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How to create a new theme for your forum [message #158046]

Wed, 21 January 2009 15:58

naudefj

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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 #158164 is a reply to message #158046]

Thu, 05 February 2009 13:53

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Thanks Frank, that simplifies the process considerably.

What if you're using the Path_info version as the default? Same thing, just use that instead? That version doesn't seem to have a forum.css.tmpl - just grab it out of default?

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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

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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 #166504 is a reply to message #163708]

Tue, 03 January 2012 09:43

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On a new skin package work or not?

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Re: How to create a new theme for your forum [message #186560 is a reply to message #166504]

Wed, 01 October 2014 17:54

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I'm a bit confused on this. I have a developer that is going to make my own theme, which, as I've mentioned before, I plan to contribute back to the community to be used as the default theme for FUDforum, assuming everyone likes it. I plan on using the PATH_INFO style, but I know you don't use that for the default theme. What should I do to maximize usability of this once it's done?

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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

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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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