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How сan one to install html theme template from a third party developer ?

July 14, 2023 at 7:32 am #10301

[anonymous]

Hi! I downloaded some html theme template and want to add it to Publii themes. This theme I downloaded from any web resource, not Publii’s marketplace. Is it posibble to install or adapt such a theme to Publii? I use AppImage file for Publii, so I would need to add the html template to it or something else.

With Publii App settings as writed at Installing a Theme page or at Installing a new theme in Publii chapter I cannot do this. It doesn’t work.

July 14, 2023 at 3:55 pm #10305

[anonymous]

A big part of using the html template is that you’re going to have to insert the handlebar tags into that html template.

I would start off with the blank template available on Publii’s github repo, and methodically add your html template to that structure

July 18, 2023 at 1:09 am #10312

[anonymous]

Do you happen to have a link to the HTML theme you want to convert?

My suggestions would be to:

1. Study the Dev docs: https://getpublii.com/dev/

2. Download a free Publii theme that resembles the one you want to use the most, and study it. Go through allll the files and folders in the input > theme folder, and do your best to understand how everything works.

3. If you haven’t already: learn HTML and CSS. freecodecamp, mimo, and Plan Design Code are good places to start.

Good luck!

July 19, 2023 at 5:49 pm #10324

[anonymous]

RED: Thank You! I didn’t know about blank template.

CANDIDEXMEDIA: For example see this one.

July 20, 2023 at 1:52 pm #10328

[anonymous]

Thanks for sharing an example! Looks like the template uses Bootstrap, so this tutorial might be helpful: https://github.com/SimonPadbury/Publii-Bootstrap-Starter/tree/master/TUTORIALS

July 21, 2023 at 6:37 pm #10346

[anonymous]

CANDIDEXMEDIA. Thank You! Very interesting tutorial. Will have to study it.

Interestingly, the STARTER theme does not load. Instead, I took the initial SIMPLE theme to study.

July 25, 2023 at 1:39 am #10372

[anonymous]

[anonymous] wrote:

Interestingly, the STARTER theme does not load. Instead, I took the initial SIMPLE theme to study.

The Starter Theme is outdated and has been abandoned. Use the Blank Theme located here:

https://github.com/GetPublii/theme-Blank

July 25, 2023 at 3:22 am #10373

[anonymous]

RED: Thank You! I will do so.
This TUTORIAL is a bit outdated. For example, the header.hbs file in ~/Documents/Publii/themes/blank/partials/ is now called head.hbs. Links to AWESOME fonts and BOOTSTRAP now need others, etc. Therefore, it turns out slowly, but interestingly.