I have added html to this for my main.css skin to load so i could load certain images and position them for a custom skin The problem is it load before the doctype tag. How can i make the html load after.
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The MonobookTemplate.php file is a core file. Modifying core files is bad.
What do you want to achieve by editing this file?
I want to include custom navigatio text for the sidebar i have on the left and for a right horizonal navbar i created. I want to use a css shape for the sidebar and overlay and overlay the serach field on an image i created.
I can also include it by loading it as a seperate file or an extension but the same problem still happens.
For editing the sidebar see Manual:Interface/Sidebar.
If for your navbar on the right you need an additional HTML container, then this might be possible using a hook. Another idea is to use the site notifice feature for this. See Manual:Interface/Sitenotice. CSS changes can be placed on the page MediaWiki:Monobook.css inside your wiki.
MediaWiki:Monobook.css also is the place to put CSS rules for putting an image into the search field.