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| ======How to Convert a Static Page to a GetSimple Site====== | ======How to Convert a Static Page to a GetSimple Site====== | ||
| - | 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. The files are offline now but you can look at the CSS and HTML through the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120615044726/http://www.html5-templates.co.uk/temps/beadysite/ | Wayback Machine]]. You don't need the original files to understand this tutorial and no knowledge of PHP is needed. 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. |
| - | http://www.html5-templates.co.uk/beadysite/ | + | |
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| - | 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(); ?> — <?php get_site_name(); ?></title> | <title><?php get_page_clean_title(); ?> — <?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;"> </div> | + | <div style="clear: both;"> </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. | ||
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