This manual provides comprehensive guidance for customizing MediaWiki skins. It delves into practical techniques and clear explanations of MediaWiki skinning functionality, suitable for web designers and wiki administrators. Early chapters cover individual design elements, detailing the necessary CSS and PHP tags for appearance customization. Later sections explore advanced enhancements such as graphics, JavaScript, AJAX, and dynamic CSS. The target audience is expected to have a MediaWiki installation and familiarity with CSS and HTML, though prior PHP knowledge is not required.
The scope of this guide is focused on skinning, excluding general MediaWiki setup or usage unless directly related to appearance customization. It serves as a detailed resource for modifying the visual presentation of MediaWiki, offering step-by-step instructions and examples. The manual is designed to empower users to create unique and enhanced designs for their MediaWiki platforms, whether for personal use or client projects.
This book takes you step by step through customizing your MediaWiki skin. It is full of practical examples of MediaWiki skinning techniques, and clear explanations of how MediaWiki skinning works. The early chapters go through each element of a MediaWiki design, showing the CSS and PHP tags necessary to customize MediaWiki's appearance. Later chapters look at ways to further enhance your design using extra graphics, JavaScript, AJAX, dynamic CSS, and more. This book is aimed at web designers or wiki administrators who want to customize the look of MediaWiki with custom skins. The reader will already have a MediaWiki installation that they are targeting with their skin. It might be their own installation, or they might be a designer developing a custom look for a client. The book does not cover setting up or using MediaWiki, except features specifically related to skinning. The book assumes that you are familiar with CSS and HTML, but no prior knowledge of PHP is required.
Author: Carter Richard
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: MediaWiki Skins Design
Pages: 00248 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2008-08-22
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781847195203
Category: Computers : Information Technology
This book takes you step by step through customizing your MediaWiki skin. It is full of practical examples of MediaWiki skinning techniques, and clear explanations of how MediaWiki skinning works. The early chapters go through each element of a MediaWiki design, showing the CSS and PHP tags necessary to customize MediaWiki's appearance. Later chapters look at ways to further enhance your design using extra graphics, JavaScript, AJAX, dynamic CSS, and more. This book is aimed at web designers or wiki administrators who want to customize the look of MediaWiki with custom skins. The reader will already have a MediaWiki installation that they are targeting with their skin. It might be their own installation, or they might be a designer developing a custom look for a client. The book does not cover setting up or using MediaWiki, except features specifically related to skinning. The book assumes that you are familiar with CSS and HTML, but no prior knowledge of PHP is required.
Author: Carter Richard
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: MediaWiki Skins Design
Pages: 00248 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2008-08-22
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781847195203
Category: Computers : Information Technology
