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How to create a new theme for your forum [message #158046] Wed, 21 January 2009 15:58 Go to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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Follow these easy steps to create a unique custom theme for your forum:

1. Change to your forum's /data/thm directory.
cd forum/data/thm


2. Create a new folder for your theme, say "myskin".
mkdir myskin


3. Copy the files you want to change from the default theme directory (please do not copy everything!). For example, if we only need a different CSS file:
mkdir myskin/tmpl
cp default/tmpl/forum.css.tmpl myskin/tmpl/


4. Edit the copied files, and apply your changes. Also, remove all sections ({SECTION:...}) that you haven't changed for your theme.

5. Navigate to your forum's "Admin Control Panel" -> "Theme Manager". Enter your theme's name, say "myskin", select "myskin" as the "Template Set" and select both "Default" and "Enabled". When done, click "Create".

6. Click "Rebuild all Themes" and return to your forum to see the changes.

Good luck!

Frank

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Re: How to create a new theme for your forum [message #158170 is a reply to message #158164] Fri, 06 February 2009 01:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, copy the entire PATH_INFO (it is based on DEFAULT) + the files you need to change from DEFAULT.

Typical installations should only have to change forum.css.tmpl, header.tmpl and footer.tmpl.

PS: If you create a fancy new theme, please remember to show it off in the "Forum Styles" and/or "Forum Showcase" forums.

Happy theming!

Frank

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Re: How to create a new theme for your forum [message #163439 is a reply to message #158170] Mon, 01 November 2010 13:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What if I want to create a theme using PATH_INFO but based not on the DEFAULT template but LEFT- or RIGHT-SIDED user-info template?

Can I just merge the copied over PATH_INFO (as described above) drawmsg.tmpl & drawpmsg.tmpl with the content of the same files from the LEFT- or RIGHT-SIDED theme? They do seem to contain different sections...

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Re: How to create a new theme for your forum [message #163708 is a reply to message #163439] Wed, 24 November 2010 16:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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PATH_INFO just contains template_name_lnk templates - so you can merge it just fine. Remember to touch ./path_info in the theme dir also before you rebuild the theme to ensure that the database etc is updated correctly to understand it is a path_info theme.

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Re: How to create a new theme for your forum [message #186562 is a reply to message #186560] Thu, 02 October 2014 06:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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DEFAULT is a full/complete theme, while PATH_INFO is a minimalistic theme that is just overriding the URL portions. A new theme can be any of the above, but minimalistic themes are definitely preferred.

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