Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Examples of MediaWiki Skins; Wikipedia: The Monotony of MonoBook; Bog Standard; Nostalgia; Modern; Simple; Cologne Blue; Customized MediaWiki Skins; Adobe Labs Wiki; AboutUs; The WordPress Codex; Why Skin Your (Media) Wiki?; Distinguishing Your Wiki; Integrating it With Your Website; Improving Your Wiki's Usability; Adding and Removing Widgets and Features; Our Case Study: JazzMeet; The Process of Skinning MediaWiki; Your Wiki's Purpose; Your Wiki's Audience; Summary; Chapter 2: Formatting the Body; Initialising Your Skin

CSS and Image FilesPHP Template; Using Your Skin; Making Your Skin as Wiki's Default Skin; Making Your Skin as Your Default Skin; Styling Article Content; The Content Body; Category Links; editsection: page editing options; SiteSub: Your Wiki's Claim to Fame; toc: Table of Contents; Wikitable: Tabular Data; Other elements of interest; Images; Making Our Case Study 'JazzMeet'; Content; The Content Block: #content; Headings: .mw-headline, .firstHeading; Table Of Contents: #toc, .toc; Categories; Images; Thumbnail Images; Tables; Talk Pages; New Message Notification: .usermessage; Redirect Pages

Image Detail PagesEmpty Articles; Search Results; Recent Changes; Styling the Edit Interface; The Basics; Toolbar; Legal Notices and Warnings; Preview Page; Show Differences; Logging In and Registering; JazzMeets So Far; Summary; Chapter 3: Formatting Interface Elements; The Interface Area: .portlet; Changing the Logo; The Logo File; Changing Your Logo in the PHP File; Changing the Logo in LocalSettings.php: wgLogo; Changing the Logo File; Styling the Navigation: #p-navigation; Table of Elements: #p-navigation; The Userbar: #p-personal; Table of Elements: #p-personal

View Options: #p-cactionsTable of Elements: #p-cactions; The Toolbox: #p-tb; Table of Elements: #p-tb; The Search Box: #p-search; Table of Elements: #p-search; The Footer: #footer; Table of Elements: #footer; Summary; Chapter 4: Changing the Layout; Keep Your Head On: MediaWiki's Tag; The Page Title: and MediaWiki:PageTitle; Page Styles: Importing Stylesheets; Content-Type Declaration; usercss and pagecss; JavaScript: wikibits.js; Favicon: favicon.ico; Changing the Content Area: #bodyContent; Page Anchors; Headings; Content Blocks; contentSub; New Talk
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Page ContentCategory Links; Changing the Interface; MediaWiki Interface Element Pages; Wiki Navigation: MediaWiki:Sidebar; MediaWiki:Sitenotice; The ""Special"" Page Tab; MediaWiki:MenuNavigation; The Edit Toolbar; Creating Your Own Template; Ordering Elements; Content Ordering; Layouts with CSS; Moving Blocks Around; The Header; The Content Column: #column-one; The Content Body; The Footer; The Result; Summary; Chapter 5: Useful MediaWiki Functions; PHP Functions and MediaWiki Functions; Using MediaWiki Functions; Retrieving the Data; Formatting the Data; Functions for ; Headlinks