Collecting the required files

Description

Before you can proceed to create your own theme, you first need to collect the files associated with a theme. These are easily accessible and the steps to do so are explained here

Steps

  1. In your browser go to your libraries homepage.
  2. Click on the Administration tab and login.

    3. Administration tab
  3. Click on Edit Configuration in the left-side menu.

    4. Edit Configuration menu
  4. This will open the Edit Configuration in a new tab. Open the Manage Themes category.

    5. NOTE: In this area you will notice there is an ability to both download and upload themes. This is useful as it allows you to download a pre-built theme, customise it and then re-upload it for it to be used.

  5. Choose one of the pre-built themes listed and proceed to download the Zip file
  6. Extract the contents of the zip file and open the folder. In this file you will notice 2 items - a folder named the theme name (e.g. Connections) and theme.xml.

    7. Contents of theme folder

    Theme.xml is the file that contains the XML code that connects each sub-folder and file together to create an overall theme, which can then be used as a theme for your library

    The (Connections) folder contains sub-folders and files which are used to design individual parts of the theme

    Contents of the Connections folder
Last Reviewed: 18/08/2020