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themes:tutorial [2013/10/23 23:50]
datiswous [Editing]
themes:tutorial [2023/03/19 17:43]
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 It might be a site you have previously made, it might be a page or template you want to turn into a GS Theme – the procedure is the same. In this case I am going to use the free page template Beadysite from: It might be a site you have previously made, it might be a page or template you want to turn into a GS Theme – the procedure is the same. In this case I am going to use the free page template Beadysite from:
-http://​www.html5-templates.co.uk/​beadysite/​+http://​www.html5-templates.co.uk/​beadysite/ ​(outdated, Website is for sale now)
  
 No knowledge of PHP is needed, you can just copy and paste the php tags which have mostly self-explanatory names. Best to copy them from the template in the sample theme in case there are errors in this wiki text. No knowledge of PHP is needed, you can just copy and paste the php tags which have mostly self-explanatory names. Best to copy them from the template in the sample theme in case there are errors in this wiki text.
 ====Getting Set Up==== ====Getting Set Up====
  
-I install a copy of GetSimple in a new folder under Wampserver and I download and unzip the the Beady files. It's a page and a css and an images folder already arranged correctly for a GS theme so I put the whole Beadysite folder in the theme folder of my new local GS site alongside Cardinal and Innovation. Inside the folder I copy the file **index.html** and rename it **template.php**. Now I can activate ​the the beadysite as a theme in my new GS site and test the changes I make to the file as I go along. All the links to images and to the css are broken but we will soon fix that. I open the file **template.php** from the beadysite folder in my text editor and open the **template.php** from the Cardinal theme alongside it so I can copy and paste the tags from one to the other.+I install a copy of GetSimple in a new folder under Wampserver and I download and unzip the the Beady files. It's a page and a css and an images folder already arranged correctly for a GS theme so I put the whole Beadysite folder in the theme folder of my new local GS site alongside Cardinal and Innovation. Inside the folder I copy the file **index.html** and rename it **template.php**. Now I can activate the beadysite as a theme in my new GS site and test the changes I make to the file as I go along. All the links to images and to the css are broken but we will soon fix that. I open the file **template.php** from the beadysite folder in my text editor and open the **template.php** from the Cardinal theme alongside it so I can copy and paste the tags from one to the other.
  
 This is the static index.htm <​file>​ This is the static index.htm <​file>​
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 **3** ''<?​php get_header();​ ?>''​ is required in the head section by some plugins. It won't have any visible effect. **3** ''<?​php get_header();​ ?>''​ is required in the head section by some plugins. It won't have any visible effect.
  
-**4** The relative link to the css is broken ​already ​so I make it an absolute link by replacing ''​href="​style.css"''​ with ''​href="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​style.css"''​+**4** The relative link to the css is broken so I make it an absolute link by replacing ''​href="​style.css"''​ with ''​href="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​style.css"''​
  
 That's the head section done and now that the link to the css is mended I can look at my new GS page in my browser with a little more pleasure. That's the head section done and now that the link to the css is mended I can look at my new GS page in my browser with a little more pleasure.
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 **16** We ought to Link to GS with ''<?​php get_site_credits();​ ?>''​ **16** We ought to Link to GS with ''<?​php get_site_credits();​ ?>''​
  
-**17** Some plugins require ''<?​php get_footer();​ ?>''​. It won't have any visible effect.+**17** Some plugins require ''<?​php get_footer();​ ?>''​. It is for scripts, nothing to do with the page footer and it won't have any visible effect. We will put it just before the closing tag </​body>​.
  
 That's it for a basic page That's it for a basic page
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    <?​php get_site_name();​ ?>    <?​php get_site_name();​ ?>
    © <?php echo date('​Y'​);​ ?> | Design by <a href="​http://​www.html5-templates.co.uk"​ target="​_blank">​HTML5 Templates</​a>​ <?php get_site_credits();​ ?>    © <?php echo date('​Y'​);​ ?> | Design by <a href="​http://​www.html5-templates.co.uk"​ target="​_blank">​HTML5 Templates</​a>​ <?php get_site_credits();​ ?>
-   <?​php get_footer();​ ?> 
 </​footer></​code>​ </​footer></​code>​
   
 <​code></​div>​ <!-- end-of-"​page"​ --></​code>​ <​code></​div>​ <!-- end-of-"​page"​ --></​code>​
   
-<​code></​body>​+<​code> ​  <?php get_footer();​ ?> 
 +</​body>​
   
 </​html> ​ </​html> ​
 </​code>​ </​code>​
-==== This is my new file template.php:​ ====+ ==== This is my new file template.php:​ ====
  
 <code php> <code php>
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 * *
 *****************************************************/​ *****************************************************/​
-?></​code>+?>
  
-<code php><​!DOCTYPE html>+<​!DOCTYPE html>
  
 <html lang=en> <html lang=en>
-</​code>​ 
  
-<code php><​head>​+ 
 +<​head>​
    <​meta charset=UTF-8>​    <​meta charset=UTF-8>​
    <​title><?​php get_page_clean_title();​ ?> &​mdash; ​ <?php get_site_name();​ ?></​title>​    <​title><?​php get_page_clean_title();​ ?> &​mdash; ​ <?php get_site_name();​ ?></​title>​
    <?​php get_header();​ ?>    <?​php get_header();​ ?>
    <​link href="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​style.css"​ rel="​stylesheet"​ type="​text/​css"​ media="​screen"​ />    <​link href="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​style.css"​ rel="​stylesheet"​ type="​text/​css"​ media="​screen"​ />
-</head></​code>+</​head>​
  
-<code php><body id="<?​php get_page_slug();​ ?>" ​></​code>+<body id="<?​php get_page_slug();​ ?>" >
   
-<​code>​<div id="​page"​></​code>+<div id="​page">​
   
-<code php><​header>​+<​header>​
 <a href="<?​php get_site_url();​ ?>"><​img src="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​images/​logo.png"​ width="​303"​ height="​82"​ alt="<?​php get_site_name();​ ?>" /></​a>​ <a href="<?​php get_site_url();​ ?>"><​img src="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​images/​logo.png"​ width="​303"​ height="​82"​ alt="<?​php get_site_name();​ ?>" /></​a>​
  <br />  <br />
  <​img src="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​images/​bg_banner_grey.gif"​ width="​980"​ height="​5"​ alt="​logo_banner"​ />  <​img src="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​images/​bg_banner_grey.gif"​ width="​980"​ height="​5"​ alt="​logo_banner"​ />
- </​header></​code>+ </​header>​
   
-<code php><div id="​content"​></​code+<div id="​content">​ 
-<code php><div class="​post">​+<div class="​post">​
    <​h2>​About Beady Site</​h2>​    <​h2>​About Beady Site</​h2>​
  <​p>​Bla bla bla a load of old nonsense goes here in this area, move on nothing of interests to read here just a load of old nonsense.</​p>​  <​p>​Bla bla bla a load of old nonsense goes here in this area, move on nothing of interests to read here just a load of old nonsense.</​p>​
  <​p>​Bla bla bla a load of old nonsense goes here in this area, move on nothing of interests to read here just a load of old nonsense.</​p>​  <​p>​Bla bla bla a load of old nonsense goes here in this area, move on nothing of interests to read here just a load of old nonsense.</​p>​
  <hr />  <hr />
- </​div></​code+ </​div>​ 
-<code php><div id="​left">​+<div id="​left">​
  <​h2><?​php get_page_title();​ ?></​h2>​  <​h2><?​php get_page_title();​ ?></​h2>​
  <?​php get_page_content();​ ?>  <?​php get_page_content();​ ?>
- </​div></​code+ </​div>​ 
-<code php><div id="​right">​+<div id="​right">​
  <?​php get_component('​sidebar'​);?>​  <?​php get_component('​sidebar'​);?>​
- </​div></​code+ </​div>​ 
-<code php></​div>​ <!-- end-of-"​content"​ --></​code>+</​div>​ <!-- end-of-"​content"​ -->
   
-<code php><div id="​sidebar">​+<div id="​sidebar">​
 <ul> <ul>
  <li>  <li>
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  <br />  <br />
  <p>  <p>
-   <a href="​http://​validator.w3.org/​check?​uri=referer"><​img src="​images/​HTML5_Logo.png"​ alt="​Valid HTML5" />  </a>+   <a href="​http://​validator.w3.org/​check?​uri=referer"><​img src="<?php get_theme_url();​ ?>/images/​HTML5_Logo.png"​ alt="​Valid HTML5" />  </a>
  </p>  </p>
  <br />  <br />
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    <a href="​http://​creativecommons.org/​licenses/​by/​3.0/">​ <img style="​border:​0;​width:​88px;​height:​31px"​src="​http://​i.creativecommons.org/​l/​by/​3.0/​88x31.png"​ alt="​Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License!"​ /> </a>    <a href="​http://​creativecommons.org/​licenses/​by/​3.0/">​ <img style="​border:​0;​width:​88px;​height:​31px"​src="​http://​i.creativecommons.org/​l/​by/​3.0/​88x31.png"​ alt="​Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License!"​ /> </a>
  </p>  </p>
-</div></​code>+</​div>​
   
-<code php><div style="​clear:​ both;">&​nbsp;</​div>​+<div style="​clear:​ both;">&​nbsp;</​div>​
   
- <img src="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​images/​bg_banner_grey.gif"​ width="​980"​ height="​5"​ alt="​logo_banner"​ /></​code>+ <img src="<?​php get_theme_url();​ ?>/​images/​bg_banner_grey.gif"​ width="​980"​ height="​5"​ alt="​logo_banner"​ />
   
-<code php><​footer>​+<​footer>​
    <?​php get_site_name();​ ?>    <?​php get_site_name();​ ?>
    © <?php echo date('​Y'​);​ ?> | Design by <a href="​http://​www.html5-templates.co.uk"​ target="​_blank">​HTML5 Templates</​a>​ <?php get_site_credits();​ ?>    © <?php echo date('​Y'​);​ ?> | Design by <a href="​http://​www.html5-templates.co.uk"​ target="​_blank">​HTML5 Templates</​a>​ <?php get_site_credits();​ ?>
-   <?​php get_footer();​ ?> +</​footer>​
-</footer></​code>+
   
-<​code>​</​div>​ <!-- end-of-"​page"​ --></code>+</​div>​ <!-- end-of-"​page"​ --> 
 +<?php get_footer();​ ?>
   
-<​code>​</​body>​+</​body>​
   
-</​html> ​ +</​html></​code>​
-</​code>​+
 ====Content==== ====Content====
  
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 ====Finishing Touches==== ====Finishing Touches====
  
-All the theme files go in a folder and the folder name determines the theme name as shown in the GS backend. ''​template.php''​ and any other page templates should be in the theme folder and not in a sub folder. There should be a sub folder called //images// and in that folder a file named ''​screenshot.png''​ which will be the screenshot displayed in the backend when themes are selected. It shouldn'​t be too big; 240px wide is plenty.+All the theme files go in a folder and the folder name determines the theme name as shown in the GS backend. ''​template.php''​ and any other page templates should be in the theme folder and not in a sub folder. There should be a sub folder called //images// and in that folder a file named ''​screenshot.png''​ which will be the screenshot displayed in the backend when themes are selected. It shouldn'​t be too big; 648px wide is the maximum width.
  
 GetSimple'​s wysiwyg editor will display page contents much more accurately if you put in the theme folder a file named ''​editor.css''​ which includes the basic styles for the theme. GetSimple'​s wysiwyg editor will display page contents much more accurately if you put in the theme folder a file named ''​editor.css''​ which includes the basic styles for the theme.
  
  
themes/tutorial.txt · Last modified: 2023/03/21 12:57 by gintoxic