1. Go to the page or section you wish to edit (using the links in the navigation menu to the left of the window).
2. Click on either the edit tab at the top of the window to edit the whole page or the [edit] link that appears at the right side of the window next to the heading of the section you wish to edit.
3. To change the colour of text, you need to use HTML font colour tags. The following example shows how to add green text to your page.
An example of green text
Note: The spelling of color is in American Language.
4. Click the Save page button below the text area.
Archive for the ‘Application Installer’ CategoryHow to change the font color for the headings in MediaWiki?How to change the font color for the content in MediaWiki?In order to change the font color for the content in MediaWiki, you should edit the skin’s main.css file. For example, if you are using the default Monobook skin, the file you should edit is: /home/user/domains/domain_name/public_html/skins/monobook/main.css Look for the following code: You should edit the color:black; line. For example, if you wish to change the font color to red, the line should be changed to: color: red; How to change the favicon in MediaWiki?* Simply upload your favicon.ico to the root of your domain/subdomain, make sure file name is in lower case and its name is favicon.ico How to change the ‘Main Page’ title to something else?The default name for the MediaWiki main page is Main Page. How to change the default skin for guests in MediaWiki?A default skin can be set for new users of a wiki by setting the variable $wgDefaultSkin in LocalSettings.php to the lowercase skin name specified in the skin file. Users can still change their skin later by going to their preferences page. To change all existing users’ skin settings, use the userOptions.php maintenance script. The syntax to use on the command line would be: How to disable cache in MediaWiki?Add in your LocalSettings.php file the following lines: How to clear the page cache in MediaWiki?To clear the cache of a page in MediaWiki, you should add &action=purge to the end of the page’s URL in your browser’s address bar, e.g. : http://www.yourdomain.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge If you are not logged in the wiki, a message will come up asking you to confirm that you want to clear the cache of the page. |
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