Right - you need to search for exactly "MediaWiki:Common.css" The file common.css is in the namespace MediaWiki, which is not searched by default. (Although you can change that in "my preferences")
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Philippe Dhont < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply and the links! > I searched on my wiki server for common.css or Common.css and *css > I found a lot of css files but no common.css. > Thanks, Ph. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Aubrey > Sent: vrijdag 9 juli 2010 16:22 > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] tables > > Philippe, > > You can find that file by searching for it on your wiki. Here are three > links which explain in more detail: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces > > The mediawiki.org site has very good documentation. There is also a very > good book "MediaWiki: The Definitive Guide" available from oreilly.com. > > Jason > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Philippe Dhont < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Thanks for the reply. > > Maybe a stupid question but where can I find MediaWiki:Common.css ? > > Thanks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean-Marc van > > Leerdam > > Sent: vrijdag 9 juli 2010 15:40 > > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] tables > > > > Hi, > > > > On 9 July 2010 14:53, Philippe Dhont <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, I want to use tables in mediawiki and the code that i use works > > > but > > there is no layout. > > > As a test, this should make a nice viewing table (example from a > > > learning > > site): > > > > > > {| class="prettytable" width="40%" > > > ! Planten || Dieren > > > |- > > > | Gras || Koe > > > |- > > > | Eucalyptus || Koala > > > |} > > > > > > But I get just the text and no graphical table and looks in my wiki > > > just > > like this: > > > > > > Planten Dieren Gras > > > > > Koe Eucalyptus Koala > > > > > > Is there something i forgot ? > > > > Yes, the part 'class="prettytable"' results in the table getting a CSS > > class assigned to it. It is up to you to supply the styling needed > > (usually through the Mediawiki:Common.css page, but you could also use > > one of the skin specific css pages) > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Jean-Marc > > -- > > . ___ > > . @@ // \\ "De Chelonian Mobile" > > . (_,\/ \_/ \ TortoiseSVN > > . \ \_/_\_/> The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control . /_/ > > \_\ http://tortoisesvn.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
