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diff --git a/skins/README b/skins/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..572e2f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/skins/README @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Skins, such as the default skin Vector, are distributed separately. Drop them +into this directory and enable as per the skin's installation instructions. + +You can find a list of available skins at +<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:All_skins>, +and more information about installing and configuring skins at +<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_configuration>. + +If you are a developer, you might want to fetch the skin tree in another +directory and make a symbolic link: + + mediawiki/skins$ ln -s ../../skins-trunk/FooBar + +The default skin Vector can be installed by cloning from Git: + git clone https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/SVEC/Vector + +Other skins are also available: + https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/SKIN/ + + +Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path +refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env +variable MW_INSTALL_PATH in case the extension is not in the default location. + +The following code snippet lets you override the default path: + + $IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' ); + if( $IP === false ) { + $IP = __DIR__ . '/../..'; + } + require_once "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php"; // a MediaWiki core file |