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2.5 Themes

A theme is a set of templates and/or button images. By adding a configuration file and putting the files in

a subdirectory of the themes directory, the theme can be selected from the AShop admin panel on the

page Configuration->Layout which makes it possible to change the look of a whole AShop, or shopping

mall member shop, by just switching to a different theme.

Each shopping mall shop can have its own theme, which makes them suitable for an AShop that uses

the shopping mall feature. Another way to use themes could be to prepare holiday or seasonal versions

of the shopping cart design, which can then easily be used when the time comes and afterwards the

design can be switched back to its original look instantly.

A theme can include a set of templates or a set of button images or both. It must always include a file

named theme.cfg.php which defines how the theme will work. Page templates should be in the main

directory of the theme while button images and other image files used by the theme should be in a

subdirectory named "images". You can also include CSS, Javascript or Flash files by putting them in

your theme folder or in a sub folder.

The theme.cfg.php file should contain the following variables:

· $themename - the name of the theme as shown in the drop down list where the shop owner selects

which theme to use.

· $themelanguages - an array containing the two letter language abbreviations supported by the theme,

for example: array("en","sv"); which would define the theme as available in English and Swedish. Only

put the languages that the theme has button images and templates for in this array.

· $usethemebuttons - when set to "true" the theme will use its own button images.

· $usethemetemplates - when set to "true" the theme will use its own templates.

· $usecondensedlayout - when set to "true" the theme will force the use of the condensed layout mode

while setting it to "false" will force the standard layout mode.

There are also a set of layout variables available, which correspond to the settings on the Configuration-

>Layout page of the AShop admin panel:

· $/jointfilesconvert/86956/bgcolor - set this to a six hexadecimal color code to override the current background color setting, for

example: "#FFFFFF" to use a white background.

· $textcolor - overrides the current text color.

· $linkcolor - the text color.

· $alertcolor - the text color of alert messages, for example to notify the customer that an item they

want to buy is out of stock.

· $catalogheader - the background color of the header at the top of the categories list, the products list,

search results etc.

· $catalogheadertext - the text color of the headers.

· $forms/jointfilesconvert/86956/bgcolor - the background color of forms, such as the customer registration form.

· $formstextcolor - the text color of forms.

· $formsbordercolor - the border color of forms.

· $itembordercolor - the border color of product listings.

· $itemborderwidth - the border width of product listings.

· $item/jointfilesconvert/86956/bgcolor - the background color of product listings.

· $itemtextcolor - the text color of product listings.

· $categorycolor - the background color of unselected categories in the categories list.

· $categorytextcolor - the text color of unselected categories in the categories list.

· $selectedcategory - the background color of the currently selected category in the categories list.

· $selectedcategorytext - the text color of the currently selected category.

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