are templates and themes the same thing?
as in a theme is a set of templates already put together?
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April 13, 2010 11:22am
Subscribe [3]#1 / Apr 13, 2010 11:22am
are templates and themes the same thing?
as in a theme is a set of templates already put together?
#2 / Apr 13, 2010 3:00pm
I see how that can be confusing, but they are different. Themes are more for the control panel, members area and forums. I think, I haven’t worked with the forum module for a while.
Templates are for laying out the front end of your site. Typically you will be just building in the templates.
#3 / Apr 13, 2010 3:11pm
that makes sense.
So if I get this right - if Idon’t plan on changing control area or member areas - I’m safe to ignore Themes completely.
#4 / Apr 13, 2010 3:54pm
Themes are for:
Discussion Forum
Members
Wiki
Control Panel
In 2.0, site themes can also be used to give you an infrastructure at installation including snippets, global variables, template groups and templates, channels, categories, custom fields, etc etc.
#5 / Apr 13, 2010 6:47pm
Wow, it sounds like themes have become a very useful tool for rapid development and/or site deployment. I’m very excited about the possibilities!
So where do I find out more about creating site themes?
#6 / Apr 13, 2010 6:51pm
It’s not quite documented; your best option right now would be to download ExpressionEngine 2.0 and look at themes/site_themes/agile_records. default_content.php is what does the heavy lifting.
#7 / Apr 13, 2010 7:01pm
Okay, good to know. Thanks!
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for a utility that will “dump” an existing site into a theme as I suspect you have such a tool internally.
If no such thing exists or is planned then I’d really appreciate knowing as I would then look into the feasibility of building one myself.
Thanks again!