Mobile Gateway/Mobile homepage formatting/sd

Main pages of MediaWiki instances which go beyond traditional text (for example using two column layouts) usually require special treatment to display on mobile via in responsive skins such as  and.

If the main page (homepage) of your Wikimedia project has not been formatted to be viewed on mobile devices, and you are an administrator of that project, please follow the instructions below.

ٻراءِ مهرباني ياد رکو ته: گھرو صفحي کي سنوارڻ لاءِ توهان وٽ منتظم جا حق هجڻ ضروري آهن.

Hiding content on mobile
پهرين، اهو طي ڪريو ته موبائل گھرو صفحي جي لاءِ ڪهڙو مواد مناسب آهي.

Evaluate the page elements in the desktop version (e.g. "Picture of the Day") by asking:


 * how popular are they?
 * are they updated regularly?
 * are they suitable for quick reading?
 * will they fit nicely in a mobile screen?

هڪ دفعو جڏهن توهان فيصلو ڪري وٺو ته ڪهڙا عنصر قابل سمجھ آهن، پوءِ قدم 2 ڏانهن وڌو.

You must be logged in and have administrative rights to do the following. On the desktop view of the homepage, click "" and find the elements you want to include in the mobile view.

Each element you want excluded from the page should be given a class "nomobile" or wrapped in an element with this class present.



What goes in between the opening and closing div tags? It will most likely be a template for the page element, such as "Picture of the Day".

Using responsive styles
Certain styles are not mobile friendly. For example any css rules which make use of fixed pixel size e.g. width, height, padding. If different style treatment is needed please use or port these styles to MediaWiki:Common.css or MediaWiki:Mobile.css. TemplateStyles is recommended but 3rd parties may wish to use the MobileFrontend feature flag $wgMFSiteStylesRenderBlocking.

For common problems with table based layouts, you can use the styles in the Minerva compatiblity template.

Some tips on common problems are addressed at.

"" تي ڪلڪ ڪريو.

Make sure to test all your changes!