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Porteco
'''Porteco''' (default as of June 1, 2013)
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Porteco is a custom skin made for EcoliWiki. Future development for this project will be done using Porteco.  The Porteco skin provides the common Porteco banner, and navigation links. As of June 1, 2013, the search box in Porteco doesn't work quite as well as the search box in Vector; the option to search for pages containing a string is missing.
Porteco is a custom skin made for EcoliWiki. Future development for this project will be done using Porteco.  The Porteco skin provides the common Porteco banner, and navigation links. As of June 1, 2013, the search box in Porteco doesn't work quite as well as the search box in Vector; the option to search for pages containing a string is missing.
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Monobook
Monobook
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Monobook was the default skin prior to the development of Vector
Monobook was the default skin prior to the development of Vector
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[[File:monobook skin.png|thumb|Monobook]]
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Chick
Chick
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Chick is an older style that puts the sidebar links underneath the main page content.  This skin will probably be discontinued in a future version of mediawiki.
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[[File:chick_skin.png|thumb|Chick]]
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Classic  
Classic  
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Classic (aka standard) is an older skin that uses a serif font.  This skin will probably be discontinued in a future version of mediawiki.
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[[File:classic skin.png|thumb|Classic]]
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Cologne Blue
Cologne Blue
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Cologne Blue is another skin distributed with Mediawiki. 
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[[File:cologneblue skin.png|thumb|Cologne Blue]]
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Modern
Modern
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Modern is a Mediawiki skin with a very narrow top banner area.
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[[File:modern skin.png|thumb|Modern]]
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MySkin
MySkin
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MySkin is only listed here because it shows up in the Appearance selection menu. It's a clone of monobook designed to allow a system administrator to customize the [[wikipedia:CSS|CSS]]. Newer skins, such as Porteco are based on Vector.
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia
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Nostalgia is designed to look like Wikipedia from 2001. An interesting feature is the Special Page selection menu.
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[[File:Nostalgia_skin.png|thumb|Nostalgia]]
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Simple
Simple
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Simple is a simple skin derived from Monobook. It will probably be removed from Mediawiki at some point in the near future.
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[[File:SafariScreenSnapz020.png|thumb|Simple]]


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Revision as of 23:39, 1 June 2013

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How to customize appearance by setting the Appearance preference

Registered users can alter the overall appearance of EcoliWiki by changing their Preferences. Users who are not logged in will get the Porteco skin by default.

Available skins

Skin Comments Screenshot

Porteco (default as of June 1, 2013)

Porteco is a custom skin made for EcoliWiki. Future development for this project will be done using Porteco. The Porteco skin provides the common Porteco banner, and navigation links. As of June 1, 2013, the search box in Porteco doesn't work quite as well as the search box in Vector; the option to search for pages containing a string is missing.

Porteco

Vector

Vector is the default (as of 2013) skin for Mediawiki and Wikipedia.

vector

Monobook

Monobook was the default skin prior to the development of Vector

Monobook

Chick

Chick is an older style that puts the sidebar links underneath the main page content. This skin will probably be discontinued in a future version of mediawiki.

Chick

Classic

Classic (aka standard) is an older skin that uses a serif font. This skin will probably be discontinued in a future version of mediawiki.

Classic

Cologne Blue

Cologne Blue is another skin distributed with Mediawiki.

Cologne Blue

Modern

Modern is a Mediawiki skin with a very narrow top banner area.

Modern

MySkin

MySkin is only listed here because it shows up in the Appearance selection menu. It's a clone of monobook designed to allow a system administrator to customize the CSS. Newer skins, such as Porteco are based on Vector.

not worth showing

Nostalgia

Nostalgia is designed to look like Wikipedia from 2001. An interesting feature is the Special Page selection menu.

Nostalgia

Simple

Simple is a simple skin derived from Monobook. It will probably be removed from Mediawiki at some point in the near future.

Simple