X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/9aaae1b2ded1cf90c570bfb5f8dc61c29f244d6f..310c7a1d0b8d80aca5bdd548b3cac632d4ef7aab:/doc/plugins/theme.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/theme.mdwn b/doc/plugins/theme.mdwn index 2622abc88..bcc36aa81 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/theme.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/theme.mdwn @@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ The theme plugin allows easily applying a theme to your wiki, by configuring the `theme` setting in the setup file with the name of a theme to use. The themes you can choose from are all subdirectories, typically -inside `/usr/share/ikiwiki/themes/`. - -A theme provides, via the underlay, an enhanced version of the regular -[[style.css]]. This leaves [[local.css]] free for you to further -customise. Themes can also provide header and background images. +inside `/usr/share/ikiwiki/themes/`. See [[themes]] for an overview +of the themes included in ikiwiki and the [[theme market]] for third party themes. You can set the theme via the **theme** option in your config file (after -enabling the plugin). Refresh the wiki after changing it to see the changes. +enabling the plugin). Refresh the wiki (with `ikiwiki --setup `) +after changing it to see the changes. + +Hints for theme builders +------------------------ + + * Start from an existing [[CSS file|css]], see also the [[css market]] for examples + * You can override the [[templates]] files by dropping them in a `templates` subdirectory + * Try to stick with modifying the CSS however, maintaining custom templates is harder