Proper Theme Installation, Upgrading, and Usage

Unmaintained Proper Theme Installation, Upgrading, and Usage

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Compatible XF 1.x versions
  1. 1.0
  2. 1.1
  3. 1.2
  4. 1.3
  5. 1.4
  6. 1.5
Table of contents:
  • Intro
  • Conventional Installation
  • The problem
  • The solution (with an example)
  • Upgrading/Whats the point to organizing like this?
  • Checking for outdated templates
  • Summary
  • Video

Hey everyone, today I'm going to walk through proper theme installation. Not everyone may agree...
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Wildcat Media
These same principles still apply for the latest XenForo versions. I took it a step further. I leave the base installed theme as-is, of course, and mark it DO NOT EDIT. I create a child under that which I use to make layout tweaks only, and also to apply our site's branding. Below that one, I create all of the different color themes for the site, so the only changes in this level of child theme are used for adjusting color. I no longer edit templates directly. Instead, I create an add-on to apply template modifications via XF's system. That leaves the base themes untouched, which makes upgrades so much easier. The only template I edit directly might be EXTRA.less, and only if it applies to specific color adjustments. (I use a template modification applied to EXTRA.less to insert common tweaks across all of the themes, which saves a lot of editing and chasing down bugs.)
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Apodictive
Great information and will be a big help. I am getting ready to buy a style for my new XF site and knew about wanting to create a child but didn't know about a child of that. I never thought about this. Thanks for the guide.
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CyberStorm
A very helpful guide, the process is very well explained and easy to understand. It just shows that laying the foundations makes things a whole lot easier going forward. Thanks!
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brstrm
Will save a lot of time if followed. Well documented, and thorough. There is not much else to say, thank you.
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Kosuki07
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL: This is a must read even for seasoned developers. It is a good reminder that keeping it simple can be best. No need to create a new theme every time a upgrade comes along, just make a child of the parent theme.
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ENAK3
Excellent! Mike is an excellent theme designer. This guide is really detailed and very helpful. I went from not knowing how to upgrade, to knowing everything needed to perform my first upgrade in a matter of minutes. Thank you for all your hard work.
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Motobaka
Thank you, very useful.
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Hentai
Excellent guide on organizing themes!
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dutchbb
Well written and to the point.
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electrogypsy
Very helpful, thank you!
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