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Vibrant Book Skin

Some of you may know by now that I have been working on enhancing the current default skin. The results have exceeded my expectations, which is somewhat surprising considering how few modifications I have made to the actual css. I consider this skin to be finished for the most part, so I would like you all to test it out to see what you think. If enough people like it, I could make this modification global.

Setup Instructions

You must be logged in to be able to set up the skin. Create the page User:Username/monobook.css, case sensitive, and while replacing "Username" with your account name. When creating the page, you will want to type in the following line of code in the edit box:

{{subst:User:Aristeo/monobook.css}}

This will copy the contents of my css file and paste it onto yours. To revert this change, simply blank the contents of the page and optionally place the line /* {{speedydeletion|My personal sub page, requesting speedy deletion}} */ onto your css file.

As an administrator, I can edit other people's css and js files. For this purpose, this allows me to update other people's skin when I update my code. For social limitations, however, I will only update your skin file if you give me permission to do so. At this moment, only Daveh, Hoggwild5, Nephele, and DrPhoton have given me permission to update their skins for this purpose.

As always, comments, criticism, and other suggestions are appreciated. --Aristeo | Talk 13:50, 13 November 2006 (EST)

After making some adjustments, I feel that the skin is now in the release candidate stage. If no one is seeing any white boxes of doom in the next couple of days, and if no one objects, I can make the changes global. --Aristeo | Talk 13:24, 17 November 2006 (EST)

I just made the change global. Let me know what you think about the skin. --Aristeo | Talk 13:41, 22 November 2006 (EST)

Amazing. I just logged off for five minutes, I come back, anc I see this amazing skin. While I like it, I am wonsering if the old MonoBook skin is still available, as some users may not love the change. -- Dylnuge(talk · edits) 17:16, 22 November 2006 (EST)

I'll be working on some css code that will allow people to revert to the previous look. --Aristeo | Talk 15:37, 22 November 2006 (EST)

Why not move the skin to one of the other selectable in the user preferences (like e.g. MySkin)? It would allow users to select the one they like best. --DrPhoton 03:47, 23 November 2006 (EST)

I like the parchment background, but why was the UESP logo changed back to the old version? No offense to the guy who made it, but the new one that Booyah Boy made was much better. -- Xbolt 15:54, 22 November 2006 (EST)

Just an issue with the image transparency which should be fixed in the near future (assuming Booyah Boy is around). -- DaveH 16:46, 22 November 2006 (EST)

Very nice! --Wrye 19:58, 22 November 2006 (EST)