Manual:Skins

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Extensions:Manual:Extensions

DevelopmentManual:Developing extensions

Tag extensionsManual:Tag extensions

Parser functionsManual:Parser functions

HooksManual:Hooks

Special pagesManual:Special pages

SkinsManual:Skins

Magic wordsManual:Magic words

APIAPI:Extensions

Skins allow users to customize the look and feel of MediaWiki. MediaWiki's default skin is Vector. A number of other skins also exist in default MediaWiki installations. Users can see which skins are available on their preferences page. To see some examples of skins that other sites using MediaWiki have created, see this gallery and the Skin namespace on this wiki. It is important to note that optional components, such as JavaScript, may only function properly on a specific skin.

Desired outcome	How to do it
Choose a skin only for you on a site you may not own	Help:SkinsHelp:Skins
Create or modify a skin for yourself or for others	Manual:SkinningManual:Skinning
Choose or configure a skin for your MediaWiki installation	$wgDefaultSkinManual:$wgDefaultSkin, Manual:Skin configurationManual:Skin configuration

See also

• Available skins - List of available skins
• Category:All skins - Newer skins

Developer information:

• Skin.phpManual:Skin.php - Information on Skin.php.
• Simple mobile skin auto change - simple change to LocalSettings.php for automatic changeover to a "mobile" skin for iPhone/Android etc.
• Manual:Skinning

On Meta

• meta:Help:User style - Introduction of skins
• meta:Customization:Explaining skins#Major style blocks by name - a description of the id/class conventions used by most skins