Trying again with the correct content (s/url/url/):
body.mediawiki {background-image:
url(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mvHbePT-FyB8YpsjecAdCSvK7XoqOcsa4rqpCksWUDZ1koC_2cOfzvt2QU6rPsk5Yuri=w300)
!important;background-repeat: repeat;}
If this does not work, I blame it on my mail provider.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Is namespace specific CSS possible?
> Local Time: August 2, 2017 9:25 PM
> UTC Time: August 2, 2017 7:25 PM
> From: s7ep...@protonmail.com
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
> MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
> Hi Rich.
> First of all, Chameleon should support MediaWiki:Common.css. I just tried
> setting it to
> body.mediawiki {background-image:
> url(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mvHbePT-FyB8YpsjecAdCSvK7XoqOcsa4rqpCksWUDZ1koC_2cOfzvt2QU6rPsk5Yuri=w300)
> !important;background-repeat: repeat;}
> on a test wiki and it worked (Careful, this accesses an external resource!).
> If this really doesn't work, you could try adding your own less file. See
> https://github.com/cmln/chameleon/blob/master/docs/customization.md#changing-styles-fonts-colors-padding-etc
>
> Less is a superset of css, so anything you can put in a css file, you can
> also put in a less file. However, I suspect if it does not work in
> MediaWiki:Common.css, it won't work in its own file either. One issue with
> Twitter Bootstrap used by Chameleon is, that it sometimes sets css rules so
> specific, that they take precedence over what you try to set. So, make sure
> to be more specific.
> Cheers
> Stephan
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Is namespace specific CSS possible?
>> Local Time: August 2, 2017 7:21 PM
>> UTC Time: August 2, 2017 5:21 PM
>> From: richard.k.ev...@nasa.gov
>> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
>> <mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Hi Amanda, yes, thank you!
>> I just discovered that the default skin (monobook) is indeed able to do this
>> with common.css, but then I quickly discovered that common.css seems to be
>> completely ignored by the Semantic Mediawiki "Chameleon"
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Chameleon
>> It"s a great skin and I have other reasons for needing to use it. Can anyone
>> give me a few pointers on how to change the css of a skin like that.. it
>> seems to not use CSS at all.
>> -Rich
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