Free Mediawiki Skins

In case you are interested in applying math support in Mediawiki there are several steps you can take:

1. Log in to the control Panel and select the File Manager menu

2. Find the localsettings.php configuration file within your wiki directory

3. Modify this file be changing $wgUseTeX = false; to $wgUseTeX = true;. After you have implemented these changes add the following to the end of your file:

$wgUploadPath = “images”;
$wgUploadDirectory = “images”;
$wgMathPath = “{$wgUploadPath}/math”;
$wgMathDirectory = “{$wgUploadDirectory}/math”;
$wgTmpDirectory = “{$wgUploadDirectory}/tmp”;

Be sure that your Mediawiki includes such directories as /images/math and /images/tmp. In case you don’t find them there you need to create them setting 755 permissions. To accomplish this task you need to make use of File Manager menu within your Control Panel, select the very file or directory you want to work with and choose Change Permissions option.

4. The last thing you need to do implies downloading the textvc binary from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34373 and inserting the file into the /math folder.

Finally MediaWiki releases version 1.14.0, its 2009 Q1 branch. This release has increased the number of interface text fragments to 311,000 which include 298 languages which quintuples version 1.13.0. All this is achieved due to the translatewiki.net community.
MediaWiki implements integrative model of its development promising to gladden web masters with its releases every quarter. Each latest release is expected to run smoothly provided with all necessary security updates and fixed bugs which you could experience in previous versions of MediaWiki.
You will enjoy the improvements and innovations with every next quarterly release watching MediaWiki becoming better and stronger granting you with more powerful features.

If you want to dwell on a technical details read full release information.

For those who don’t want to use branch release there is a code available from source control.

Download MediaWiki version 1.14.0

Today I am offering to your attention a book titled “MediaWiki Skins Design” (Richard Carter). The book teaches how to design attractive skins and templates for a MediaWiki website:

• A practical, clear guide to building custom MediaWiki skins
• Extensive guidance on adjusting the layout and design of your MediaWiki’s appearance
• Attractive examples and design tips for using JavaScript and dynamic CSS to enhance your wiki’s design
• Change every aspect of MediaWiki’s appearance to produce a wiki that’s fully tailored to your requirements

Here you can look through Chapter No. 8 “Social Networking and MediaWiki” provided for free

Clean is a mediawiki template, as the name itself suggests it is aimed at user-friendliness. Facilitated shotcuts for new pages, easily changed layout and drop down menus are its essential features.

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