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Overview
If you would like to make a theme that can be used in another installation of Squirrelcart, you'll need to save that theme.
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Saving Themes
How it Works
Saving a theme updates a special XML config file inside the theme's folder named config.xml.php. That file is used when installing that theme in another Squirrelcart installation and contains a copy of all records associated with that theme, including:
When a theme is installed all associated navigation blocks, content records, and links are imported along with that theme. If any of these records are already present in the database prior to installing a theme, those already existing records are used instead.
Example
You create a theme and assign the following navigation blocks to it:
You save this theme and install it in another Squirrelcart installation. That installation has "Product Catalog" and "Best Sellers" navigation blocks already, but does not have a "Help Info" navigation block. When installing the theme in this installation, a "Help Info" navigation block will automatically be added along with whatever content was entered on it's record.
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If you make any changes to a theme's associated records, you must save that theme in order for those changes to be ported to another Squirrelcart installation. |
How to Prepare and Save Themes for Reuse
Moving a Theme to Another Installation
After saving a theme as explained above, you can move it to another Squirrelcart installation. In the steps below, "source installation" represents the installation of Squirrelcart with the theme already installed. The term "target installation" represents the installation you want to move the theme to.
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