[Xerte-dev] Re: How to create a new template?

[Pat L (pgogy)]

Note this is for a derived Xerte Templates, you may need to set the
requires parameter in the .info to set this up.


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Julian Tenney <
Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Cheers, nice one. The process does need improving, but it’s do-able.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Mark Berthelemy
> *Sent:* 22 January 2014 15:57
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: How to create a new template?
>
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
>
> Yes, that makes sense.
>
>
>
> This is the complete set of instructions to create a new template and make
> it visible to users, with a new display name.
>
>    1. Copy the parent_templates/Nottingham folder to a new folder in
>    parent_templates
>    2. Change the name of the new folder to <new-name>
>    3. Copy the templates/Nottingham folder to a new folder in templates
>    4. Change the name of the new folder to match <new-name>
>    5. Edit Nottingham.info in the new templates/<new-name>
>    6. Change Display name to something meaningful
>    7. Rename Nottingham.info to <new-name>.info
>    8. Go into management.php, and rescan the templates
>    9. Put * into the field: The following users can access this template
>    10. Edit parent_templates/<new-name>/css/themeStyles.css
>
> I’ll get this in the documentation…
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark Berthelemy
>
> Managing Director
>
> Tel:      01773 881 227
>
> Mob:    07922 146 761
>
> Web:    www.wyversolutions.co.uk
>
>
>
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>
> On Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 15:39, Tom Reijnders wrote:
>
> It's been a while that I did this myself, so ehmm yes, you need to copy
> the tempaets as well.
>
> Setting it to active isn't always enough, you have to set access to '*' as
> well (I hope that makes sense to you)
>
> Tom
>
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:29:22 +0000 Mark Berthelemy <
> mberthelemy at wyversolutions.co.uk> wrote
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
>
> Thanks for that.
>
>
>
> I’ve tried to follow your instructions but have hit some problems:
>
>
>
> 1. just copy the parent_template/Nottingham folder to a new folder in
> parent_templates
>
>
>
> So I don’t need to worry about creating anything in the templates folder
> to match what’s in parent_templates?
>
>
> 2. go into management.php, and rescan the templates
>
>
>
> Did that, and my new template appears in the list on the Management pages,
> but does not appear in the list available to the end user. I’ve made sure
> it’s set to active, so I’m not sure what I’ve done wrong there.
>
>
> 3. edit to you hearts content
>
>
>
> I see what you mean about maintenance - the design doesn’t appear to be
> separated from the functionality, so it looks like new functionality might
> be added to Nottingham that doesn’t get reflected in designs using the new
> theme?
>
>
>
> Something else to add to the wish list.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark Berthelemy
>
> Managing Director
>
> Tel:01773 881 227
>
> Mob:07922 146 761
>
> Web:www.wyversolutions.co.uk
>
>
>
> Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England |
> Registered address: First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire,
> DE56 1AX
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 15:20, Tom Reijnders wrote:
>
> I think we should try to improve on the process. But there are other
> aspects of Xerte that are more important (I think) at the moment.
>
> Point is, it's not hard to do:
>
> 1. just copy the parent_template/Nottingham folder to a new folder in
> parent_templates
> 2. go into management.php, and rescan the templates
> 3. edit to you hearts content
>
> The difficulty is the (long-term) maintenance....
>
> Tom
>
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:42:21 +0000 Mark Berthelemy <
> mberthelemy at wyversolutions.co.uk> wrote
>
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I need to create a new look and feel for Xerte learning objects that will
> be used across all new LO’s.
>
>
>
> It’s basically going to be the normal Nottingham HTML5 design, but with
> tweaks to brand it.
>
>
>
> Is there a recommended way to do this?
>
>
>
> I’m finding it hard to work out which bits of the code-base hold the
> relevant CSS, and then how to add a new “template(?)” so it can be used by
> the learning designers.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark Berthelemy
>
> Managing Director
>
> Tel:01773 881 227
>
> Mob:07922 146 761
>
> Web:www.wyversolutions.co.uk
>
>
>
> Wyver Solutions Ltd | Company number: 5731173 Registered in England |
> Registered address: First Floor, 6 Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire,
> DE56 1AX
>
>
>
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