STOWiki:STO skin family/Common resources

STO skin family

• Common files and pages
• StoCommon extension
• Designing a new skin
• Deploying a new skin

Files on the server

Common skin files are found in /skins/stocommon/ on the server. There are only two:

• stocommon.css: Contains CSS styles that are common between all STO family skins applying to the elements provided by the MediaWiki software and many of its extensions.
• STOcommon.php: The "QuickTemplate" used by all STO family skins. This is responsible for generating the page layout.
  • Each family skin has its own "SkinTemplate", though these differ only a little. See Project:STO skin family/Creating a new skin for details.

Pages on the wiki

The StoCommon extension, when enabled for a skin, ensures that the following pages are included in each page load:

• MediaWiki:Stocommon.css: Contains CSS styles common to all STO family skins applying to templates or common elements used on the wiki.
• MediaWiki:Stocommon.js: Contains any scripts that should be common to all STO family skins, but which shouldn't apply to skins not in the family.
• Special:MyPage/stocommon.css: Contains user-specific CSS styles that are applied to all STO family skins.
• Special:MyPage/stocommon.js: Contains user-specific scripts that are applied to all STO family skins.

Important note: Currently, the StoCommon extension requires a minor configuration addition every time a new STO family skin is added to ensure it loads the common styles for that skin. See Project:STO skin family/Deploying a new skin for more information.