Skin:MonoBook

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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MonoBook Release status: stable
License	GPLv2+
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Example	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?useskin=monobook
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MonoBook was the previous default skin for Wikimedia Foundation websites since MediaWiki 1.3, as the replacement for the old Standard skin. It became the most popular and most widely supported skin in the MediaWiki ecosystem until it was finally superseded by the Vector skin as the default on May 13, 2010 (MediaWiki 1.17, git #2833b07a), as a result of the efforts of the Wikipedia Usability Initiative to improve Wikipedia user experiences and potentially draw in more contributor participation. Although it is not the default skin, it serves as a common backup for Vector and is present on many wikis using older versions of MediaWiki software.

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 MonoBook in your skins/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadSkin( 'MonoBook' );

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

To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing skins using wfLoadSkin(), since MediaWiki 1.25. If you need to install this skin in earlier versions, instead of wfLoadSkin( 'MonoBook' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/skins/MonoBook/MonoBook.php";

(To run an skin on an earlier release, you may need to download the version of it tagged for that release from Special:SkinDistributor.)