Skin:Cosmos/en

Cosmos is a skin designed and based off Fandom's Oasis skin. Designed to improve upon their design, and provide an efficient MediaWiki skin for non-Fandom users, or for users transitioning out of Fandom. If you would like to learn how to contribute, please read our guide.

Configuration
These settings will apply when Cosmos is the active skin.

SocialProfile
These configuration settings require SocialProfile to be installed in order to use them.

PortableInfox
These configuration settings require PortableInfobox to be installed in order to use them.

Interface

 * MediaWiki&#58;Cosmos-tagline
 * Modifies the sitename text in the wiki header. Defaults to the value of MediaWiki:Sitename.


 * MediaWiki&#58;Cosmos-customsidebar
 * creates a custom sidebar. If the MediaWiki message is empty, contains only white space, contains only a "-", or is non-existent, the sidebar will be completely hidden.


 * MediaWiki&#58;Cosmos-stickysidebar
 * creates a custom sticky sidebar. If the MediaWiki message is empty, contains only white space, contains only a "-", or is non-existent, the sidebar will be completely hidden.


 * MediaWiki&#58;Cosmos-toolbar
 * See configuration section for usage and MediaWiki:Cosmos-navigation for formatting. (will either be completely removed or refactored, which is still undecided)


 * MediaWiki&#58;Cosmos-navigation
 * Modifies the site navigation for this skin; defaults to MediaWiki:Sidebar, although it is recommended to copy MediaWiki:Sidebar to MediaWiki:Cosmos-navigation and follow the Cosmos navigation format for the best results. This navigation can be up to 3 levels deep, in the format of:

The navigation should be in the format of:
 * (alternatively, )  will display a link to Special:NewVideos only when the Video extension is enabled.
 * (alternatively, ) will display a link to Special:WantedPages only when the Video extension is not enabled.
 * will display a link to Special:WantedPages regardless of if the Video extension is enabled or not.
 * Community
 * mainpage|mainpage-description
 * recentchanges-url|recentchanges
 * portal-url|portal
 * link|Tab title/level one
 * Level 2 tab title
 * Level 3 content 1

{$NEWVIDEOS_CONDITIONAL} {$WANTEDPAGES_CONDITIONAL}
 * cosmos-explore
 * recentchanges-url|recentchanges
 * randompage-url|randompage
 * Special:NewFiles|cosmos-newfiles

and, defaults to:

{$NEWVIDEOS_CONDITIONAL} {$WANTEDPAGES_CONDITIONAL}
 * cosmos-explore
 * recentchanges-url|recentchanges
 * randompage-url|randompage
 * Special:NewFiles|cosmos-newfiles

Compatibility and notes

 * As of version 4.0.0, Cosmos supports MediaWiki 1.36.
 * Cosmos uses the Special:Statistics article count, therefore changing  and afterwards running maintenance/UpdateArticleCount.php will make that counter use all content pages.
 * Counter will not display at all if user does not have the  userright.
 * An "Admin Dashboard" icon will appear if the AdminLinks extension is enabled and you have the needed right.
 * Links to Special:AddVideo will appear if the Video extension is enabled and you have the needed right (addvideo).
 * Cosmos uses cookies for the sitenotice by default. If the DismissableSiteNotice extension is enabled, then Cosmos will convert to that extension instead.
 * Cosmos supports Echo notifications, if the Echo extension is enabled, then Cosmos will use that for notifications. If the echo extension is not enabled, then Cosmos will use a built in notification system, which only displays new talk page messages.
 * Cosmos has a create article method to easily create articles through a popup.
 * Will not appear if user does not have both the  and   rights.
 * When Cosmos is installed, there will be a preference that will be available upon the selection of the Cosmos skin, allowing to toggle the mobile responsiveness of Cosmos. Enabled by default.
 * Cosmos does not support the DarkMode extension, therefore removes it from the personal tools when it's enabled.
 * Cosmos supports Miraheze's ManageWiki extension. It will adhere to the  preference, and if that is on, it will display manage wiki links in the navigation.
 * Cosmos is tested and works with VisualEditor.
 * There are body classes for the main page and whether a user is logged in or not.

Planned features

 * Remove Cosmos-navigation entirely and just use MediaWiki:Sidebar
 * The one and only issue with this, is that doing this will remove make the navigation act like the Sidebar, with one big change, all top-level tabs will link to themselves on Cosmos and not on other skins, unless you add  or even just   in front of each. Currently exploring possibilities to resolve this.
 * Some configuration options will be removed. (Listed as deprecated above)
 * The bio feature will soon be fixed.
 * Configuration to change the article area width is planned.