Dolphin 7 works in a different way with Css & HTML.Infact all the necessary things are in the folder termplates/base, and not in templates/tmpl_uni as it was for Dolphin 6.When you want to create a new template for Dolphin 7 you must consider the css and HTML override system.Infact if you have modded files in your new template the system will take the modifications from the modded files, if there are no modifications the system will take the default ones from the base folder.It's the same for HTML, Css and Images.It's a little beat more difficult for the files located in the script folder, you should know something about php to modify them.
1. TO CREATE A NEW TEMPLATE:
You should create a folder like this: tmpl_name, where "tmpl" must be there for any template, "name" is the name you want give to your template (3-5 letters).As soon as you have decided the name of your template, you must open the file:
templates/your_template/scripts/BxTemplName.php ( you can find this file in the template UNI for example, under scripts)
Now you must change it's name, from UNI (example) to Mytmp (example)
Now when you upload this folder under the templates one, you will see in your admin panel the new template with the name you have decided.
2.MODIFY THE TEMPLATE
To modify a template you should know something about HTML & Css.But there are different tools that could help you.A must to have is Firebug, an addon for Firefox.Just clicking on things you will be able to know the class names and change them live on your site.I always use it during the development of my templates or of my applications.Just remember to disable caches from your admin panel.
This is the link to download Firebug
3.SOME USEFUL THINGS
This is what you see when you open the template UNI:
a) Css folder: The Css files, just with the import from base inside
b)scripts: not useful to create a simple template
c)images: some images
You should now understand which files to modify, drag them from the base folder and drop them to your new template,since the UNI folder does not help us to create a new template at the moment.
The big part of the Css classes are located in the file called : common.css
But there are many others
Then you have many HTML files, if you do not need HTML modifications, Css are enough.
Since could be difficult to explain this process, I have provided a template folder with inside all the necessary files to modify to create a new template.In this way you do not need to drag them from the base, you can just modify them in that folder.I have called it tmpl_ok, just to remember it's a fresh template folder.In this way you will be able to modify the template as it was for Dolphin 6.
This is my main way to proceed when I create new templates.I hope it helps, and if someone has suggestions, they will be appreciated.
