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[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / docs / skin.txt

diff --git a/docs/skin.txt b/docs/skin.txt
index a42369c..fab27b8 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/skin.txt
+++ b/docs/skin.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 skin.txt
 
-MediaWiki's default skin is called Monobook, after the black-and-white photo of
-a book, in the page background. This skin has been the default since MediaWiki 
-1.3 (2004). It is used on Wikipedia, and is popular on other sites.
+MediaWiki's default skin is called Vector. Vector was introduced in
+the 1.16 release (2010) and has been set as the default in MediaWiki since
+the 1.17 release (2011). This replaced the popular skin, Monobook which
+had been been the default since MediaWiki 1.3 (2004). Vector is now the
+default skin on Wikimedia Projects.
 
 There are three legacy skins which were introduced before MediaWiki 1.3:
 
@@ -15,6 +17,11 @@ http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/
 
 * Cologne Blue: A nicer-looking alternative to Standard.
 
+The other skin that is widely used (and is the MediaWiki default before 1.17)
+is Monobook.
+
+* Monobook: Named after the black-and-white photo of a book, in the page background.
+This was introduced in the 2004 release of 1.3
 
 And there are four Monobook-derived skins which have been introduced since 1.3:
 
@@ -29,7 +36,6 @@ top bar.
 
 * Modern: An attractive blue/grey theme with sidebar and top bar.
 
-
 == Custom CSS/JS ==
 
 It is possible to customise the site CSS and JavaScript without editing any
@@ -76,9 +82,9 @@ It is now possible (since MediaWiki 1.12) to write a skin as a standard
 MediaWiki extension, enabled via LocalSettings.php. This is done by adding 
 it to $wgValidSkinNames, for example:
 
-$wgValidSkinNames['mycoolskin'] = 'My cool skin';
+$wgValidSkinNames['mycoolskin'] = 'MyCoolSkin';
 
-and then registering a class in $wgAutoloadClasses called SkinMycoolskin, which 
+and then registering a class in $wgAutoloadClasses called SkinMycoolSkin, which 
 derives from Skin. This technique is apparently not yet used (as of 2008) 
 outside the DumpHTML extension.