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edit] How do I change the look and feel of MediaWiki for my own site?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Under 1.5, to disable all view top tabs, create a new skin according to the instructions in MediaWiki look and feel#Skin and name this MonoBookNoViews. Set this as the default theme. Logged in users will need to change their default theme to see the tabs to edit pages, however. You will need to remove the section of code in the MonoBookNoViews.php file which generates the views (top tabs).

edit] Are "Wikimedia" and "MediaWiki" the same thing?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
No. Wikimedia is the name of a group of wiki-based open-content projects managed by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. MediaWiki is the software developed to meet the needs of these projects. edit] I tried that but it didn't work I had a problem, I came to this page and it told me how to fix it. But it didn't work, the problem is still there! Nine times out of ten this is because you didn't clear your cache. The simple test for this is to request a page that hasn't been requested before.

edit] How do I set the timezone for my MediaWiki?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
There are two timezone-related settings: $wgLocaltimezone and $wgLocalTZoffset. Set both in LocalSettings.php. $wgLocaltimezone is used for formatting the timezone in signatures, and should be set to the locale name, for example "Europe/Berlin". $wgLocalTZoffset sets the default user preference the number of hours your local time differs from server time, and is used for timestamps seen in recent changes and history views.

edit] How do I put MediaWiki into Read Only mode?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Set $wgReadOnlyFile in LocalSettings.php to the name of a file, then put the reason for read-only mode inside the file. The contents of the file will be displayed to anyone trying to edit the wiki. Since 1.5 you can set $wgReadOnly to a string describing the reason for read-only mode, instead of creating a file. (Usual wiki markup is allowed in this string).

How can I edit / remove the Powered by MediaWiki image in the footer?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
You can hide the Powered by MediaWiki image by adding the following to your wiki's MediaWiki:Common.css: If you want to remove it completely, you could alter /skins/MonoBook.

edit] Is it possible to install more than one wiki (MediaWiki) on a server? How?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Yes, MediaWiki can be installed multiple times in different directories using either the same database with a different set of table prefixes (configurable upon install) or using different databases altogether. Additionally, you may want to make some settings common for all the installations, and have a central place where changes to these can be made. Since the configuration file (LocalSettings.

edit] MediaWiki is slow, how can I make it faster?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
First you should try a PHP cache engine such as eAccelerator or APC. It will save the parsed PHP scripts and enhance performance a lot (this is something you should use anyway on any PHP installation with non-trivial traffic). Zend Platform also contains a bytecode cache, however its "dynamic content caching" is not supported in MediaWiki at the current time. Memcached will provide some performance benefit, especially for heavily viewed sites.

Can you change the look and feel of my site for me?

Classified Ad Software - MarketGrabber - FAQS
Absolutely. In fact, most of our customers purchase our Branding Service. We send you a short questionnaire asking about your color preferences, font preferences, graphic preferences, likes and dislikes and we "brand" your site according to your wishes. See Branding Service for more information.

I want to edit the script to change some look & feel, can I do that?

Anyboard FAQ
You are strongly discouraged from doing that. 1) Almost every aspect of AnyBoard can be configured from the admin page. 2) Editing the code can easily break the program.

edit] Can I use commons.wikimedia.org in my installed version of mediawiki ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
No, remote loading is discouraged. If you're really keen, you can set up a mirror of it and use that.

edit] Is there a way to easily install all Help Documentation after a mediawiki installation?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
There is a project at mw:Project:PD help that is creating a self-contained help system, with links to an experimental pywikipedia bot that can mirror that. Mediawiki has problems with autostarting sessions. Check your php.ini (you can run phpinfo() to find where it is located) and look for session.auto_start. It should be '0'. Also, session.use_cookies should be '1'. If you don't have access to php.ini and you're using Apache try to create a .

What if I want to change the look-and-feel of my site in the future?

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No problem. Once a new 'skin' - a new look-and-feel - has been designed, discussed and agreed on with you, it can be applied to your existing content in a matter of seconds with no interruption to your web service. A later change in the site's design is a chargeable option. Absolutely. Zope sites are designed to be updated by their authors and not by the developers. You are able to keep your site's content - including your portfolios - as up-to-date as you wish. The only limit is your energy.

How can I change the look and feel of my website?

PowerCommerce FAQ's
To quickly change the entire look and feel of your website, you can select another template and assign it to all of the pages in your website. After you have logged in, you must click on the PowerWebBuilder icon on the dashboard screen. Then you must select the new template that you want to use by selecting "Assign Template To Page" from the PowerWebBuilder Main Menu and then selecting the page(s) that you want to modify.

How do I change Sketsa Look And Feel?

KIYUT - Sketsa SVG Graphics Editor FAQ
javaw -Xmx128m -cp "%SKETSA_HOME%\lib\sketsa.jar;%SKETSA_HOME%\lib\skinlf;" Skinit -pack [some_dir]\themepackname.zip kiyut.sketsa.Sketsa java -Xmx128m -cp $SKETSA_HOME/lib/sketsa.jar:$SKETSA_HOME/lib/skinlf.jar Skinit -pack [some_dir]/themepackname.zip kiyut.sketsa.Sketsa

Where do I download MediaWiki?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
The latest stable release of MediaWiki can be downloaded from download.wikimedia.org or sourceforge.net. Files are supplied in a .tar.gz archive. MediaWiki can also be obtained direct from our Subversion repository. See also Download

How do I install MediaWiki?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
Installing MediaWiki takes between 10 and 30 minutes, and involves uploading/copying files, and running the installer script to configure the software.

Is the look of my site going to change?

Frequently Asked Questions | Ohio Connect
The design may change and new technologies may come about to help your website. We will ALWAYS let you know before doing any changes. We are pleased to announce the launch of a redeveloped website for one of our existing clients, SentroTech Corporation.

Why was the Java look and feel developed?

Java Foundation Classes (JFC)
To provide a common interface for developers who are deploying applications and services in a heterogeneous computing environment.

Can I change my apps look and feel?

Unofficial Java Web Start/JNLP FAQ
Yes, you can. However, there are some limitations and workarounds you should be aware of. Check out the following bug reports: Here is the code fragment for switching to the Kunstoff look and feel: try { com.incors.plaf.kunststoff.KunststoffLookAndFeel kunststoffLF = new com.incors.plaf.kunststoff.KunststoffLookAndFeel(); kunststoffLF.setCurrentTheme( new com.incors.plaf.kunststoff.KunststoffTheme() ); UIManager.setLookAndFeel( kunststoffLF ); } catch ( javax.swing.
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