What Are The Best Practices For Concrete5 Theme Development?
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I'm new to Concrete5 Theme Development and wanted to know what are the best practices.
Thank you, but can you just post the link to the best practices and not the conversation. Thanks!
For an overview see.
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/make-a-the...
The main gotcha is having all the right header and footer elements. Also make sure you use the standard area names (capitalisation is important). This makes it possible to swap themes without loosing content. Even on a one-site theme this is useful during upgrades. See
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/pages/themes-2...
There are more videos on theme building on youtube.
If you want to turn it into a proper packaged up theme, then there are a lot more technical bits and pieces to consider. To get into details
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/making-a-t...
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/make-a-the...
The main gotcha is having all the right header and footer elements. Also make sure you use the standard area names (capitalisation is important). This makes it possible to swap themes without loosing content. Even on a one-site theme this is useful during upgrades. See
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/pages/themes-2...
There are more videos on theme building on youtube.
If you want to turn it into a proper packaged up theme, then there are a lot more technical bits and pieces to consider. To get into details
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/making-a-t...
http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/themes/using-artisteer-fo...