Theme Development

Note: This is a technical document. It discusses technical aspects of theme module and developing a custom theme which requires a good knowledge of advanced PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript and is not meant for non-technical users. Know more about themes: What are themes? | Using Themes.

Nature of themes

Themes are neither solid, liquid or gas. They are collection of PHP scripts, HTML/CSS files and images, living under themes folder at root with folder name same as theme name. For Example: Theme Demo will be at ROOT/themes/demo. Theme files are interlinked and hooked together to form the actual website.

Why develop themes

These are the reasons why should you learn theme development of Social Network Software.

• Complete control over layout, presentation and various design elements.
• Tweaking already existing themes according to your and your community taste.
• When your requirements are too unique and specific to be found in our theme gallery.
• Migrating from a non-Social-Network-Software powered website to a Social-Network-Software powered one.
• You wish to frame out of box ideas inside Social Network Software.

Theme Structure