Topic on Manual talk:How to make a MediaWiki skin

Documentation was expanded with information about footer. Please ask another question on talk page if something is still confusing.

In Topic:Wbcuv2jihh1hkjrs it was asked "how to control the footer links?"

Let's understand what's being asked here and update the documentation. Does the developer want to add / remove links on the skin level, or need a tutorial for displaying footer links, or other?

In short docs needs similar as Manual:Skinning Part 2#Footer.

There should be instructions on,

1. how to add new links to the footer area,
2. how to show texts form a file from the project root/ skin root (it could be a version number or some other text from a file)
3. what if I would like to show the license as text and not to show the icon
4. how to show "Powered by MediaWiki" as a line to text and not to show the logo
5. how to show the items in the list
6. and all the things mentioned in Manual:Skinning Part 2#Footer.

I've added Manual:SkinMustache.php#DataFooter to document the data relating to the footer that is passed down.

With SkinMustache, skins are expected to render content without opinion other than should I display this or not.

Most of this is being defined by configuration/extension hook.

For icons for example rendering text rather than a logo is discouraged as this is enabled by Manual:$wgFooterIcons. If you want to render text, you'll need to provide your own link and label using the technique in Manual:How_to_make_a_MediaWiki_skin#i18n.

Your template can render whatever HTML it chooses too, your skin.mustache file is yours to edit - so if you need to add new links or random license information that is not configurable just add it in the HTML, or even better still add it as part of an extension or LocalSettings.php using the associated hook: Manual:Hooks/SkinAddFooterLinks