Customize Theme Link Missing
vanillamoss
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Hi. I just finished my first installation of vanilla. Upon completion of installation there was a video which showed all kinds of options in the left menu of the dashboard which don't seem to appear in my installation (version 2.0.18.4). I'm especially interested in the "Customize Theme" link which should be under "Appearance", but all I have there is "Homepage, Banner, Themes, and Messages". Where are all the missing menu items? I attached a jpeg of my dashboard menu.
Thanks!
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whu606
MVP
I think that may be a hosted only feature.
If you are self-hosting then you need to create a custom theme, or edit an existing one.
Your custom.css file only needs to contain the rules you want to change or add; everything else gets drawn from the default css.
Follow the instructions here to create your own theme folder.
Most changes can be made via custom.css in your theme folder. Some changes require editing of the default.master file.
If you aren't familiar with css, I made an annotated_css theme which contains most of the common elements.
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@vanillamoss
I think that may be a hosted only feature.
If you are self-hosting then you need to create a custom theme, or edit an existing one.
Your custom.css file only needs to contain the rules you want to change or add; everything else gets drawn from the default css.
Follow the instructions here to create your own theme folder.
Most changes can be made via custom.css in your theme folder. Some changes require editing of the default.master file.
If you aren't familiar with css, I made an annotated_css theme which contains most of the common elements.
Thanks so much! I was led to the video by a link from my dashboard, so it didn't occur to me that those features were available only in the hosted version. I was already doing as you suggested here, I just figured that being able to do it from the dashboard was so much more convenient.
Thanks a million for the annotaed css file. That's a huge help in figuring out what's what.