Sharing elgg themes
Author: Nathan Reed
Category: Internet
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There are many people who watch some excellent elgg themes on the social networks and wish to have the same theme on their networks. Is it possible to share elgg themes? Yes it is! In fact, many such sharing of themes takes place. Suppose a friend of yours like a theme and want you to share it with him, you cannot only share the theme with your friend but also with others who are also interested in it.
What is the benefit of sharing elgg themes?
If you use a shared theme, you have a readymade example of how it will look on your network. Moreover, you can always customize the theme as per your requirement and give it your personalized touch. One of the best examples of elgg themes that can be shared and customized to meet different requirements of different users is the "Simple Neutral Color." This theme is available in the elgg community can it can be easily shared and modified.
This particular theme is highly compatible with the custom index page plugin. However, you must keep in mind the following important aspect while downloading this elgg theme.
The theme is supportive of Elgg v1.1. and Elgg v1.2
The package of Elgg v1.1 contains skins for the entire plugins
You customize the theme by adding your details in the views folder, and it will edit the header.php and footer.php.
Once, you have completed the download, follow the given steps.
The file is to be uploaded to the mod directory and then from the page of tool administration, it is to be activated. The elgg theme is then required to be moved to the bottom of the plugin list by using the functions of up, down, top and bottom.
When the process is over, personalized details of the person or company whose details are featured in the shared theme must be edited and the new customized details need to be provided. Like sharing, there are many elgg themes that can be purchased online and later with some changes those themes can be customized. Visit http://themesbasket.com, which is one of the best resources to buy and sell elgg themes.
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Date Submitted: 2/16/2010
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