> 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](https://notabug.org/iikb/ikiwiki-theme-bootstrap/releases) 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]]
+>> 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]]
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How would I go about not tampering with the root filesystem to install a theme?
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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: