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<li><a href="#the-theme-settings-variable">The theme_settings Variable</a></li>
<li><a href="#the-theme-ini-file">The theme.ini File</a></li>
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<h1>Creating a Theme</h1>
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<div class="admonition admonition-warning"><p>Not implemented yet.</p></div><p>You could create a basic empty theme with the following command:</p>
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>lektor<span class="w"> </span>dev<span class="w"> </span>new-theme
</pre></div>
<h2 id="theme-components">Theme Components:</h2><p>A theme could provide templates, assets, and models (also flowblocks):</p>
<pre><code>demo-theme
├── assets
├── models
├── templates
└── flowblocks
</code></pre>
<h2 id="the-theme-settings-variable">The theme_settings Variable</h2><p>A <code>theme_settings</code> section in <code>.lektorproject</code> file could be used to
parametrize themes:</p>
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="k">[theme_settings]</span>
<span class="na">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"Lektor"</span>
<span class="na">github_url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"https://github.com/lektor"</span>
</pre></div>
<p>And those settings will be accessed in templates through the config env
variable:</p>
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">config.theme_settings</span><span class="err">.</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="nv">variable_name</span><span class="o">></span> <span class="cp">}}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="x"><a href="</span><span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">config.theme_settings.github_url</span> <span class="cp">}}</span><span class="x">">Github</a></span>
</pre></div>
<p>will output:</p>
<pre><code><a href="https://github.com/lektor/lektor">Github</a>
</code></pre>
<h2 id="the-theme-ini-file">The theme.ini File</h2><p>Themes could provide a <code>theme.ini</code> file, that is optional, but it's required if
you want to add your theme to the lektor community themes.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="hll"><pre><span></span><span class="k">[theme]</span>
<span class="na">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">Demo theme</span>
<span class="na">license</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">MIT</span>
<span class="na">licenselink</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">https://github.com/lektor/lektor-demo-theme/blob/master/LICENSE.md</span>
<span class="na">description</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">Simple, minimal theme for Lektor</span>
<span class="na">homepage</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">https://github.com/lektor/lektor-demo-theme</span>
<span class="na">tags</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">simple, minimal, demo</span>
<span class="na">features</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">blog</span>
<span class="na">lektor_minimum_required_version</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">3.1</span>
<span class="k">[author]</span>
<span class="na">name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">lektor</span>
<span class="na">homepage</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">http://getlektor.com/</span>
<span class="k">[original]</span>
<span class="na">author</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span>
<span class="na">homepage</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span>
<span class="na">repo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span>
<span class="k">[packages]</span>
<span class="na">lektor-disqus-comments</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">0.2</span>
</pre></div>
<p>The <code>[original]</code> section is only required if you are porting an existing theme.</p>
<div class="admonition admonition-warning"><p>Not implemented yet</p></div><p>The <code>lektor_minimum_required_version</code> is used by Lektor to check the
compatibility when installing a theme.</p>
<h2 id="releasing-a-theme">Releasing a Theme</h2><div class="admonition admonition-warning"><p>Not implemented yet</p></div><p>You could add a theme to Lektor community theme, open a pull request against
<a href="https://github.com/lektor/lektor-themes">lektor themes</a> adding it as a git
submodule.</p>
<p>You should also include an <code>images/</code> folder with a screenshot and a thumbnail:</p>
<pre><code>demo-theme
└── images
├── thumbnail.png
└── screenshot.png
</code></pre>
<p>Themes added to this lektor-themes repository, will automatically be added to the
lektor website.</p>
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