Skinning a wiki

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Mediawiki is the open source platform used by WikiPedia. Mediawiki can be skinned, which means wrapping the content elements and navigational elements of Mediawiki in different layouts and structures.

Contents 1 Overall direction 2 Headings and subheads 2.1 This is a subhead 2.1.1 This is a sub sub head 3 Other elements 4 links 5 Functional elements 6 Resources 7 Example wikis using mediawiki 8 Example intranets using Mediawiki 8.1 Allen & Overy

[edit] Overall direction

A mediawiki content item has several key elements:

• Article title
• Optionally a table of contents (like in this page)
• Headings and subheadings
• bullets and sub bullets
• body text
• category links

[edit] Headings and subheads

[edit] This is a subhead

[edit] This is a sub sub head

• Bullet
  • Second level bullet
    • Third level bullet
    • Third level bullet
    • Third level bullet
  • Second level bullet
    • Third level bullet

[edit] Other elements

this is used to show text and has a style

[edit] links

There is a different color for an article yet to be created and one that exists, see KM links.

Also, external urls by default have a liitle icon like this see the icon

[edit] Functional elements

It also has some functional elements

• tab strip of functions at the top
• tab strip of user preferences

The implementation of these tab strips in the monobook skin shows what is possible, however the tabs are simply constructed php and html.

Note that the number of tabs depends on the rights that you have, and additional elements display with the higher level of rights.

[edit] Resources

The following information may assist in understanding what is possible with the skins of mediawiki.

Gallery of styles where people show off their skins

concept of a skin for software

also look at Paul Gu a canadian doing some interesting things and

Another canadian doing an interesting thing

Wikipedia entry about MediaWiki

wiki patterns

[edit] Example wikis using mediawiki

Wikia

Wikitravel

Mozilla wiki

Mozilla developer centre note the hide sidebar right side, and table of contents treatments and also a detail page like this one

example

Wikis in enterprises

[edit] Example intranets using Mediawiki

• example
• The House, *article
• [1]*
• [2]
• DKW case study
• Confluence installation

• Headshift case study

http://enterknowl.blogspot.com/2007/04/which-companies-are-blogging-and-wiki.html

• Business week article on IntelPedia
• BTPedia
• an aussie example

[edit] Allen & Overy

• Article
• Slideshare case study
• case study