Difference between revisions of "How does the JReviews Theme Engine work"
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In that folder you'll find several themes: | In that folder you'll find several themes: | ||
*/components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/'''default'''/ | */components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/'''default'''/ | ||
| − | */components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/''' | + | */components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/'''compact'''/ |
| − | */components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/''' | + | */components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/'''dark'''/ - for using with dark joomla templates |
| − | You will notice that '''/ | + | You will notice that '''/compact''' and '''/dark''' theme folders contain less files than the '''/default''' theme folder. |
| − | The '''/default''' folder contains all the necessary theme, css and image files, while '''/ | + | The '''/default''' folder contains all the necessary theme, css and image files, while '''/compact''' and '''/dark''' are variations of the default theme and contain only "modified" files and images. Files that don't exist in those folders are used from the '''/default''' theme folder. |
This is because the '''/default''' theme should always be intact to make JReviews upgrades easier. | This is because the '''/default''' theme should always be intact to make JReviews upgrades easier. | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 13 June 2011
JReviews uses a php templating system. This means you can mix html with php code, which provides a lot of flexibility to create conditionals and add snippets of php code.
JReviews Themes
JReviews themes are located in this folder:
- /components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/
- the theme files have the .thtml extension.
In that folder you'll find several themes:
- /components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/default/
- /components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/compact/
- /components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/dark/ - for using with dark joomla templates
You will notice that /compact and /dark theme folders contain less files than the /default theme folder.
The /default folder contains all the necessary theme, css and image files, while /compact and /dark are variations of the default theme and contain only "modified" files and images. Files that don't exist in those folders are used from the /default theme folder.
This is because the /default theme should always be intact to make JReviews upgrades easier.
You can create your own theme the same way, but instead of creating it in /components/com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/ folder, you should use the JReviews Code Overrides functionality to place your custom theme outside the /com_jreviews folder.