Template Question!

I just uploaded via cpanel the dolphin v7.0.6.  i was told not to change anything in the template/base folder because that isn't a good thing to do.  My question is: is it bad to change the files in template/base folder?  and: if it is bad then where do you change the files at to make a custom template?

I searched this forum and googled it and no luck! if you find a link send it to me or leave your reply here

thanx

You can modify the files within templates/base to get the look you want, but it'll hinder your ability to perform smooth version upgrades in the future. Dolphin updates may contain changes to the base template files which would overwrite the work you did.

Dated instructions on how to start your own template can be found here:

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/DolDesign

In a nutshell, duplicate the UNI folder and rename it to suit your template design.

ok thanx shnelson for the reply.

So if I copy and rename the tmpl_uni folder I can make all my changes in the new tmpl folder i renamed and not in the base folder.  Will that work? Or do I still need to make changes in the template/base folder to see the changes I made?

Your statement is correct.

You will find that the CSS files within the UNI template are actually set to inherit or point to the base css files. The documentation recommends leaving the inheritance in place, and adding specific styling for only the items you need to modify, ie:

yourtemplate/css/common.css

@import url(../../base/css/common.css);

body {
    font-family:Verdana,Arial;
    font-size:11px;
    color:#333333;
    margin:0px;
   
    background-image: url("../images/mainbg.png");
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
    background-position: center top;
    background-color: #666666;
}

In the example above, I am inheriting all values from the base common.css, and only overwriting the body styling with my own.

In my personal experience, I had run into issues with doing it this way, especially when allowing the css files to cache. I have since resorted to removing the inheritance and completely writing my template's stylesheets out (my situation may be very unique though).

Remember there are a lot of amazing templates in the unity market. Gorpus makes awesome templates that are easy to to customize.

Ok cool! I learned some thing today lol!  Also Jason at http://www.dolphin-techs.com helped me out a lot with free live support.

Thanx for the replies!