SOLVED How can i create a new fresh Gantry Template?
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- Andre
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Hey guys,
first i want to thank you for your work on Gantry 5 and Grav. These Tools are very awesome and it's a pleasure to work with it. I'm a Webdesigner from Germany and i want to develope my own Theme for Gantry 5, so that this can be used with Grav or Joomla. Which is the best prectease to start with a new "theme project"? I would like to start with a clear theme and avoid duplicating or adapting an existing one. Like the fresh and clean theme installation in Grav.
What ist the best practise to develope a new theme?
Have a nice day.
Pixelpaule - Last Edit: 7 years 3 months ago by Andre.
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- Damir
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Well, you can start with Helium as a base theme and develop from there its a skeleton theme!
gantry.org/downloads
For to better understand how Gantry 5 Templates work here is a Complete Guide to the Gantry 5 Framework, videos also included ...
docs.gantry.org/ - Available for CUSTOM WORK with Joomla, WordPress and Grav Templates and Gantry Framework!
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- Andre
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Hey Damir,
thanks for your fast reply. I already know the documentation and have read it almost completely. I mostly understood how Gantry 5 or Grav work. But i want to develope my own clean theme, with its own features, frameworks, plugins and extensions. Maybe with extensions from other developers, too?! That's why I'm trying to find out what a Theme minimally needs to work with Gantry 5. I would like to make my themes available to others.
Which files, configs, css-stylings, twig-files, js-files, php files or classes/controllers, framworks and so on are at least necessary with it, that Gantry 5 works with a new developed theme.
If i would use an existing Theme like Helium, which files would be overwritten when updating Gantry 5 if i have to make core hacks in the exisiting theme files? I know that i can make overrides in the /custom folder, but I would like to know which files could possibly be overwritten by a Gantry 5 update.
How do other themes developers work with gantry?
Correct me please if I have misunderstood or overlooked something from the documentation.
Have a nice Day.
Pixelpaule - Last Edit: 7 years 3 months ago by Andre.
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- Damir
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The thing is Gantry 5 don't override anything in the Theme folder, you use Helium Theme as Base Skeleton and rename it.
docs.gantry.org/gantry5/theme-development/change-theme-name
When you do this you have your own theme basically. Now you start developing your own features, styles etc .... and when someone uses your theme they add all their custom stuff in the custom folder!
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