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  • SOLVED can I use gantry 5 for my theme

    Posted 9 years 5 months ago
    • Hey,

      I have Metropolis running with Gantry 4. I have installed Gantry 5 just out of curiosity but Metropolis will not work with it. Is there any way I can get it to work ?
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    Re: SOLVED can I use gantry 5 for my theme

    Posted 9 years 5 months ago
    • Lee Jackson wrote:
      Hey,

      I have Metropolis running with Gantry 4. I have installed Gantry 5 just out of curiosity but Metropolis will not work with it. Is there any way I can get it to work ?

      Because Gantry5 is a complete rewrite of Gantry from the ground up, featuring an entirely different approach and set of concepts to create themes, updating an existing template or theme would mean basically rebuilding it from scratch. There is no way to “convert” a template or theme built on Gantry 4 for Gantry5.

      There are also a handful of features within Gantry4 that are incorporated into templates and themes built on that platform that are not being carried over to Gantry5. This is either because they are dated and have since evolved into a different feature, or they have since become part of the core feature set of the CMS (content management system).

      For many of these templates, creating a Gantry5 version of them would be an inadequate solution. For this reason, we hope to create a new generation of themes that have all the power and flexibility of Gantry5 while still maintaining some of the most popular design elements our community has come to love.
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    Re: SOLVED can I use gantry 5 for my theme

    Posted 9 years 5 months ago
    • Thanks for the clear explanation, Dan. You answered most of my question, before I could ask it. The remaining part is about your comment that RT is creating a new generation of themes on Gantry 5. The Audacity Joomla! theme has worked well for my news sites, but could benefit from the new features of Gantry 5. Are you aware of a current plan to release a Joomla! template for news site usage, in the near future?

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    Re: SOLVED can I use gantry 5 for my theme

    Posted 9 years 5 months ago
    • WBoro wrote:
      Thanks for the clear explanation, Dan. You answered most of my question, before I could ask it. The remaining part is about your comment that RT is creating a new generation of themes on Gantry 5. The Audacity Joomla! theme has worked well for my news sites, but could benefit from the new features of Gantry 5. Are you aware of a current plan to release a Joomla! template for news site usage, in the near future?

      Greg

      As Mods we are not privy to the future plans of the designers. However you can voice your opnion in the REQUEST forum and on our Gitter forum https://gitter.im/gantry/gantry5

      It wouldn't surprise me at all that in the design cycle a "news" style would appear at some point.
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