MediaWiki:Common.css

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/* ================================================
   Medieval Manuscript Theme for Timeless Skin
   MediaWiki:Common.css
   ================================================ */

:root {
    /* Medieval manuscript colors */
    --parchment: #f4e8d0;             /* Aged parchment background */
    --vellum: #faf6ed;                /* Light vellum */
    --burgundy: #6b0f1a;              /* Deep burgundy (manuscript ink) */
    --wine-red: #8b1a1a;              /* Rich wine red */
    
    /* Illuminated manuscript accents */
    --gold: #b8860b;                  /* Medieval gold leaf */
    --lapis-blue: #1e3a8a;            /* Lapis lazuli blue */
    --vermillion: #c1440e;            /* Vermillion red for links */
    --forest-green: #2d5016;          /* Medieval green */
    
    /* Text and neutrals */
    --ink-brown: #2a1810;             /* Dark brown ink */
    --sepia: #704214;                 /* Sepia brown */
    --leather: #8b4513;               /* Leather binding brown */
}

/* Main page background */
body {
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    background-image: 
        linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(139, 69, 19, 0.03) 1px, transparent 1px),
        linear-gradient(rgba(139, 69, 19, 0.03) 1px, transparent 1px);
    background-size: 20px 20px;
}

/* Header/top navigation - like a leather binding */
#mw-header-container {
    background-color: var(--burgundy);
    border-bottom: 4px solid var(--gold);
    box-shadow: inset 0 -3px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}

#mw-header-nav-hack {
    background-color: var(--burgundy);
}

/* Site logo area */
#p-logo a {
    background-color: transparent;
}

/* Navigation links in header */
#mw-header-nav-hack a,
#user-tools a {
    color: var(--parchment);
    font-weight: 500;
}

#mw-header-nav-hack a:hover,
#user-tools a:hover {
    color: var(--gold);
}

/* Sidebar - like manuscript margins */
#mw-site-navigation,
#mw-related-navigation {
    background-color: var(--parchment);
    border-right: 2px solid var(--leather);
}

#mw-site-navigation .sidebar-chunk,
#mw-related-navigation .sidebar-chunk {
    background-color: transparent;
}

#mw-site-navigation h3,
#mw-related-navigation h3 {
    background-color: var(--wine-red);
    color: var(--parchment);
    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--gold);
    border-left: 4px solid var(--gold);
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
}

/* Sidebar links */
#mw-site-navigation a,
#mw-related-navigation a {
    color: var(--sepia);
    font-weight: 500;
}

#mw-site-navigation a:hover,
#mw-related-navigation a:hover {
    color: var(--burgundy);
    background-color: rgba(184, 134, 11, 0.15);
}

/* Main content area - manuscript page */
#mw-content-container {
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    border: 3px solid var(--leather);
    box-shadow: 
        0 2px 8px rgba(42, 24, 16, 0.2),
        inset 0 0 60px rgba(139, 69, 19, 0.05);
}

#mw-content {
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    color: var(--ink-brown);
}

/* Page title - illuminated initial style */
#firstHeading {
    color: var(--burgundy);
    border-bottom: 3px solid var(--gold);
    border-left: 5px solid var(--burgundy);
    padding-left: 15px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: capitalize;
}

/* Content headings */
.mw-body h1,
.mw-body h2,
.mw-body h3,
.mw-body h4 {
    color: var(--wine-red);
    font-weight: bold;
}

.mw-body h2 {
    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--gold);
    border-left: 4px solid var(--wine-red);
    padding-left: 12px;
}

.mw-body h3 {
    border-left: 3px solid var(--gold);
    padding-left: 10px;
}

/* Body text */
.mw-body,
.mw-body p {
    color: var(--ink-brown);
    line-height: 1.7;
}

/* Links - vermillion ink */
.mw-body a:not(.new) {
    color: var(--vermillion);
    font-weight: 500;
}

.mw-body a:not(.new):hover {
    color: var(--wine-red);
}

.mw-body a:not(.new):visited {
    color: var(--lapis-blue);
}

/* Red links (non-existent pages) */
.mw-body a.new {
    color: #a52a2a;
}

/* Tabs (page actions) */
#p-namespaces ul li,
#p-views ul li {
    background-color: var(--parchment);
    border: 2px solid var(--leather);
}

#p-namespaces ul li.selected,
#p-views ul li.selected {
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    border-bottom-color: var(--vellum);
    border-top: 3px solid var(--gold);
}

#p-namespaces a,
#p-views a {
    color: var(--sepia);
    font-weight: 600;
}

/* Buttons */
.mw-ui-button,
.oo-ui-buttonElement-button {
    background-color: var(--wine-red);
    color: var(--parchment);
    border: 2px solid var(--gold);
    font-weight: bold;
}

.mw-ui-button:hover,
.oo-ui-buttonElement-button:hover {
    background-color: var(--burgundy);
    border-color: var(--gold);
}

/* Info boxes - illuminated margins */
.infobox {
    background-color: var(--parchment);
    border: 3px solid var(--gold);
    border-left: 5px solid var(--burgundy);
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgba(42, 24, 16, 0.2);
}

/* Table styling - manuscript tables */
table.wikitable {
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    border: 2px solid var(--leather);
    color: var(--ink-brown);
}

table.wikitable th {
    background-color: var(--wine-red);
    color: var(--parchment);
    border: 1px solid var(--gold);
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

table.wikitable td {
    border: 1px solid var(--leather);
}

table.wikitable tr:hover {
    background-color: rgba(184, 134, 11, 0.1);
}

/* Code blocks - like marginalia */
pre, code {
    background-color: var(--parchment);
    border: 2px solid var(--sepia);
    border-left: 4px solid var(--gold);
    color: var(--sepia);
    font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;
}

/* Footer - colophon style */
#footer {
    background-color: var(--parchment);
    border-top: 3px solid var(--gold);
    color: var(--sepia);
}

#footer a {
    color: var(--sepia);
    font-weight: 500;
}

#footer a:hover {
    color: var(--vermillion);
}

/* Search box */
#searchInput {
    border: 2px solid var(--leather);
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    color: var(--ink-brown);
}

#searchInput:focus {
    border-color: var(--gold);
    box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(184, 134, 11, 0.4);
}

#searchInput::placeholder {
    color: var(--sepia);
}

/* Blockquotes - like quoted text in manuscripts */
blockquote {
    border-left: 5px solid var(--gold);
    background-color: var(--parchment);
    padding: 15px 20px;
    margin: 20px 0;
    color: var(--sepia);
    font-style: italic;
}

/* ================================================
   Additional fixes for header text visibility
   ================================================ */

/* Wiki name/site title in top left */
#p-logo a,
#p-logo-text a,
.mw-wiki-title,
#sitelogo-text {
    color: var(--gold) !important;
    font-weight: bold !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
}

#p-logo a:hover,
#p-logo-text a:hover {
    color: var(--parchment) !important;
}

/* Username in top right corner */
#user-tools .mw-ui-icon + span,
#user-tools #pt-userpage a,
#personal h2,
#personal .mw-portlet-heading {
    color: var(--parchment) !important;
    font-weight: 500 !important;
}

#user-tools #pt-userpage a:hover {
    color: var(--gold) !important;
}

/* Dropdown menu from username */
#personal .mw-portlet-body,
#personal ul,
#user-tools .dropdown,
#personal .vector-menu-content {
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    border: 2px solid var(--leather);
    box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(42, 24, 16, 0.3);
}

#personal .mw-portlet-body a,
#personal ul a,
#user-tools .dropdown a {
    color: var(--sepia) !important;
    background-color: var(--vellum);
    font-weight: 500;
}

#personal .mw-portlet-body a:hover,
#personal ul a:hover,
#user-tools .dropdown a:hover {
    color: var(--burgundy) !important;
    background-color: var(--parchment);
}