Extension:SkinPerNamespace

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SkinPerNamespace Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Allows a per-namespace skin
Author(s)	Alexandre Emsenhuber (IAlextalk)
Latest version	2012-02-18
MediaWiki	1.19.+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgSkinPerNamespace $wgSkinPerNamespaceOverrideLoggedIn
Hooks used RequestContextCreateSkin
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The SkinPerNamespace extension allows to specify a per-namespace skin that can be configured in $wgSkinPerNamespace, but this will also override users preferences, to avoid this you can set $wgSkinPerNamespaceOverrideLoggedIn to false.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called SkinPerNamespace in your extensions/ folder.

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/SkinPerNamespace/SkinPerNamespace.php";
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

You can configure this extension with the following variables:

• $wgSkinPerNamespace: array mapping namespaces index (i.e. namespaces numbers and not names) to a skin name. Use all lower case name for skin, like monobook, modern, ... otherwise it simply won't work. Example:

  $wgSkinPerNamespace[NS_TALK] = "modern";
  $wgSkinPerNamespace[NS_PROJECT] = "cologneblue";
  

Note: you can find the constants in includes/Defines.php.

• $wgSkinPerSpecialPage: skins for special pages, mapping canonical name (see SpecialPage::$mList in SpecialPage.php) to skin. This overrides $wgSkinPerNamespace[NS_SPECIAL]. Example:

  $wgSkinPerSpecialPage['Search'] = "modern";
  $wgSkinPerSpecialPage['Recentchanges'] = "chick";
  

• $wgSkinPerNamespaceOverrideLoggedIn, if set to true (default value), it will also override the the skin for logged in users, to avoid this you can set it to false and $wgSkinPerNamespace will only apply to anonymous users.

See also

• $wgDefaultSkin: default skin to use
• SkinPerPage extension