Skin:Chameleon

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Chameleon Release status: stable
Description	Provides a flexible responsive skin using Bootstrap 4
Author(s)	Stephan Gambke
Maintainer(s)	Professional.Wiki
Latest version	3.4.1 (2021-09-16)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backwards compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.31+
PHP	7.1+
Composer	mediawiki/chameleon-skin
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history README on GitHub Changelog on GitHub
Example	See below
Hooks used LocalisationCacheRecache SetupAfterCache
Hooks provided ChameleonSkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec ChameleonNavbarHorizontalPersonalToolsLinkText
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Chameleon is a highly customizable responsive MediaWiki skin that uses Bootstrap 4.

It currently provides five different layouts to choose from. Each layout is defined in an XML file and as such easily adaptable to your needs.

Documentation

The documentation is available on GitHub:

1. Installation, Update, De-Installation
2. Customization
   • Layout of page elements
   • Changing styles: Fonts, Colors, Padding etc.
   • Migrating from Chameleon 1.x
3. Release Notes
4. Testing
5. How to contribute
6. Credits
7. Contact

Commercial support is available via Professional.Wiki, the maintainer of Chameleon.

Screenshots

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  Whole page in standard layout

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  Navigation menu

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  Language menu

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  Using the NavHead layout

• ChameleonSkin-StickyHead.png

  Using the StickyHead layout

Examples

Examples of Chameleon 2 or later

• Secret Wiki (with custom "layout.xml" and custom components)
• Maps extension wiki
• text-menü website (with a modified layout based on "standard.xml")
• demo.wiki-valley.com (with a custom layout)
• BetaArchive Wiki

Examples of Chameleon 1 or earlier

• Semantic-MediaWiki.org
• https://semantic.wiki
• Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte (in German)
• OGD Cockpit
• nablawiki.ru (a complete set of examples from getbootstrap.com in wiki-markup mode and in raw html mode)
• Wiki Valley
• Marketing United
• Dizionario Italiano
• Wikifab
• Physiopedia (the static frontpage is not part of the skin)
• Koch-Wiki (With automatically opening menus.)

For many more examples see Chameleon's page on WikiApiary

See also

Other skins and extensions related to the Bootstrap framework:

• Category:Skins based on Bootstrap - Overview of skins based on the Bootstrap framework

• Extension:Bootstrap - Provides the Bootstrap framework to MediaWiki

• Extension:BootstrapComponents - Provides further components to the Bootstrap framework for MediaWiki