MediaWiki:Common.css
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/* Hide all logos */
.mw-wiki-logo,
.mw-logo,
.mw-logo-icon,
.mw-logo-wordmark,
.vector-logo,
#p-logo,
#p-logo a,
.mw-logo-container {
display: none !important;
visibility: hidden !important;
}
/* Force all text to Arial font */
body, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, div, span, a, li, td, th,
input, textarea, select, button {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif !important;
}
/* Remove shadows and effects - but NOT on edit elements */
.portlet, .pBody, #content, #column-content,
#column-one, .portlet h3, .portlet h5, .gallerybox,
.thumb, .thumbinner, .infobox, table, #footer,
#p-cactions, .vector-menu-tabs {
box-shadow: none !important;
text-shadow: none !important;
}
/* Move entire navigation menu to bottom of sidebar */
#p-navigation {
order: 999 !important;
margin-top: auto !important;
padding-top: 100px !important;
border-top: 1px solid #eee !important;
}
#column-one {
display: flex !important;
flex-direction: column !important;
min-height: 100vh !important;
}
/* Clean headings - remove underlines */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .firstHeading {
border-bottom: none !important;
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
color: #333 !important;
}
/* Clean sidebar */
.portlet {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
border: none !important;
}
.portlet h3, .portlet h5 {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
border: none !important;
color: #333 !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
}
.portlet .pBody ul li a {
color: #0066cc !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
background: none !important;
}
.portlet .pBody ul li a:hover {
color: #004499 !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
/* Clean top tabs - no borders */
#p-cactions, #p-namespaces, #p-views {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
}
#p-cactions li, #p-namespaces li, #p-views li {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
border: none !important;
margin: 0 10px 0 0 !important;
}
#p-cactions li a, #p-namespaces li a, #p-views li a {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
color: #0066cc !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
border: none !important;
padding: 8px 15px !important;
}
#p-cactions li.selected a, #p-namespaces li.selected a, #p-views li.selected a {
color: #333 !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
background: none !important;
}
#p-cactions li a:hover, #p-namespaces li a:hover, #p-views li a:hover {
background: #f0f0f0 !important;
color: #004499 !important;
}
/* Clean personal tools (right menu) */
#p-personal {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
}
#p-personal ul li a {
color: #0066cc !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
background: none !important;
}
#p-personal ul li a:hover {
color: #004499 !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
/* Clean content area */
#content {
background: #ffffff !important;
border: 1px solid #ddd !important;
}
/* Gallery - larger images, no gray backgrounds */
.gallerybox {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
width: 200px !important;
margin: 15px !important;
}
.gallerybox .thumb {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
width: 200px !important;
}
.gallerybox .thumb img {
width: 200px !important;
height: auto !important;
}
.gallerytext {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
color: #666 !important;
text-align: center !important;
}
/* Clean image thumbnails */
.thumb {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
}
.thumbinner {
background: none !important;
background-color: transparent !important;
border: none !important;
}
.thumbcaption {
background: none !important;
color: #666 !important;
}
/* Clean and simple infobox */
.infobox {
background: none !important;
background-color: transparent !important;
border: none !important;
border-left: 3px solid #0066cc !important;
padding: 15px !important;
margin: 0 0 20px 20px !important;
width: 300px !important;
}
.infobox th {
background: none !important;
background-color: transparent !important;
border: none !important;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important;
color: #333 !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
padding: 8px 0 !important;
text-align: left !important;
}
.infobox td {
background: none !important;
background-color: transparent !important;
border: none !important;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important;
padding: 8px 0 !important;
color: #666 !important;
}
.infobox tr:last-child th,
.infobox tr:last-child td {
border-bottom: none !important;
}
/* Clean tables */
table {
border-collapse: collapse !important;
background: none !important;
}
table th {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
border: 1px solid #ddd !important;
color: #333 !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
}
table td {
background: none !important;
border: 1px solid #ddd !important;
}
/* Clean forms */
input, textarea, select {
border: 1px solid #ccc !important;
background: #ffffff !important;
border-radius: 0 !important;
}
#searchInput {
border: 1px solid #ccc !important;
background: #ffffff !important;
border-radius: 0 !important;
}
/* Clean footer */
#footer {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
border-top: 1px solid #eee !important;
color: #666 !important;
}
/* Clean edit section links */
.mw-editsection a {
color: #0066cc !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
.mw-editsection a:hover {
color: #004499 !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
/* Clean categories */
#catlinks {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
border-top: 1px solid #eee !important;
color: #666 !important;
}
/* Clean body */
body {
background: #ffffff !important;
}
/* Preserve layout structure */
#column-one, #column-content {
background: none !important;
}
.mw-body, .mw-body-content {
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
}
/* Academic Year links - specific targeting */
#n-Academic-Year-2025 a,
#n-Academic-Year-2024 a,
#n-Academic-Year-2023 a,
#n-Academic-Year-2022 a {
text-decoration: underline !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
}
/* Remove gray gradient shadow from top */
#mw-head,
.mw-header,
.vector-header,
#mw-head-base,
#mw-page-base {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
background-color: transparent !important;
box-shadow: none !important;
}
/* Remove gradient from content area top */
#content {
background: #ffffff !important;
background-image: none !important;
border-top: none !important;
}
/* Clean page background */
body {
background: #ffffff !important;
background-image: none !important;
}
/* Remove any remaining gradients */
.vector-legacy-sidebar,
#mw-panel {
background: none !important;
background-image: none !important;
}
/************************************
* IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON FEEDBACK
************************************/
/* ★ Use RGB at full saturation — replace navy-ish blues with full rgb blues */
a,
.portlet .pBody ul li a,
#p-personal ul li a,
#p-cactions li a,
#p-namespaces li a,
#p-views li a {
color: rgb(0, 102, 255) !important; /* bright saturated blue */
}
a:hover,
.portlet .pBody ul li a:hover,
#p-personal ul li a:hover,
#p-cactions li a:hover,
#p-namespaces li a:hover,
#p-views li a:hover {
color: rgb(0, 51, 204) !important; /* darker saturated blue */
}
/* Info Box left border – fully saturated cyan/blue */
.infobox {
border-left: 3px solid rgb(0, 122, 255) !important;
}
/* Headings – strong neutral black instead of gray */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .firstHeading {
color: rgb(30, 30, 30) !important;
}
/* Footer and meta text – pure neutral gray */
#footer,
.gallerytext,
.thumbcaption,
#catlinks {
color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important;
}
/****************************************
* ★ Increase font-size — improve reading
****************************************/
body, p, li, td, th, span, div {
font-size: 17px !important; /* from ~14–16px to readable 17px */
line-height: 1.55 !important; /* smoother line spacing */
}
/***************************************************
* ★ Reduce line length (typography best practice)
***************************************************/
.mw-body-content,
#content,
#mw-content-text {
max-width: 130ch !important; /* limit to 70 characters per line */
margin-left: auto !important;
margin-right: auto !important; /* center align the content block */
}
/* Keep sidebars unaffected by max-width */
#mw-panel,
#column-one {
max-width: none !important;
}