Skin:Nimbus

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Nimbus Release status: stable
Author(s)	Aaron Wright — original code David Pean — original code Inez Korczyński — original code (sidebar parsing code) Jack Phoenix — bugfixes, modernization, code docs, etc.
Latest version	3.6.0 (Continuous updates)
MediaWiki	1.43+
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	Halopedia, ShoutWiki, Wikimedia Skins Lab
Hooks provided NimbusLeftSide
Quarterly downloads	31 (Ranked 15th)
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

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Nimbus in your skins/ 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

• Stylish and elegant
• Valid XHTML
• More features if SocialProfile extension is enabled

How to change the sidebar

One is able to change the navigation sidebar by going to the MediaWiki:Nimbus-sidebar page and editing it to add or remove pages.

Internationalization

Anonymous user viewing a page with uselang=qqx

Anonymous user viewing a page

Footer of a content page

Registered user viewing a page with uselang=qqx

Registered user viewing a page with the main navigation menu (MediaWiki:Sidebar) active

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
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"