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A new feature in DSpace 1.5 is the ability to try out different themes on a particular page without having to mess with the xmlui.xconf file or needing to restart Tomcat. Two things need to be done in order to apply a theme to any page you are currently looking at.
 
A new feature in DSpace 1.5 is the ability to try out different themes on a particular page without having to mess with the xmlui.xconf file or needing to restart Tomcat. Two things need to be done in order to apply a theme to any page you are currently looking at.
 
#The following setting in dspace.cfg must be set to true: '''xmlui.theme.allowoverrides=true'''
 
#The following setting in dspace.cfg must be set to true: '''xmlui.theme.allowoverrides=true'''
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#The "themepath" value should be appended to the end of the url, i.e.
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#The "themepath" value should be appended to the end of the url. See examples below
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http://scholar.sun.ac.za/search?themepath=Reference
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http://<manakin-url>/search?themepath=Theme1/ or
 
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http://<manakin-url>/search?themepath=CompundTheme/SubTheme1/
 
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Processing an external XML document
 
  
 
==Theme Repository ==
 
==Theme Repository ==

Revision as of 23:07, 20 February 2014

Back to XMLUI Theme

Overview

Xmlui-overview.jpg

Official Help

View the following for official DSpace Manakin help.

View the following for a better understanding of XMLUI Mirage theme design using the "modules" overlay method:

Development Tools

A new feature in DSpace 1.5 is the ability to try out different themes on a particular page without having to mess with the xmlui.xconf file or needing to restart Tomcat. Two things need to be done in order to apply a theme to any page you are currently looking at.

  1. The following setting in dspace.cfg must be set to true: xmlui.theme.allowoverrides=true
  2. The "themepath" value should be appended to the end of the url. See examples below
http://scholar.sun.ac.za/search?themepath=Reference

Theme Repository

Check out the following theme repositories.

References

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