Customization policy

''As people move from one wiki to another, evolving from reader to editors to founders, it’s important that they are able to take what they learn from one wiki and build on that. A key part of this learning experience is having the user interface and features be consistent. That's not to say there can't be customization and individuality, those are always important to a wiki, but they visitors should be able to rely on the interface and features being in expected places as they move around Wikia. ''

To customize the view your visitors see, we recommend you use the theme designer. This helps you by automatically selecting text and shading colors based on your chosen scheme. You can also upload background images and a wiki wordmark.

If you want to go further, then there is a CSS page for each wiki. This can be used to add formatting to tables and infoboxes, or to control the colors more specifically. It should not be used to change the basic interface, to remove or move the ads, or to change the wiki's features and functionality.

We encourage experienced users to modify the wiki for themselves rather than adding a high level of variability from the default for their users. You can do this by editing your personal CSS and JS pages -- in this space anything goes!

It's impossible to create an exhaustive list of "do's" and "don'ts" for CSS, there are so many variations! But the core is that you should not block, remove, or otherwise obstruct the proper functioning and view of advertisements user interface and functionality for other users.

You can find the full Terms of Use here and at the bottom of every wiki page on Wikia.