Customise the Tagline
A Guide to Using MediaWiki in a Hosted Environment
An instructional website by the developer of mh370wiki.net - a MediaWiki site about Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Tagline
The site Tagline is configured in LocalSettings.php.
Default configuration:-
## The URL paths to the logo. Make sure you change this from the default, ## or else you'll overwrite your logo when you upgrade! $wgLogos = [ '1x' => "$wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/change-your-logo.svg", 'tagline' => [ "src" => "My Tagline", "width" => 117, "height" => 13 ], 'icon' => "$wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/change-your-logo.svg", ];
To alter the Tagline, simply insert your own text at "src" => " ",
Customise the Tagline with CSS
The tagline for the mh370wiki.net website is MH370 Decoded.
The tagline is styled in MediaWiki:Vector.css.
/* Tagline styled like B777 text on Flight Deck */
.vector-body #siteSub { display:block;
font-family: "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif;
font-weight:bold; font-style: oblique;
font-size: var(--font-size-120);
color: var(--clr-purple-B777text-base-50);
}
The font style and color is inspired by the Boeing 777 label on the Instrument Panel of the aircraft used for Flight MH370.
The color is defined as a variable in MediaWiki:Common.css. There are a few 'shades', used for different purposes. Here are two:-
:root { --clr-purple-B777text-base-50: #7d7a85; } /* subtitle only */
:root { --clr-purple-B777text-base-35: #58565d; } /* text on menu */
The numbers 35 and 50 are based on 35% and 50% from a W3 Schools color picker:-
See Also
Links
Manual:Tagline (Site Subtitle) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Tagline_(Site_Subtitle)
The Manual indicates that, if undefined, the tagline (or site subtitle) defaults to
From {{SITENAME}}And that the #siteSub can be styled in MediaWiki:Common.css, and would then apply to all skins.