MediaWiki is a free application, registered under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is used to run Wikipedia, the World’s largest online encyclopedia, as well as many other wikis. Fratman is a minimalist skin for MediaWiki-driven websites. Originally developed by Jason Pearce, users began making enhancements and fixing bugs. To better facilitate community-driven development …
Category Archives: Web Projects
Wikimedia Foundation Called
I received a call from the Wikimedia Foundation today. They were trying to track down the owner/creator of a German website that I’ve never heard of, but I immediately knew why they called me. In April 2005 I developed a MediaWiki Skin and released another in October 2005. At the bottom of this skin is …
Magazine’s RSS Feed
The electronic versions of the Cross & Crescent magazine were launched less than 24-hours ago and one chapter has already added its RSS feed to the front page of their website. Ending all print production distribution of the magazine will reduce the accessibility of our content for some members, this I am sadly sure of. …
crossandcrescent.com
Today I launched a new website for Lambda Chi Alpha: crossandcrescent.com. But it’s much more than just a website — it’s a dramatic change in how our company communicates with its members. For 90 years, the Cross & Crescent magazine was printed and mailed to almost all members, alumni and undergraduates (~115,000). One man, Linn …
MediaWiki Skins by Castley
2006 September 23: Anand released a new FratMan skin that works well with MediaWiki v1.7. The skin incorporates many of the changes suggested in these comments. Thank you Anand. Robert Castley, Mambo project director from 2002 to October 2004, dropped in to thank me for the MediaWiki skins I created and to offer a few …