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Are themes useful for anything besides languages? [message #29515]

Tue, 27 December 2005 03:43

Astoria

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I want to create several different appearances for my forum. However, in order to change the appearance of just a few minor elements (header, post display format, style sheet changes) it appears that I must also create an entire new template set for each theme.

Am I misunderstanding how templating/themes work? Is it possible to base two themes with differing CSS style sheets upon a single template?

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Re: Are themes useful for anything besides languages? [message #29521 is a reply to message #29515]

Thu, 29 December 2005 02:57

Ilia

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You can modify an existing theme. Also, keep in mind that any new theme you create will be a copy of an existing theme, so if 3 files is all you change, that will be the only difference between the themes.

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Re: Are themes useful for anything besides languages? [message #29525 is a reply to message #29521]

Thu, 29 December 2005 06:16

Astoria

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I see how it works now - I can only edit themes by going directly into the forum directory and editing the php.

Is it correct that if I need to recompile the template, everything I had changed in the themes that are based on that template would be reset to the template default values?

If I have gone in and changed elements for several themes that use the same base template, can I remove the default style sheet (or other changed elements) from the template source files to recompile without losing the theme-specific changes?

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Re: Are themes useful for anything besides languages? [message #29532 is a reply to message #29525]

Thu, 29 December 2005 19:37

Ilia

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Almost to get the desired effect, you need to delete all *.tmpl files from the theme you've created beside the ones you've actually modified.

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