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| author | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2012-08-22 17:34:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2012-08-22 17:34:51 +0100 |
| commit | e98bfd6e9ed7e6bb151d0eb5c216cad0fed6a40c (patch) | |
| tree | 222e151cf7ee87a06824553b2b53b2053c8f10a4 /doc/THEMES.md | |
| parent | da70b7b4f58be9d78afba9ec6045d18094ea9581 (diff) | |
| parent | bc73110b230e607d4d7e5acae467790845784704 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'release/0.6.3'0.6.3
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diff --git a/doc/THEMES.md b/doc/THEMES.md index 50335c082..e33371df7 100644 --- a/doc/THEMES.md +++ b/doc/THEMES.md @@ -36,13 +36,17 @@ places: This document is about what you can do in a theme. -To get started, install the sample theme by running +By default, the sample theme ("alavetelitheme") has already been +installed. See the setting `THEME_URLS` in `general.yml` for an +explanation. + +You can also install the sample theme by hand, by running: ./script/plugin install git://github.com/sebbacon/alavetelitheme.git -This downloads and installs the theme in -`vendor/plugins/alavetelitheme` and contains examples for nearly -everything you might want to customise. +The sample theme contains examples for nearly everything you might +want to customise. You should probably make a copy, rename it, and +use that as the basis for your own theme. # Make sure your theme is as lightweight as possible @@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ instead of the core "about us" file. Rails expects all its stylesheets to live at `<railshome>/public`, which presents a problem for plugins. Here's how we solve it: the stylesheet and associated resources for your theme live (by -convention) in at `alavetelitheme/public/`. This is symlinked from +convention) in `alavetelitheme/public/`. This is symlinked from the main Rails app -- see `alavetelitheme/install.rb` to see how this happens. |