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Themes - Development

What templates do I need to have to develop a theme?

Please take a look at the page on templates for information on templates required for your theme.

How to create a Theme?

In order to create a theme please follow these steps:

  1. Create a new folder named whatever you want to call your theme in "clancms/views/themes/"
  2. Create template files for the required templates
  3. Change the theme setting in "Site Settings" to the name of your new folder.
  4. Your theme should now be loaded and able to use!

How to create a Template?

In order to create a template please follow these steps:

  1. Create a new php file named after the template in your theme's folder (clancms/views/themes/YOUR_THEME)
  2. Load the header, sidebar, widgets, footer in the template file. (See example below)
  3. Verify that the template has everything it erquires to work properly.

How to load a template in another template

Template's are also known as views and here is an example of how to load a view: 

<?php

// Load the header view 
$this->load->view(THEME . 'header');

?>
  • THEME is a constant variable that is used to load the template for the theme that is set. It is a required for a template to be loaded.
  • header is where you put the name of the template file without the ".php" extension.

How to load a widget in a template

<?php
				
// Load the login widget
$this->load->widget('login');
				
?>
  • Loading a widget will only work if a widget template has been created in the "clancms/views/themes/YOUR_THEME/widgets" folder.
  • login is where you put the name of the wdiget template file without the ".php" extension.

Global Variables

CLAN_NAME

The name of the clan. 
<?php
				
echo 'Thank you for registering with ' . CLAN_NAME;
				
?>

THEME

The relative link to the folder of the theme which is used for loading views. 
<?php
				
$this->load->view(THEME . 'header');
				
?>

THEME_URL

The full path to the folder of the theme which is used for showing images, including css, including javascript, etc. 
<link href="<?php echo THEME_URL; ?>style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<img src="<?php echo THEME_URL; ?>images/logo.png" title="Logo" alt="Logo" />

IMAGES

The full path to the folder containing uploaded images. 
<img src="<?php echo IMAGES; ?>/avatars/avatar.png" title="Avatar" alt="Avatar" />