History: Three Ways to Make a New Theme

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            !! File arrangements 
First, establish the basic file arrangement of your new theme.

# Pick a name for the theme.  Check the ''styles'' directory to make sure there's not an existing theme (i.e., *.css file) with the same name. 
# There is no authoritative register of Tiki theme names but, if you intend to share your theme, it would be good to check at this site to make sure no theme already exists with the same name.
# Create a new CSS file with the theme name you chose and place it in the ''styles'' directory (like ''styles/newtheme.css''). (See ((CSS Overview)) for more details.)
# If your new theme will use customized templates, create a sub-directory in the ''templates/styles'' directory and give it the same name as your theme (like ''templates/styles/newtheme'').
# Copy any needed files from the ''templates'' directory or from an existing theme's templates directory to your theme directory. 
** For example, if you are basing your new theme on moreneat, copy the files from ''templates/styles/moreneat'' to ''templates/styles/newtheme''. Otherwise use copies of default template files. See ((Template Overview)) for more details.

At this point, your new theme has been added to your site!  If you go to __User Preferences__ and check the drop-down menu for __Theme__, you'll find your theme listed (e.g., ''newtheme.css''). Of course, without changing the CSS and/or template files, the new theme will look unstyled or the same as an existing theme.

See next: [tiki-index.php?page_ref_id=7|CSS Overview] and [tiki-index.php?page_ref_id=5|Template Overview]. 

-=Related Information=-
!! Allow users to set the theme
Under __Admin > Login__ you can activate __"Reg users can change theme"__.

Once activated users can change their theme in their Preferences page under __My Tiki__ menu.

Under [http://doc.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Modules|Modules] you can also activate the __switch_theme__ module which makes  it super easy for any user to change themes.

!! Using multiple themes on your Tiki site
[http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=ThemeControlDoc |ThemeControlDoc] describes how to assign Themes to
*A Tiki category 
*A Tiki section 
*An individual Tiki object (i.e., an individual Wiki page, Blog, Gallery, etc.)

If you enable Theme Control, you will see a link to Theme Control in the Admin section of the application menu.

''(from [http://doc.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Styles and Themes])''

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