Re: [Tiki-devel] Creating custom theme

Hi Gary,

yes, the path is as You described it.

I found some garbage in the tree. After cleaning up, triggering "npm
run watch" and clearing the cache it seems to work now.

I now continue upgrading the theme.

Many thanks!

Have a nice day.

Karsten

Am Montag, dem 02.06.2025 um 04:06 +0900 schrieb Gary Cunningham-Lee:
> Hi,
> 
> Is your _custom/ path to mytheme.scss like this: 
> _custom/shared/themes/mytheme/css/mytheme.scss ?
> 
> -- Gary
> 
> On 5/31/2025 2:13 AM, Karsten Wemheuer via TikiWiki-devel wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I noticed something strange. The URL for the CSS file is in the
> > Firefox
> > Console:
> > 
> > /public/generated/_custom/shared/themes/mythemecss/mytheme.css
> > 
> > That leads to an 404, and the CSS is not loaded. The attached "css"
> > in
> > the path seems to be wrong.
> > 
> > Where is my mistake?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Karsten
> > 
> > Am Freitag, dem 30.05.2025 um 18:02 +0200 schrieb Karsten Wemheuer
> > via
> > TikiWiki-devel:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > thanks for answering.
> > > 
> > > I now put my mytheme.scss file in the
> > > _custom/shared/themes/mytheme/css/ directory. But this does not
> > > change
> > > the generation process: running the "npm run watch" the file
> > > mytheme.scss is compiled to mytheme.css only in public directory.
> > > Is
> > > this correct?
> > > 
> > > Wht to do if going to production: Should I take the public
> > > directory
> > > tree or the _custom or both?
> > > 
> > > Still a little bit confused...
> > > 
> > > -- Karsten
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Am Freitag, dem 30.05.2025 um 20:44 +0900 schrieb Gary
> > > Cunningham-
> > > Lee:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Copying the CSS file to the css directory shouldn't be
> > > > necessary.
> > > > Just
> > > > to be sure, is your mytheme.scss in mytheme/scss/ or in
> > > > mytheme/css?
> > > > In
> > > > the new build system, this file should be in the mytheme/css
> > > > directory.
> > > > 
> > > > I see now that the themes.tiki.org page shows that the custom
> > > > theme
> > > > has
> > > > a templates directory, but I think this might not be correct.
> > > > Custom
> > > > template files should be in _custom/shared/templates. I don't
> > > > think
> > > > theme-specific template files are supported.
> > > > 
> > > > -- Gary
> > > > 
> > > > On 5/30/2025 6:54 PM, Karsten Wemheuer via TikiWiki-devel
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I want to create a custom theme in the new directory
> > > > > structure
> > > > > for
> > > > > a
> > > > > tiki 27 installation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I created the structure unter _custom as described on
> > > > > https://themes.tiki.org/Making+or+Updating+a+Theme+for+Tiki+27+and+Newer+Versions
> > > > > 
> > > > > I created a sccs-file an the npm run watch compiled it to the
> > > > > directory
> > > > > public/generated/_custom/shared/themes/mytheme/scss/mytheme.c
> > > > > ss
> > > > > 
> > > > > On the Look&Feel page the new theme doesn't show up. I have
> > > > > to
> > > > > manually
> > > > > copy the created css file to
> > > > > _custom/shared/themes/mytheme/css.
> > > > > Is
> > > > > this
> > > > > the correct way to work?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Another question regards the layout files like
> > > > > layout_view.tpl.
> > > > > Where
> > > > > should I place this file?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > > 
> > > > > Karsten
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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