Theme Manager is the heart of the FUDforum's templating system, this control panel allows the administrator to add/edit and remove theme that are available. The users will be able to choose a theme of their choice from the ones available via their profile.
The first part of the control panel allows the administrator to add or edit a theme + language combination, this combination is what the users will see as the theme options in their profile menu.
This select allows the administrator to choose the template set, which will be used with this theme.
This select allows the administrator to specify the language, which will be used with this theme.
Locale is the setting FUDforum will export to PHP making php automatically format various strings such as dates according to certain language/country. This field is automatically filled in using JavaScript when you select the language, however you can change the value manually if you believe you have a better alternative to the one offered.
If you are unsure of what this option does, it is better to leave the default value as the locale setting.
On most *NIX computers you can see the list supported locales by executing this command: locale -a
This options allows the administrator to select the language pack that pspell will use when spell checking messages posted by users who use this particular theme. This option will automatically have its value filled in when you choose a language.
You can disable the spell checker for a particular theme by clicking on the disable link found on right on the option or removing the value of the option.
Allows the administrator to specify whether or not this theme is default. Default theme, will be the theme that would be selected by default in the user's profile.
Allows the administrator to specify whether or not this theme is enabled. If the theme is enabled, forum users will be able to choose to use this theme via their profile.
The next form, 'Create Template Set', allows the administrator to create a new template set that later can be selected from the Theme Option inside the theme editor.
To create a new template set, simply enter the name you wish to assign to the theme into the text box and click on the 'Create' button.
At the bottom of the control panels there is a list of all the available themes with a number of clickable links allowing the administrator to administer the available themes.
Clicking this link will load this theme into the theme manager, allowing the administrator to edit this theme.
Clicking this link will recompile the theme. This link should be used after any manual modifications to the theme's template, source or message files.
This utility will compact the PHP compiled php files created during theme building removing comments, formatting etc... Doing this will result in a slight performance boost since it will make the PHP code parsing easier hence faster and reduce the memory footprint of the script.