Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-26951806-20160210063752/@comment-1757994-20160212213151

Fandyllic wrote: Saftzie wrote: Common.css and Common.js do indeed affect the Oasis skin. That's why they're "Common." Common things affect all skins. ... You would think, but you're wrong. You are assuming Wikia functions just like Wikipedia, because they share the same base engine. Ask Wikia staff, if you don't believe me. Well, I don't believe you, but there's no need to ask staff. Let's take a look at the stylesheets that are loaded for this very page in the Oasis skin. They are, after some URI decoding:


 * 1) link rel="stylesheet" href="http://slot1.images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__am/1455284295/sasses/background-dynamic=true&background-image=http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/central/images/5/50/Wiki-background/revision/latest?cb=20151006215639&background-image-height=801&background-image-width=1700&color-body=#07111f&color-body-middle=#07111f&color-buttons=#002d55&color-header=#002d55&color-links=#006cb0&color-page=#ffffff&oasisTypography=1&page-opacity=100&widthType=0/skins/oasis/css/oasis.scss,extensions/wikia/Forum/css/ForumThread.scss,extensions/wikia/Wall/css/Wall.scss,extensions/wikia/Wall/css/MessageTopic.scss,extensions/wikia/MiniEditor/css/MiniEditor.scss,extensions/wikia/MiniEditor/css/Wall/Wall.scss,extensions/wikia/AuthModal/css/AuthModal.scss,extensions/wikia/Recirculation/styles/recirculation.scss,extensions/wikia/PortableInfobox/styles/PortableInfobox.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalShortcuts/styles/GlobalShortcutsHelp.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalShortcuts/styles/GlobalShortcutsSearch.scss,extensions/wikia/SpecialPromote/css/SpecialPromote.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GlobalNavigation.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GlobalNavigationSearch.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GlobalNavigationAccountNavigation.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GlobalNavigationUserLoginDropdown.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GlobalNavigationNotifications.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GlobalNavigationInverse.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalNavigation/styles/GoogleSearchAPI.scss,skins/shared/styles/transparent-out.scss,extensions/wikia/Forum/css/Forum.scss,extensions/wikia/GlobalFooter/styles/GlobalFooter.scss,extensions/wikia/Qualaroo/css/Qualaroo.scss"
 * 2) link rel="stylesheet" href="http://community.wikia.com/__load/-/cb=1455284295&debug=false&lang=en&only=styles&skin=oasis/site"
 * 3) link rel="stylesheet" href="http://community.wikia.com/__load/-/debug=false&lang=en&only=styles&skin=oasis&user=Saftzie&version=1455284295-20160117T203648Z/user"

The first one is some standard stuff Wikia loads independent of MediaWiki:*.css and User:*/*.css. The third one is my user css. I don't have a global.css.

So the relevant one is the second one. Load it in a browser for yourself. Compare it to MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Wikia.css. You should notice that it's a minified version of Common.css concatenated with Wikia.css. So it's not a matter of whom you believe. You can see it for yourself.