Help:ChangingSkins

With the Wikia update of the 19th of May, a lot of changes took effect that make the Wiki look like a 1998 website, or like a the keys on a phone for 90-year-olds for all PC users. There are several ways to change the skin of the Wiki. This page addresses three easy ways to improve your reading experience (actually, to make it bearable in the first place). Note that for the latter two, you need to have an account at Wikia.

Zooming out
The easiest way to make the Wiki approximiately look like it was before is to use the zoom function integrated into browsers like Chrome. Hold Ctrl and scroll the mousewheel to adjust the zoom to 90%. This does not solve the issues, but it helps.

Making the Wiki look like Wikipedia
If you're a semi-experienced Wiki editor, you may be wondering, "why doesn't the Subnautica Wiki look anything like Wikipedia?"

This is because the company that hosts the Subnautica Wiki does not give the Wiki administration any choice in the default "skin" (also known as "style" or "theme") presented to new or anonymous users. We would dearly love to have Wikipedia's default skin, "Vector," or to set our site default to Vector's predecessor, "Monobook," but Wikia doesn't care what users want.

But Monobook is still available, even if we can't make it the default. If you'd like Wookieepedia to have a more professional look, just follow these simple instructions:


 * 1: Log-in to Wikia. This will require you to create an account.
 * 2: Go to your preferences page.
 * 3: Hover over the button in the top right, which will either contain your user avatar or a generic silhouette icon. Do not click as this will take you to your user page, instead wait for the drop-down menu to appear.
 * 4: In the drop-down menu, click on "My preferences".
 * 5: Scroll to the "Appearance" section and select "MonoBook" in the "Layout" menu. (If your option under "Ads" is set to "Show all ads", you may also want to change this to "Don't show all ads".)
 * 6: Click "Save".
 * 7: Enjoy the increased content space and simplified navigation that Wikia previously hid from you.

Changing Your Personal CSS
Your personal CSS page basically can be edited to contain code that alters the skin used for this Wiki.

Please follow these simple instructions:
 * 1: Log-in to Wikia. This will require you to create an account.
 * 2: Go to your personal page.
 * 3: Add "/global.css" in the address bar behind your name. Example:
 * 4: You are now on your personal CSS page. Click on "Create" and switch to the source editor by clicking on the button with three horizontal bars in the top right corner of the editor and then on "Source Editor".
 * 5: Open a new tab and open the following page there: www.wikia.com/wiki/User:ScanianMoose/global.css
 * 6: Click on "Source" to view the source code and copy the entire text into the source editor of the original tab.
 * 7: Click on "Apply changes" and then on "Save page".
 * 6: Empty your browser cache. The changes should now be visible.