Updated instructions for creating a theme. Removed earthy theme ~

which was too basic to be unique.

theme/earthy/css/display.css

@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-/** theme: earthy
- *
- * @package   Laconica
- * @author Sarven Capadisli <csarven@controlyourself.ca>
- * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
- * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
- * @link      http://laconi.ca/
- */
-
-@import url(base.css);
-
-html,
-body,
-a:active {
-background-color:#665500;
-}
-body {
-font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
-font-size:1em;
-}
-address {
-margin-right:7.18%;
-}
-
-h1 {
-color:#fff;
-}
-
-input, textarea, select, option {
-font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
-}
-input, textarea, select,
-.entity_remote_subscribe {
-border-color:#aaa;
-}
-#filter_tags ul li {
-border-color:#ddd;
-}
-
-.form_settings input.form_action-secondary {
-background:none;
-}
-
-input.submit,
-#form_notice.warning #notice_text-count,
-.form_settings .form_note,
-.entity_remote_subscribe {
-background-color:#9BB43E;
-}
-
-input:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus,
-#form_notice.warning #notice_data-text {
-border-color:#9BB43E;
-}
-input.submit,
-.entity_remote_subscribe {
-color:#dddd33;
-}
-
-a,
-div.notice-options input,
-.form_user_block input.submit,
-.form_user_unblock input.submit,
-.entity_send-a-message a,
-.form_user_nudge input.submit,
-.entity_nudge p,
-.form_settings input.form_action-secondary {
-color:#ee4400;
-}
-
-.notice,
-.profile {
-border-color:#DDAA00;
-}
-.section .profile {
-border-top-color:#aaaa66;
-}
-
-#content .notice p.entry-content a:visited {
-background-color:#fcfcfc;
-}
-#content .notice p.entry-content .vcard a {
-background-color:#fcfffc;
-}
-
-#aside_primary {
-background-color:#DDAA00;
-}
-
-#notice_text-count {
-color:#333;
-}
-#form_notice.warning #notice_text-count {
-color:#000;
-}
-#form_notice.processing #notice_action-submit {
-background:#dddd33 url(../../base/images/icons/icon_processing.gif) no-repeat 47% 47%;
-cursor:wait;
-text-indent:-9999px;
-}
-
-#content,
-#site_nav_local_views .nav,
-#site_nav_local_views a,
-#aside_primary {
-border-color:#dddd33;
-}
-#content .notice,
-#content .profile,
-#site_nav_local_views .current a {
-background-color:#dddd33;
-}
-#site_nav_local_views .current a {
-color:#EE4400;
-}
-#site_nav_local_views a {
-background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
-color:#fff;
-}
-#site_nav_local_views a:hover {
-background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);
-}
-
-.error {
-background-color:#F7E8E8;
-}
-.success {
-background-color:#EFF3DC;
-}
-
-#anon_notice {
-background-color:#aaaa66;
-color:#dddd33;
-border-color:#dddd33;
-}
-
-#showstream #anon_notice {
-background-color:#9BB43E;
-}
-
-#export_data li a {
-background-repeat:no-repeat;
-background-position:0 45%;
-}
-#export_data li a.rss {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/icon_rss.png);
-}
-#export_data li a.atom {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/icon_atom.png);
-}
-#export_data li a.foaf {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/icon_foaf.gif);
-}
-
-.entity_edit a,
-.entity_send-a-message a,
-.form_user_nudge input.submit,
-.form_user_block input.submit,
-.form_user_unblock input.submit,
-.entity_nudge p {
-background-position: 0 40%;
-background-repeat: no-repeat;
-background-color:transparent;
-}
-.form_group_join input.submit,
-.form_group_leave input.submit
-.form_user_subscribe input.submit,
-.form_user_unsubscribe input.submit {
-background-color:#9BB43E;
-color:#dddd33;
-}
-.form_user_unsubscribe input.submit,
-.form_group_leave input.submit,
-.form_user_authorization input.reject {
-background-color:#aaaa66;
-}
-
-.entity_edit a {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/edit.gif);
-}
-.entity_send-a-message a {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/quote.gif);
-}
-.entity_nudge p,
-.form_user_nudge input.submit {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/mail.gif);
-}
-.form_user_block input.submit,
-.form_user_unblock input.submit {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/shield.gif);
-}
-
-/* NOTICES */
-.notices li.over {
-background-color:#fcfcfc;
-}
-
-.notice-options .notice_reply a,
-.notice-options form input.submit {
-background-color:transparent;
-}
-.notice-options .notice_reply a {
-background:transparent url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/reply.gif) no-repeat 0 45%;
-}
-.notice-options form.form_favor input.submit {
-background:transparent url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/favourite.gif) no-repeat 0 45%;
-}
-.notice-options form.form_disfavor input.submit {
-background:transparent url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/disfavourite.gif) no-repeat 0 45%;
-}
-.notice-options .notice_delete a {
-background:transparent url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/trash.gif) no-repeat 0 45%;
-}
-
-.notices div.entry-content,
-.notices div.notice-options {
-opacity:0.4;
-}
-.notices li.hover div.entry-content,
-.notices li.hover div.notice-options {
-opacity:1;
-}
-div.entry-content {
-color:#333;
-}
-div.notice-options a,
-div.notice-options input {
-font-family:sans-serif;
-}
-.notices li.hover {
-/*background-color:#fcfcfc;*/
-}
-/*END: NOTICES */
-
-#new_group a {
-background:transparent url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/news.gif) no-repeat 0 45%;
-}
-
-.pagination .nav_prev a,
-.pagination .nav_next a {
-background-repeat:no-repeat;
-border-color:#DDAA00;
-}
-.pagination .nav_prev a {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/arrow-left.gif);
-background-position:10% 45%;
-}
-.pagination .nav_next a {
-background-image:url(../../base/images/icons/twotone/green/arrow-right.gif);
-background-position:90% 45%;
-}

theme/earthy/css/ie.css

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/* IE specific styles */
-
-.notice-options input.submit {
-color:#fff;
-}
-
-#site_nav_local_views a {
-background-color:#D0DFE7;
-}

theme/readme.txt

@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@ Only alter this file if you want to change the layout of the site. Please note t
 ./default/css/display.css contains only the background images and colour rules:
 This file is a good basis for creating your own theme.
 
+Let's create a theme:
 
-1. Copy over the default theme to start off (replace 'mytheme'):
+1. To start off, copy over the default theme:
-cp -r ./default ./mytheme
+cp -r default mytheme
 
 2. Edit your mytheme stylesheet:
-nano ./mytheme/css/display.css
+nano mytheme/css/display.css
 
-3. Search and replace a colour or a path to the background image of your choice.
+a) Search and replace your colours and background images, or
+b) Create your own layout either importing a separate stylesheet (e.g., change to @import url(base.css);) or simply place it before the rest of the rules.
 
 4. Set /config.php to load 'mytheme':
 $config['site']['theme'] = 'mytheme';