Thread:Project:Support desk/Frames like on mediawiki frontpage/reply (3)

Quick and dirty way:
 * 1) Type  in the "Input text" box on Special:ExpandTemplates.
 * 2) Copy the result to your own main page
 * 3) Copy everything from MediaWiki:Gadget-site.css on mediawiki.org to MediaWiki:Common.css on your own Mediawiki installation
 * 4) The page will now be filled with tons of broken links, redlinks and broken file links; it will look like crap, but it will be easy to replace the content with your own
 * 5) Cleanup

A few things you should know:
 * Special:ExpandTemplates will substitute ALL templates, parser functions and variables, destroying the original code. The code of the main page and all used templates can be kept intact if exported using Special:Export, but a lot cleanup will be needed (e.g. cleaning up tons of templates and even installing extensions).
 * Much of the css from MediaWiki:Gadget-site.css can be removed. The rest may either be kept in your MediaWiki:Common.css or moved to your new main page (use inline css for this).