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This page lists some notes regarding customizing the Monobook skin. Please make sure that you do not break Wikia's terms of use by hiding or moving the advertisements on purpose.
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Logo
The logo of the Monobook skin, which is defined in File:Wiki.png, can be up to 135x155 pixels in size. While the logo can be larger than that, it is strongly discouraged as it can make the skin look not very nice. See the image to the right to get a rough idea of how large the logo should be.
Sidebar
It is also possible to customize the sidebar of the Monobook skin. It is defined in MediaWiki:Sidebar, but can only be edited by administrators. The default sidebar looks like this:
| Link text | Description | Associated MediaWiki page(s) |
| Main page | The home page of the wiki. | Mainpage |
| Community portal | Links to community pages. | Portal, Portal-url |
| Current events | News in the area your wiki is about. | Currentevents |
| Recent changes | Recent edits on the wiki. | Recentchanges |
| Random page | Go to a random page (main namespace only). | Randompage |
| Help | A list of help pages. | Help, Helppage |
Here is a few basic notes regarding the sidebar. Type the words in bold matching it's description on MediaWiki:Sidebar to get that result on the sidebar:
- * [menu name] - Defines a new menu on the sidebar. Replace "[menu name]" with what you wish to call that menu.
- * SEARCH - Moves the position of the search box on the sidebar.
- * TOOLBOX - Moves the position of the toolbox menu on the sidebar.
- ** mainpage|mainpage-description - Links to the main page on the wiki. For use with the first example.
- ** randompage-url|randompage - Loads a random page on the wiki. For use with the first example.
- ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges - Recent changes on the wiki. For use with the first example.
The tagline, which is just below the name of each article in that wiki, can be edited by administrators. It is defined in MediaWiki:Tagline. For more information on this, please see Help:Tagline.
Furthermore, administrators can rename the toolbox menu on the sidebar using MediaWiki:Toolbox. Most communities will probably not need to know this, but this may be useful for communities who have heavily customized their wiki.
For advanced users
If you want to go further, it is also possible to customize the wiki's CSS and Javascript files for the Monobook skin at MediaWiki:Monobook.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.js (provided that you are an administrator at the wiki). Here is some sample CSS code to get beginners started:
/* suppress the person icon by your username */
li#pt-userpage { background: none }
/* make the background behind the content area and the tabs orange */
#content, #content table
#p-cactions ul li :link { background: orange; }
/* change background of unselected tabs */
#p-cactions ul li a { background: #C7FDC7; }
/* change background of selected tabs */
#p-cactions ul li.selected a { background: white; }
/* change border colour of selected tabs */
#p-cactions li.selected { border-color: #aaaaaa; }
/* style the search box and the buttons below it */
input.searchButton {
background-color: #efefef !important;
border: 1px outset !important;
}
#searchInput { border: 1px inset !important; }
/* don't use any logo */
#p-logo { display: none; }
#column-one { padding-top: 2.4em; }
/* change the position of the search box */
#p-search {
left:0;
min-width:1032px;
position:absolute;
top:22px;
width:100%;
border-bottom: 0 none;
}
#p-search h5{ display:none;}
#p-search .pBody {
float:right;
margin-right:50px;
width:255px;
border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
-moz-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
-webkit-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
-o-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
-khtml-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
}
