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Customize the default theme? - kaborka - 2015-02-13
Where could I find out how to customize the default theme? Is there a plug-in or a different theme that makes these settings visible to neophytes:
- sidebar location: left
- main column: Fill browser window
- font: Arial
- Header: add graphic, use mixed case
Unfortunately I am new to PHP and CSS. I looked at the "Edit theme components" page, but most was over my head. I saw some font settings, though, but in multiple places.
update: I figured out most of the changes -- switched float left with right and vv. Still working on the flexible column width.
RE: Customize the default theme? - datiswous - 2015-02-13
You need knowledge of html and css to edit themes. Php is not needed. In the wiki you can find info on the (php) template tags used. Basicly a theme consists of html and css code with php template tags in them to trigger the dynamic content.
RE: Customize the default theme? - kaborka - 2015-02-14
True. I have a rough idea of CSS, and I was able to figure out which CSS entries affected which tags. Now I just need to do the column widths.
update: This page told me what I needed.
RE: Customize the default theme? - shawn_a - 2015-02-14
you should check out some of the framework themes, they are still code, but they might be easier to modify, say the bootstrap ones etc.
RE: Customize the default theme? - datiswous - 2015-02-16
In your browser you can (usually) press F12 and then you can check what code is affecting a certain part of your theme.
If you go for a framework I would start with a light one like Skelleton or Knacss
RE: Customize the default theme? - kaborka - 2015-02-17
I'm happy with Innovation now. Fonts Arial, sidebar left, etc. I decided to expand the width to suit a 1024 display. On a 2550x1440 display, the browser window can be adjusted easily using Ctrl-+/-. That scales the whole GS layout including the column widths.
RE: Customize the default theme? - datiswous - 2015-02-17
(2015-02-17, 04:01:31)kaborka Wrote: I'm happy with Innovation now.There's also a responsive version of Innovation, maybe a better starting point.