiki: The Definitive Guide" available from oreilly.com.
>
> Jason
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Philippe Dhont <
> Philippe.Dhont at gems-group.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Thanks for the reply.
> > Maybe a stupid question but where can I find MediaWiki:Common.css ?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> > mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Marc van
> > Leerdam
> > Sent: vrijdag 9 juli 2010 15:40
> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] tables
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 9 July 2010 14:53, Philippe Dhont <Philippe.Dhont at gems-group.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,  I want to use tables in mediawiki and the code that i use works
> > > but
> > there is no layout.
> > > As a test, this should make a nice viewing table (example from a
> > > learning
> > site):
> > >
> > > {| class="prettytable" width="40%"
> > > ! Planten || Dieren
> > > |-
> > > | Gras || Koe
> > > |-
> > > | Eucalyptus || Koala
> > > |}
> > >
> > > But I get just the text and no graphical table and looks in my wiki
> > > just
> > like this:
> > >
> > >        Planten                                 Dieren Gras
> >
> > > Koe Eucalyptus                      Koala
> > >
> > > Is there something i forgot ?
> >
> > Yes, the part 'class="prettytable"' results in the table getting a CSS
> > class assigned to it. It is up to you to supply the styling needed
> > (usually through the Mediawiki:Common.css page, but you could also use
> > one of the skin specific css pages)
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jean-Marc
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