CIS-Dept. Light Skin for PmWiki 2 ================================= README.txt About the skin -------------- This is another clean, minimalist skin for PmWiki 2 that was created with usability in mind. It's similar to Lean Skin for PmWiki 2, but this one has the SideBar on the right, the title in the main content area, and a few other changes. There are advantages to having the SideBar on the right. When content is too wide, the SideBar gets pushed off of the screen rather than the content, so there's less scrolling. Text-based browsers will display the content above the SideBar menu (tested with Lynx and Eudora Web for PalmOS). The Title at the top of the content area is an

header. It's intended to encourage WikiUsers to create wiki pages that are well-structured web documents. Design objectives ----------------- * Be understated without being stripped bare. Emphasize the content. * Treat screen pixels as valuable and scrolling as inconvenient. * Avoid displaying nonessential duplicate links. * Avoid linking from a page to itself (self-referencing links). * Give navigation links conspicuous placement in the layout. * Be easy to use for both inexperienced and seasoned veteran wiki users. * Allow wiki links and last-modified output to be obscure or invisible. * Provide an adequate text area for easy editing. * Keep the main content area a reasonable width for easier reading. * Produce pages that render similarly in various browsers. * Encourage wiki users to create well-structured web documents. * Be easily customizable to suit personal preference. The skin produces valid XHTML 1.0 and CSS output according to w3c.org's validation services at http://validator.w3.org/ and http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ respectively. Access Keys ----------- The skin includes these access keys: accesskey+'c' = Recent [C]hanges in current group accesskey+'a' = [A]ll recent changes accesskey+'b' = Edit side[B]ar accesskey+'e' = [E]dit Page accesskey+'h' = Page [H]istory accesskey+'p' = [P]review page when editing accesskey+'s' = [S]ave page when editing Using access keys allows your site to have "Invisible Wiki Links". Access key still work (in Firefox but not Internet Explorer) for wiki links hidden with display:none in the light.css CSS file. Installing the skin ------------------- See INSTALL.txt Revision History ---------------- Ver. 0.01 * The initial release. Ver. 0.01.1 * Improved some of the CSS a bit. * Added an upper Save button to the edit page for logged-in users. Ver. 0.02 * Added some "rel='nofollow'" attributes to tags. * Now enabling GUI buttons in the light.php file. * Added a crude HTTP-Auth (.htaccess) logout capability. Ver. 0.03 * Reworked and refined the .tmpl, .css, and .php files. Ver. 0.04 * Now there's an upper Save button on the Edit page if $Author is set. * Added a table button to the Edit Page button bar. * Adjusted CSS so wiki style markup can more readily override the stylesheet. Ver. 0.04.1 * Fixed an IE compatibility issue introduced in v0.04. Ver. 0.05 * The upload link was always in "clean URL" format. Now it changes according to $EnablePathInfo. * The upload link has been renamed from "Upload" to "Attachments". * The attachments link opens a new window (only) from the edit page. * The Minor-edit checkbox now appears above the edit page text box if HTTP-authenticated. * Rearraged Reset buttons on the edit page. (Suggested by Radu.) Ver. 0.05.1 * Removed spurious edit page author box introduced in v0.05. Ver. 0.05.2 * Improved enforced-author-tracking behavior. Author ------ Hagan Fox - http://Qdig.SourceForge.net