Skin:Nimbus
Nimbus Release status: stable |
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Author(s) |
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Latest version | 3.6.0 (Continuous updates) |
MediaWiki | 1.39+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | |
Example | Halopedia, ShoutWiki, Wikimedia Skins Lab |
Quarterly downloads | 41 (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
edit- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
Nimbus
in 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
How to change the sidebar
editOne is able to change the navigation sidebar by going to the MediaWiki:Nimbus-sidebar
page and editing it to add or remove pages.
Internationalization
editParts of this page (those related to internationalization) are outdated. |
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. |