Forum:Answers skin knowledge bank

This topic is intended as a repository for any accumulated knowledge about the Answers skins (minimally documented at w:c:help:Help:Wikianswers).

I will start the list and anyone can add anything they know below.


 * Main page stuff
 * New Questions list:
 * Recently answered/edited list:
 * Random question link:
 * Meet the Community (avatars):
 * Number of questions answered:
 * Number of questions un-answered:
 * Percentage of questions answered:
 * Number of questions answered:
 * Number of questions un-answered:
 * Percentage of questions answered:
 * Percentage of questions answered:
 * Percentage of questions answered:


 * Javascript modifications
 * w:c:dev:AnswersEditButton
 * w:c:dev:AnswersHistoryButton
 * w:c:dev:AnswersNoDeleteLink
 * w:c:dev:AnswersSearchLink
 * w:c:dev:AnswersTalkButton


 * MediaWiki stuff
 * Auto anonymous welcome message: MediaWiki:Welcome-message-anon-answers2
 * Auto registered user welcome message: MediaWiki:Welcome-message-user-answers2

-- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 1:48 PM PST 20 Jul 2010
 * Pitfalls
 * Alot of MediaWiki: pages don't work on the Answers skin.
 * MediaWiki:Sitenotice definitely doesn't work and Wikia has no alternative (I asked at Special:Contact).
 * Common overrides at MediaWiki:Common.css may not work and there may be an answers alternative to MediaWiki:Monaco.css (MediaWiki:Answers.css?, MediaWiki:Answers2.css</tt>?), but it is unreliable.
 * On UnAnswers, Mendel has produced a great skin hack for the answers skin, to make it much more usable (he did this for the previous skin as well, but he did it just before the new skin was introduced). The page about it is c:unanswers:User:M.mendel/mendelbook2. I've uploaded a screenshot of It's current form (the screenshots at the page are slightly out of date) here. Worth a look at if you use the answers skin -- <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  21:28, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * That should be helpful. It would be nice to move some basic Answers skin change info to this page, otherwise this page will end up just being a list of scattered pointers. Still, all info is welcome. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 6:27 PM PST 20 Jul 2010