Skin:Cologne Blue

This skin comes with MediaWiki 1.1 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.

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Cologne Blue Release status: stable
MediaWikiTemplate:Skin#mediawiki	built in since 1.24+
LicenseTemplate:Skin#license	GPLv2+
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ExampleTemplate:Skin#example	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?useskin=cologneblue
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Cologne Blue is one of the skins bundled with MediaWiki by default. It has existed since MediaWiki's inception between 2002 and 2003 as an alternative user option for the "Standard" skin.

Uses

It's been available as user option on Wikimedia wikis since its first version.

Installation

This skin is included in the MediaWiki download tarball. You only need to install it separately if you installed MediaWiki using a different method.

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called CologneBlue in your skins/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadSkin( 'CologneBlue' );

• Y Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the skin is successfully installed.

Bundled

In MediaWiki 1.23 and earlier, the Cologne Blue skin was maintained within the MediaWiki core repository. In MediaWiki 1.24MediaWiki 1.24, along with other default skins, it was separated from core to its own repository. It remained bundled with MediaWiki until version 1.30.

Starting from MediaWiki 1.31, the Cologne Blue skin has been removed from the bundle.