Mediawiki Design

Title::Design considerations for the Semantic MediaWiki

This listing is closed ... and superseeded by Create new skin
 * we thanks to Neill Mitchell and Prescient Software for their help in development of the new style.

= How to = The main principle is to have a skin per namespace. The skin BIF contains the settings for the Basic Internet, and the main page BasicInternet:Basic_Internet contains the following elements:

Accordingly, the links for CWI (Main page) are

In order to create a new skin for a namespace, do the following
 * 1) copy the BIF skin, as well as the BIF*.php files into a new skin, e.g. GravidPluss
 * 2) edit the css accordingly ... more info required
 * 3) Upload a logo and a banner
 * 4) Create templates and pages (see example of BIF in the table)

Open issues

 * Q: how to have a specific footer?
 * A:


 * how to have a slideshow for multiple banners/pictures?

= Old: Design suggestions for the Semantic MediaWiki = Ongoing skin development (in german)
 * http://blog.hallowelt.biz/2012/09/04/mediawiki-skins-das-auge-liest-mit/

Free skins
 * http://mediawiki2u.com

vertical and horizontal menus, and more info
 * http://www.paulgu.com/wiki/Mediawiki_Skins

Creating a custom skin for Mediawiki
 * tutorial at http://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/08/mediawiki-skinning-tutorial/
 * Custom skin extensions: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Skin_extensions

Nice design with drop-down: http://en.openei.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * http://www.richardcarterconsultancy.com/2011/12/stunning-mediawiki-skin-design/
 * clean Blogg: http://en.openei.org/community/content/energy-blogs
 * latest content http://en.openei.org/community/ (**** preferred format *****)

Should contain the possibility for "mobile device viewing".