Forum:Optimizing Monobook for site

I'm not sure how everyone else feels about the changes made to the default skin, but I don't like it. Instead of complaining, though, I wanted to fix up an alternative. We have one option right now: Wikia default skin or Monobook skin. Unfortunately, Monobook is not optimized for this wiki, so the coloring is very abrasive. I was wondering if anyone knew how to edit just the Monobook skin, so we can make it look decent and therefore provide a good alternative. Check out Wookiepedia for an example--their Monobook skin is perfectly optimized, is very different from the default, and looks fantastic (it actually uses more than one-third of a computer monitor...). Currently, I visit Wookiepedia a lot more than the other wikis, so my skin is set to Monobook--which means every wiki I view is set to Monobook, and since most wikis don't have Monobook optimized, it looks silly (switch over to Monobook to see what I mean). So, if anyone has the ability to edit the Monobook skin, or if anyone can direct me to where I can find information on editing the Monobook skin so I can do it myself (if that's possible), let me know, because I much prefer Monobook over this new junk. All I really want to do is fix the bright white background to the standard blue we use for the default skin, so we can all view pages on Monobook without straining our eyes and getting headaches, as well making the site look nice. Ramikadyc 22:16, November 6, 2010 (UTC)