I can't believe I'm saying this, but regardless of the fact that I am skilled in editing CSS, my code does not seem to work on the start a new article page. My guess is that for some reason the CSS file located at http://images.wikia.com/common/releases_200811.1/extensions/wikia/CreateAPage/CreatePage.css?3221 is being given priority by the browser over my custom CSS code. If I could edit the source code of the HTML file and remove any references to http://images.wikia.com/common/releases_200811.1/extensions/wikia/CreateAPage/CreatePage.css?3221 - I'm almost certain that my custom theme would work. I tried to use javascript in common.js to edit the document on load, and remove references to the CSS file, but I couldn't get that to work. Here is the specific CSS code in MediaWiki:Monaco.css that doesn't seem to be working:

/* Create Page Color Scheme Modifications for Dark Themes (Maintained by Bigd56) [NOT FINAL] */
img[src^='http://images.wikia.com/common/progress_bar.gif'] { display: none ! important; }
#wpTableMultiEdit ,
#cp-multiedit,
.createpage-clear {
	clear: both ;
}

#createpageform .normal-input ,
#createpageform textarea {
	border: solid 1px #a0a0a0;
	padding: 2px 3px;
}

#createpageform textarea {
	width: 92%;
}

#createpageform .bigarea {
	width: 99%;
}

#createpageoverlay {
	opacity: 0.5 ;
	background-color: #3c3c3c;
	filter: alpha (opacity=50) ;
}

#createpagepreview .actionBar ,
#createpageform .actionBar {
	background:#282828 none repeat scroll 0%;
	border-bottom:1px solid #4B4B4B;
	border-top:1px solid #4B4B4B;
	clear:both;
	margin-top: -12 px;
	padding:4px 8px;
	text-align:right;
}
#createpageform .actionBar {
	background:#282828 none repeat scroll 0%;
	border-bottom:1px solid #4B4B4B;
	border-top:1px solid #4B4B4B;
	clear:both;
	margin-top: -12 px;
	padding:4px 8px;
	text-align:right;
}
* html #createpagepreview .actionBar ,
* html #createpageform .actionBar {
	height: 1%;
}

#createpageform #createpageinfo {	
	clear: both ;
	padding-left: 5px ;
	padding-right: 10px ;
	text-align: left ;	
}

#createpageform .actionBar #wpRunInitialCheck {
	float: left ;
	margin-left: 6px ;
}
#createpageform .actionBar #wpRunInitialCheck.button color1 {
	
}
#createpagepreview .actionBarStrong ,
#createpageform .actionBarStrong {
	background:#383838 none repeat scroll 0%;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;
	border-top: 1px solid #000000 ;
	margin-top: 10px ;
	padding-left: 6px ;
	text-align: left ;
	font-weight: bold ;
	color: #000000 ;
}

#createpageform .buttonBar {
	text-align: left ;
}

#createpageform .buttonDefault
{
	border-width: 6px;
}
#createpageform .upload_submit {
	margin-left: 132px ;
	margin-bottom: 4px ;
	background:#3366CC none repeat scroll 0%;
	border:4px double #FFFFFF;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	cursor:pointer;
	font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;
	font-size:8pt;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:2px 5px;	
	width: auto ;
}
#createpageform .progress {
	padding-left: 130px ;
	display: none ;
}

#createpagebottom {
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px ;
	margin-bottom: 4px ;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit .upload_submit {
	margin-left: 130px ;
	width: auto ;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit .progress {
	padding-left: 130px ;
}

legend {
	font-size: 1.2em;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#cp-title-check {
	clear: both ;
	margin: 5px 10px 5px 100px;
	float: left ;
	font-weight: bold;
}


/* infobox */
#Createtitlelabel {
	float:left;
	font-weight:bold;
	width: 85px;
	padding-left:5px;
        padding-right:10px;
        text-align:left;
        text-transform:capitalize;
	margin-top: 3px;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit .normal-label ,
#cp-infobox .normal-label {
        float: left;
        width: 120px;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-transform: capitalize;
        text-align: right;
        padding-right: 10px;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit .nofloat ,
#cp-infobox .nofloat {
	margin-left: -20px ;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit input .fileUpload,
#cp-infobox input.fileUpload {
    margin-right: 50px;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit div div .createpage_input_file ,
#cp-infobox div .createpage_input_file {
	width:auto;
        position:relative;
        font:x-small/160% Verdana;
        margin:0 0 4px 0;
        zoom:1;
	overflow:hidden;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit div div .createpage_input_file label,
#cp-infobox div .createpage_input_file label {
        float:right;
        white-space:nowrap;
        position:relative;
        z-index:1;
        left:0;
        top:0;
        overflow:hidden;
	cursor: pointer;
	font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;
	font-size:9pt;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:2px 5px;
        display:inline;
        -webkit-border-top-right-radius:8px;
        -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:8px;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit div div .createpage_input_file_no_path label ,
#cp-infobox div .createpage_input_file_no_path label {
        float:left;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit div div .createpage_input_file label input,
#cp-infobox div .createpage_input_file label input{
        position:absolute;
        right:0;
        top:0;
        border:none;
        font-size:5em;
        line-height:12px;
        opacity:0;
        zoom:1;
        filter:alpha(opacity=0);
        cursor:pointer;
}

#wpTableMultiEdit div div .createpage_input_file_no_path label ,
#cp-infobox div .createpage_input_file_no_path label {
        -webkit-border-radius:8px;
}

#Createtitle,
#wpTableMultiEdit .normal-input ,
#cp-infobox .normal-input {
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	width: 250px;
}

#cp-infobox .rename {
	margin-left: 5px;
	width: 200px;
}

#Createtitle {
	float: left ;
	margin-top: 4px ;
	border: 1px solid #A0A0A0 ;
	padding 2px 3px ;
}

.bordered {
	border: 1px solid gray ;
        margin-left:20px;
	width: 450px ;
	padding-top:4px;
}

#cp-infobox br {
	clear: left;
}

#createpage_upload_submit {
	margin-left: 110px;
	width: auto !important;
}

/* old template chooser */
#cp-scroller {
	width:90%;
	margin:0 auto;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding:20px 35px;
	position:relative;
}
#cp-scroller a {
	position:absolute;
	text-decoration:none;
	top:50px;
	z-index:100;
}
#cp-scroller-left {
	display:none;
	left:5px;
}
#cp-scroller-right {
	display:none;
	right:5px;
}
#cp-scroller-inside {
	width:90%;
	overflow:hidden;
	margin:0 auto;
	position:relative;
}
#cp-scroller-list {
	width:2000px;
}
#cp-scroller-list, #cp-scroller-list li {
	margin:0;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding:0;
}
#cp-scroller-list li {
	float:left;
	height:90px;
	margin:0 10px 0 0;
	width:90px;
	padding:0;
	text-align: center;
}

#cp-infobox-fieldset {
	border: 2px 1px 1px 1px;
}

/* template chooser */
#createpageform div.templateFrame {
	border-right:1px solid #CCCCCC;
	float:left;
	padding:10px;
}

#createpageform div.templateFrame:hover {
	background-color:#303030;
	cursor:pointer;
}

#createpageform div.templateFrameSelected {
	background-color: #3A3A3A;
	border: solid 1px #242424;
}

#createpageform div.templateFrameLast {
	border-right: none;
}

#createpage_warning_copy,
#createpage_warning_copy2 {
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	border:1px solid #AAAAAA;
	color:#000000;
}

#createpage_warning_copy .boxHeader,
#createpage_warning_copy2 .boxHeader {
	padding:3px 5px;
}

#createpage_warning_copy div.warning_text,
#createpage_warning_copy2 div.warning_text {
    font-size: 1.1em;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    padding: 10px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}

#createpage_warning_copy div.warning_buttons,
#createpage_warning_copy2 div.warning_buttons {
    padding: 5px;
    text-align: center;
}

#createpage_warning_copy div.warning_buttons input, 
#createpage_warning_copy2 div.warning_buttons input {
    margin: 0 5px;
}

#createpage_cloud_section, #createpage_cloud_section_njs {
	border: 1px solid lightgray;
	padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
}

#wpCategoryTextarea {
	display: none ;
}

#wpCategoryInput, #wpCategoryButton {
	margin: 4px 2px 0 2px ;
}

#wpCategoryInput {
	width: 450px ;
}

.createpage-separator {
	height: 10pt;
} 

.createpage-controller {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 24px; 
}

.createpage-lower {
	margin-top: 5px;
}

.createpage-textarea {
	float: left;
}

Is there any way for me to edit the default CSS in the file I mentioned? I checked for a MediaWiki:CreatePage.css, but it apparently doesn't exits. --Bigd56 | Talk 23:40, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to revive an apparently dead topic, but this is still an important issue to us at FunOrb Wiki. --Bigd56 | Talk 19:10, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

yeah, thats still one project thats got hardcoded css colors thats not dark wiki friendly. poked at it, let me know if that works, replying on my talk on funorb would be best. --Uberfuzzy 05:13, 25 November 2008 (UTC)