Questions about making my own gantry theme is it all bare?
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- xtianus
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Ok I am starting to see how this whole gantry framework thing is panning out compared to boilerplate's and starter themes.
My question for Gantry is this. Is everything a bare bones template theme that I need to create my own custom css for or am I limited to changing only the css by overriding it?
For example if I wanted to start a theme from scratch but use gantry to withhold it and utilize its framework is that possible?
Other things like the menu drop down for example. Does gantry provide that or is it a download of fushion menu from RT roknav menu that works like that?
I guess my thought is can I make Gantry as minimal as possible. not even bootstrap, but develop my own style sheets per project theme I am working on?
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- David Goode
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Hi there,
The correct answer is Yes and No.
It comes with its own styling and this is achieved by the use of LESS and CSS as well as standard extensions like RokNavMenu.
Because it is a relatively simple template there is less work involved in making changes and you would use standard override css.
That doesn't stop you from taking the base Gantry and then writing your own versions of LESS and CSS to suit your needs.
Hope this helps
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- xtianus
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David Goode wrote:
That doesn't stop you from taking the base Gantry and then writing your own versions of LESS and CSS to suit your needs.
Hope this helps
This helps... Ok so if I wanted to do something from scratch would it be better to write my own less and css files from scratch?
Can this be tied into Gantry?
Also, if I decide to do that is there very much to write to get started? Meaning if I want to define what my modules look like, and my background colors is that pretty much it? From there i would think that gantry would move everything to where I need it to be and define names of positions?
Am I thinking of this the right way?
If I go at if from scratch what other advantages will Gantry provide me? like will I remove too much code if I go at it from scratch and or will I need to transfer some code over so I make sure the features are there?
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