X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/c9b1291873c55a4c9f2d2271d0c6d6536fb611fe..c142dba356b757facd6684a99623c58430b7221e:/doc/themes/discussion.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/themes/discussion.mdwn b/doc/themes/discussion.mdwn index ce79d0f70..1c0dd91ec 100644 --- a/doc/themes/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/themes/discussion.mdwn @@ -7,3 +7,78 @@ For an example of the theme in action, see: [[https://antportal.com/wiki/]] > Shouldn't we just make people post their themes in the [[themes]] page? Or maybe we should make a [[theme market]]? --[[anarcat]] > I did just that. -- [[anarcat]] + +What is the process for merging a theme in Ikiwiki? It seems to me the +[[Bootstrap theme|http://www2.tblein.eu/posts/How_to_have_a_nice_design_for_ikiwiki/]] +could improve the options a lot... See the [[theme market]] for the +links to the actual theme. -- [[anarcat]] + +> Step 1 is to not need two versions of page.tmpl to be maintained. +> This is, unfortunately, the reason why I have not pulled in the bootstrap +> theme yet. I recently made `` be available, +> so the page.tmpl could use that to do different things if the boostrap +> theme was enabled. --[[Joey]] + +>> Would you reconsider? I've made [[this bootstrap theme|/forum/bootstrap_theme]] that works within the theme plugin without changing the `templatedir` configuration option. It seems that the `page.tmpl` I have in the subfolder `templates` takes precedence. Not sure what you meant by "two versions of page.tmpl", though. -- [[desci]] + +>>> The reason we don't want individual themes shipped with ikiwiki +>>> to have to include their own `page.tmpl` is that when we add new +>>> features (such as new plugins) to the ikiwiki core, if those features +>>> require a `page.tmpl` change, we don't want to have to add them to +>>> multiple variations of `page.tmpl`. This would either lead to +>>> increased maintenance work (repeating ourselves), or theme-dependent +>>> feature availability like what happens in Wordpress (for instance +>>> imagine if `osm` only worked with Bootstrap and `sidebar` only worked +>>> with Actiontabs - you wouldn't be able to have both). +>>> +>>> If you maintain your own local theme, you're welcome to maintain a +>>> version of `page.tmpl` containing only the features you personally +>>> need, but the `page.tmpl` in ikiwiki should be comprehensive. --[[smcv]] + +>>>> I've tried to make the least changes possible in [this page.tmpl file](https://notabug.org/iikb/ikiwiki-theme-bootstrap/raw/master/templates/page.tmpl), but I couldn't overcome the suckness of bootstrap itself. +>>>> I am aware of alternatives to bootstrap, but it seems that every one of them would require some changes in the `page.tmpl` to work as expected. +>>>> I think it is realistic to have a bootstrap (or other superb, fantastic css frame*lazy*work) without a `page.tmpl`, +>>>> but I also think there should be other way around the chaos of each and every [[available theme|theme_market]] having it's own installing proccess. +>>>> Other argument I have is: could we have a theme-contrib, like the [[plugins]] have? This would require the mantainer to implement the new features in their themes. + +--- + +I have a question. + +Where should I put a custom theme other than `/usr/share/ikiwiki/themes/`? + +I put `.pm` plugins on `~/.ikiwiki/Ikiwiki/Plugin` and it works well. + +How would I go about not tampering with the root filesystem to install a theme? + +Also, I have another question: + +I have a complex theme I'm working on, and it doesn't even have a `style.css`, because it is about editing `.tmpl` files and relying on the bootstrap files, so I want to know if the theme plugin will understand this structure: + +``` +/usr/share/ikiwiki/themes/ +└── my-theme/ + ├── basewiki/ + │ ├── bootstrap/ + │ │ ├── css/ + │ │ │ └── bootstrap.min.css + │ │ ├── js/ + │ │ │ ├── bootstrap.js + │ │ │ └── bootstrap.min.js + │ │ └── fonts/ + │ │ ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot + │ │ ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg + │ │ ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf + │ │ ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff + │ │ └── glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2 + │ └── index.mdwn + └── templates/ + ├── page.tmpl + └── whatever.tmpl +``` + +**Edit:** no, it doesn't. When i change theme in the config to `my-theme`, the engine only uses the `templates` subfolder under `theme/my-theme`, and not `basewiki`. So the workaround is doing like [IkiStrap](https://github.com/gsliepen/ikistrap) proposed, suggesting the user to alter the `underlaydir` and `templatedir` configs instead of choosing a theme via the old fashioned `theme` config. + +This feels more like an overhaul than a theme for me, could we clarify what is a theme, a template, an overhaul, a change to the look and feel, a change to the frontend, a change to the design, etc.? + +-- [[desci]]