Tech/HowTo/Mediawiki Layout Changes

Mediawiki hacking to make it self editable

Good documentation sometimes needs good style. Mediawiki (what powers wikipedia.org) is a great solution. Along with private SSL you can have a secure but fast documentation system anywhere in the world. By default Mediawiki will load CSS entries from the Mediawiki: namespace. You can add overrides to these files to change the look or even add your own classes.

Common

Common.css for screens http://wiki.domain.tld/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css for installs without rewrite rules http://wiki.domain.tld/MediaWiki:Common.css

Print

Print.css for printing http://wiki.domain.tld/index.php/MediaWiki:Print.css for installs without rewrite rules http://wiki.domain.tld/MediaWiki:Print.css