Skin:Nimbus
 Release status: stable |
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| Latest version | 3.6.0 (Continuous updates) |
| MediaWiki | 1.39+ |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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| Example | Halopedia, ShoutWiki, Wikimedia Skins Lab |
| Quarterly downloads | 5 (Ranked 29th) |
| Public wikis using | 1,260 (Ranked 18th) |
| Public wikis using as default skin | 27 |
| Translate the Nimbus skin if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
| Issues: | Open tasks · Report a bug |
Nimbus skin (previously known as Halopedia or Halo) first debuted at Halopedia and currently it is Halopedia's default skin. It has been available on ShoutWiki since 3 July 2013.[1]
Installation edit
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
Nimbusin yourskins/folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadSkin( 'Nimbus' );
Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the skin is successfully installed.
Features edit
- Stylish and elegant
- Valid XHTML
- More features if SocialProfile extension is enabled
Known bugs/issues edit
- Nimbus_IE.css should be loaded for Internet Explorer, but right now it isn't, because ResourceLoader doesn't support browser-specific stylesheets (yet?)
How to change the Sidebar edit
One is able to change the navigation sidebar by going to the MediaWiki:Nimbus-sidebar page and editing it to add or take off pages.
Internationalization edit
Nimbus skin has 18 internationalization messages. To see how and where the messages are used in the interface, please refer to the screenshots.
| Message name | English default | Notes |
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| morewikis | This is the content of the "More wikis" menu (the "More wikis" message is MediaWiki:Nimbus-more-wikis). The format for this message is *Page name/Interwiki link/URL|Text to show. Separate items by newlines. | |
| nimbus-advertise | Advertise | Title of a link that is shown in the page footer, but only if MediaWiki:Nimbus-advertise-url is set. |
| nimbus-advertise-url | Set this to an URL if you want an "Advertise" link to show up in the footer of every page. | |
| nimbus-contribute | Contribute | Shown in the page footer; MediaWiki:Nimbus-pages-can-be-edited is shown below this. |
| nimbus-didyouknow | Did you know | Title of a section that is shown in the left column, below the search box. Below this section header, a list of small did-you-knows (from Template:Didyouknow) is shown. |
| nimbus-featuredimage | Featured image | Title of a section that is shown in the left column, below the Did you know section, if Extension:RandomImageByCategory is installed on the wiki. |
| nimbus-featureduser | Featured user | Title of a section that is shown in the left column, below the Featured image section, if Extension:SocialProfile is installed on the wiki. |
| nimbus-login | Login | Button text; clicking on the button with this text takes you to the wiki's login page, Special:UserLogin. Because this is a button text, keep it short! |
| nimbus-logout | Log out? | Button text; clicking on the button with this text logs you out (Special:UserLogout). Because this is a button text, keep it short! |
| nimbus-more-actions | More actions | Title of a drop-down menu that contains things such as a link to Special:WhatLinksHere/{{PAGENAME}}, and for privileged users, the move/protect/delete links. |
| nimbus-more-wikis | More wikis | This text is shown in a small button on the left side, almost above the site logo; keep it short! |
| nimbus-pages-can-be-edited | {{SITENAME}}'s pages can be edited. <br /> Is this page incomplete? Is there anything wrong?<br /> <b>Change it!</b> | A notice shown in the footer for pages in $wgContentNamespaces, encouraging users to edit the page in question. |
| nimbus-profile | Profile | Button text; clicking on the button with this text takes a logged-in user to their own user page (Special:MyPage). Because this is a button text, keep it short! |
| nimbus-recent-contributors | Recent contributors to this page | Shown in the page footer |
| nimbus-recent-contributors-info | The following people recently contributed to this article. | Shown in the page footer |
| nimbus-sidebar | (see the source file for the real value of this message) | Nimbus-specific version of MediaWiki:Sidebar, the message controlling what is displayed on the sidebar. |
| nimbus-signup | Sign up | Button text; clicking on the button with this text takes an unregistered user to the signup page (Special:UserLogin/signup). Because this is a button text, keep it short! |
| nimbus-welcome | Welcome $1 | Shown in the top right, on the left of the "Profile" button for registered users. <b></b> tags are passed as $1 along with the actual username, so the final output might look like this: "Welcome Foo Bar" |
| 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. |