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Sarven Capadisli 593d41f78b Using overflow:hidden for long strings that don't contain any whitespace. This is both a preventive measure for user content that is abused (i.e., leaking text into other page components) and for aesthetics (requested by @evan)		2009-02-04 16:45:46 +00:00
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base	Using overflow:hidden for long strings that don't contain any	2009-02-04 16:45:46 +00:00
default	Removed deprecated files from the default theme.	2009-02-03 22:09:25 +00:00
identica	Removed deprecated files from the identica theme.	2009-02-03 22:12:04 +00:00
iphone	Renamed 'mobile' theme to more appropriate 'iphone'	2008-08-16 16:04:37 -04:00
readme.txt	Howto: create a laconica theme	2009-01-28 19:13:46 +00:00

readme.txt

/** Howto: create a laconica theme
 *
 * @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/
 */

Location of key paths and files under theme/:

./base/css/
./base/css/display.css
./base/images/

./default/css/
./default/css/display.css
./default/images/

./base/display.css contains layout, typography rules:
Only alter this file if you want to change the layout of the site. Please note that, any updates to this in future laconica releases may not be compatible with your version.

./default/css/display.css contains only the background images and colour rules:
This file is a good basis for creating your own theme.


1. Copy over the default theme to start off (replace 'mytheme'):
cp -r ./default ./mytheme

2. Edit your mytheme stylesheet:
nano ./mytheme/css/display.css

3. Search and replace a colour or a path to the background image of your choice.