Skin:Erudite
Erudite Release status: beta |
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Description | A clean and easy to read skin. |
Author(s) | Nick White, Matt Wiebe and Colin Andrew Ferm |
Latest version | 1.8 (2014-01-29) |
MediaWiki | 1.25+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | Download release |
Example | Example on Skins wiki |
Skin available for MW 1.18 and later. | |
Public wikis using | 122 (Ranked 32nd) |
Public wikis using as default skin | 23 |
Translate the Erudite skin if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
Issues : | Open tasks · Report a bug |
Erudite is a clean and easy to read skin.
The skin is designed to scale well to any device, using @media
queries, only using relative units, no javascript, and generally keeping to the principle of "Keep It Simple, Stupid".
It is based on "The Erudite" WordPress theme by Matt Wiebe. It was first ported to MediaWiki for "The Unified Republic of Stars", later improved by Nick White, and now it sits in Wikimedia's source control.
Installation
edit- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
erudite
in yourskins/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadSkin( 'erudite' );
- 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( 'erudite' );
, you need to use:
require_once "$IP/skins/erudite/erudite.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.)
Note this will only install the skin, but will not change the current skin. To change the current skin, navigate to Special:Preferences and use Appearances to change your skin. To set Erudite to be the default skin, you must edit the LocalSettings.php
to read:
$wgDefaultSkin = "erudite";
Customisation
editTop banner image
editA background image can be set for the top section by adding a rule to your MediaWiki:Erudite.css
page (create it if it doesn't yet exist) like this:
/* Set a background image for the top banner */
#top-wrap {
background-image: url(images/mybanner.jpg);
}
Top menu bar colour
editYou can change the colour of the top menu bar by adding a rule to your MediaWiki:Erudite.css
page (create it if it doesn't yet exist) like this:
/* Set the colour of the top menu */
#menu {
background-color: rgba(30, 90, 160, 0.7);
}
Font
editThe Erudite skin uses the Linux Liberation and Linux Biolinum fonts by default. To change this add rules to your MediaWiki:Erudite.css
page (create it if it doesn't yet exist) like this:
/* Set font for body text */
body {
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* Set font for headings and navigation */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .entry-meta, #menu, #footer-wrap {
font-family: Times New Roman, serif;
}
Extra content in footer
editExtra content can be added to each column of the footer. Just navigate to the page MediaWiki:Erudite-extracontent-column1
(or 2 or 3) on your wiki, and add the wikitext you want to appear.
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-skins-erudite/archive/v1.8.zip
Releases
edit- 1.8 (2014-01-29)
- Fix bug that prevented table borders from being drawn, fix bug that made HTML invalid XML.
Requires MW 1.25+ - 1.7 (2013-12-12)
- Ensure extra menus added by extensions or manually are displayed (in middle column), add separator between top menu items, fix error if no navigation menu exists, simplify HTML & CSS, other small consistency improvements. Note that due to the HTML cleanup the custom top banner image code has been updated; see above.
- 1.6 (2013-11-20)
- Subset webfonts, use SVG for graphics, add :focus rules for improved accessibility, replace top menu with button which pops it up if clicked if screen is narrow, fix sup & sub styles.
- 1.5 (2013-11-05)
- Use webfonts from Linux Libertine (Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine), replace $wgEruditeBannerImg configure setting with optional css rule (see Customisation section above).
- 1.4 (2013-10-30)
- Stop hiding TOC (this should be done the general MediaWiki way)
- 1.3 (2013-10-11)
- Improved style.
- 1.2.1 (2013-07-18)
- Fix
@media
rules on iOS browsers. - 1.2 (2013-07-18)
- Improve
@media
CSS queries. - 1.1 (2013-07-04)
- Simplify and improve CSS, add @media CSS queries to better handle smaller screens.
- 1.0 (2013-06-07)
- First official release on mediawiki.org infrastructure. Many many improvements.
External links
edit- The Erudite at WordPress.org - The original WordPress theme.
- Design, New(ish) skin - Nick White's version introduced to the design list.
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. |