On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Alastair Sherringham < alast...@sherringham.net> wrote:
> Hello, > > I have recently installed MediaWiki 1.22.3 and hope to use it to host > some documentation. I like the Vector skin and have been using > Common.css to add some local styling. All looks great so far and I am > very impressed with Mediawiki. > > But I would really like to be able to add a "banner" (or menu etc.) to > the top of the site, before any standard elements (or possibly sit > behind them). I would also like to have a basic idea on changing a few > skin elements perhaps. I have little PHP experience (but some other > programming languages) so my difficulties are probably stupid and/or > basic. > > Following Daniel Friesen's "subskin" tutorial (thanks Daniel!) : > > http://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/28/mediawiki-subskin-tutorial/ > > My site is now using my own skin "Zed Docs". Or so it seems to be - it > is identical to Vector at the moment. > > However, I can't seem to figure out how to insert any changes in my skin > and have them picked up. > > I have taken the very basic PHP skin file I created following the > tutorial : > > ZedDocs.skin.php : > > require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../Vector.php' ); > > class SkinZedDocs extends SkinVector { > > var $skinname = 'zeddocs', $stylename = 'zeddocs'; > > function setupSkinUserCss( OutputPage $out ){ > parent::setupSkinUserCss( $out ); > $out->addModuleStyles( "skins.zeddocs" ); > } > > } > > and copied much of the rest of the Vector.pnp code below it, changing : > > class VectorTemplate extends BaseTemplate { > ... > > to : > > class ZedDocsTemplate extends VectorTemplate { > ... > > (is this correct?) > I don't think this step is correct. To accomplish a similar end result to what you're looking for, I did basically the same as you in that I created a subskin based on the Vector skin. I did two things differently to get a header on my new subskin. 1. Following the php code in myskin.skin.php I simply pasted the HTML for my header. 2. I added the CSS to style the header html to screen.css and added a call to screen.css right after the addModuleStyles statement in the PHP above with: $out->addStyle( 'myskin/css/screen.css', 'screen'); I suspect there's a better way to do this, but for now, it's working for me. I also had to tweak the CSS to make my header fit correctly on the screen within the framework of the inherited Vector skin styling. I accomplished this using Firebug to play with the layout and then editing the CSS by hand afterward. > Then inside this, the whole of the "execute" function : > > public function execute() { > ... > > But nothing I add or modify inside the "execute" function makes any > difference to the page I see e.g. adding anything after : > > <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> > > or anywhere else. > > I almost certainly have a fundamental misunderstanding somewhere. No > doubt coupled with my lack of PHP experience (I know I should really > learn more about it). > > What am I doing wrong and what do I need to do? > > Many thanks for any help or advice. > > Cheers, > > > > > -- > Alastair Sherringham > http://www.sherringham.net > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
