Skin:BlueSky

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BlueSky; Release status: beta
Description	A modern, scalable and attractive skin for MediaWiki
Author(s)	Various wikiHow developers (Reuben Smith, Bebeth Steudel, Gershon Bialer and others); Jack Phoenix;
Latest version	1.1
MediaWiki	1.23+
PHP	5.3+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download skin ; Git [?]: Download Git master; browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub); commit history; repository contributors (GitHub); code review;
Example	Example on Skins wiki
	Hooks used OutputPageParserOutput;
Quarterly downloads	21 (Ranked 21st)
Public wikis using	5 (Ranked 91st)
Public wikis using as default skin	2
	Translate the BlueSky skin if it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues:	Open tasks · Report a bug

BlueSky skin is a modern, scalable and attractive skin for MediaWiki, based on wikiHow's third redesign (which was introduced in autumn 2013). It was written by Jack Phoenix, mentored by Emufarmers and Isarra, as a part of Summer of Code 2014. The skin is based on work done by Reuben Smith, Bebeth Steudel, Gershon Bialer and others for wikiHow.

The skin has been tested against MediaWiki 1.23 and 1.24alpha.

Installation

Download and place the file(s) in a directory called BlueSky in your skins/ folder.
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadSkin( 'BlueSky' );
```
Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the skin is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing skins using wfLoadSkin(), since MediaWiki 1.25. If you need to install this skin in earlier versions, instead of wfLoadSkin( 'BlueSky' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/skins/BlueSky/BlueSky.php";

(To run a skin on an earlier release, you may need to download the version of it tagged for that release from Special:SkinDistributor.)

Hooks

Hook name	What it does	When it is called	Parameters
ShowSideBar	Calls any hooks in place to see if a module has requested that the right rail on the site shouldn't be displayed.	In `SkinBlueSky::showSideBar()`	&$result (boolean, `true` by default)
ShowBreadCrumbs	Calls any hooks in place to see if a module has requested that the bread crumb (category) links at the top of the article shouldn't be displayed.	In `SkinBlueSky::showBreadCrumbs`	&$result (boolean, `true` by default)
ShowGrayContainer	Determines if the `#bodycontents` element should get the `minor_section` class	In `SkinBlueSky::showGrayContainer`	&$result (boolean, `true` by default)
pageTabs	Allows to construct non-default content action tabs (i.e. "page", "edit", etc.).	In `SkinBlueSky::getTabsArray`	&$tabs (empty `array`; appending stuff to this array causes `SkinBlueSky::getTabsArray` to return this variables contents instead of performing its default processing)
getToolStatus		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`	&$isTool (boolean, `false` by default; if this is `true`, the `div#actionbar` element gets the `isTool` class)
JustBeforeOutputHTML		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`, right before the `‎<html>` tag, along with the rest of the page head, is output	&$template (instance of `BlueSkyTemplate` class)
PageHeaderDisplay		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`, right after the `‎<html>` tag, along with the rest of the page head, is output	$isUserAgentMobile (boolean, determined by `SkinBlueSky::isUserAgentMobile`)
EndOfHeader		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`	$output (instance of the `OutputPage` class)
AfterHeader		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`, after `div#header_outer` has been closed	$output (instance of the `OutputPage` class)
BeforeActionbar		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`, inside `div#main` but before `div#actionbar` is generated	$output (instance of the `OutputPage` class)
BeforeTabsLine		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`, inside `div#article`, before the page body text is rendered	&$output (instance of the `OutputPage` class)
ArticleJustBeforeBodyClose		In `BlueSkyTemplate::execute`, right before `$this->printTrail()` is called and the `‎<body>` and `‎<html>` tags are closed	(no arguments)

Social media support

When [[MediaWiki:Bluesky-follow-table]] contains some HTML, this HTML is shown on the right side of the page (on LTR interfaces; the opposite for RTL).

For example:

<table id="follow_table">
	<tr>
		<td><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Example" target="_blank" id="gatFollowFacebook"><div class="follow-facebook"></div></a></td>
		<td><a href="https://www.twitter.com/Example" target="_blank" id="gatFollowTwitter"><div class="follow-twitter"></div></a></td>
		<td><a href="http://www.example.com/feed.rss" target="_blank" id="gatFollowRss"><div class="follow-feed"></div></a></td>
		<!--<td><a href="#" onclick="return false;" id="ccsfg_btn"><div class="follow-email"></div></a></td>-->
		<td><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/000000000000000000000/" target="_blank" id="gatFollowPlus"><div class="follow-plus"></div></a></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td><a href="http://pinterest.com/example/" target="_blank" id="gatFollowPinterest"><div class="follow-pinterest"></div></a></td>
		<td><a href="http://example.tumblr.com/" target="_blank" id="gatFollowTumblr"><div class="follow-tumblr"></div></a></td>
		<td><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/channel/example" target="_blank" id="gatFollowStumbleupon"><div class="follow-stumbleupon"></div></a></td> 
		<td><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.example.mobileapp" target="_blank" id="gatFollowAndroid"><div class="follow-android"></div></a></td>
		<!--<td><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/example-dot-com/id000000000?mt=8" target="_blank" id="gatFollowApp"><div class="follow-iphone"></div></a></td>-->
	</tr>
</table>

Featured contributor widget

You can feature some of your wiki's hard-working members in the skin's sidebar by editing [[MediaWiki:Bluesky-featured-contributor-list]]. The format for that message is:

== User name ==
The blurb goes here.

== Foo Bar ==
Foo Bar is one of {{SITENAME}}'s administrators, and they have over a thousand edits on {{SITENAME}} and they've been a member of the community for three years.

To insert a newline, use the HTML ‎<br /> tag instead of an actual newline.

When the SocialProfile extension is installed, the user's avatar will also be shown on the sidebar.

Themes

Even if the Theme extension is not installed, BlueSky supports the following themes:

blue (default if no other theme is specified)
green
grey
red
white

The default site-wide theme can be set by specifying $wgDefaultTheme in LocalSettings.php , and each theme can be previewed by appending usetheme= to the URL, followed by the desired theme name (from the list above).

This skin is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages:

This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this skin even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.

BlueSky Release status: beta

Description	A modern, scalable and attractive skin for MediaWiki
Author(s)	Various wikiHow developers (Reuben Smith, Bebeth Steudel, Gershon Bialer and others) Jack Phoenix
Latest version	1.1
MediaWiki	1.23+
PHP	5.3+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download skin Git ^[?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Example	Example on Skins wiki
Hooks used OutputPageParserOutput
Quarterly downloads	21 (Ranked 21^st)
Public wikis using	5 (Ranked 91^st)
Public wikis using as default skin	2
Translate the BlueSky skin if it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues :	Open tasks · Report a bug