Theme overrides involve replacing or overriding theme files – the files that control the appearance and behavior of your current theme.
Most themes include the files and folders listed below. For information on these files and folders, click one of the links below.
ArtTextTemplates
Folder containing ArtText style files.
See Customizing ArtText styles in themes
CMS
Folder containing files that define wrapper templates for the basic minimal building blocks for themes – custom layouts, layouts, placeholders, gadgets. Please do not modify these without deep understanding of what you are doing – it might lead to editing issues.
See Customizing theme controls
Controls
Folder containing files that define the appearance and behavior of various controls, including Captcha, Divs, Form, FormHelpers, MessageBox, and StyledWrapers. Please do not modify these without deep understanding of what you are doing.
See Customizing theme controls
Gadgets
Folder containing files defining the appearance and behavior of gadgets. To add new gadget to the system, you need to create a new folder within the Gadgets folder.
See Customizing theme gadgets
BackgroundImages
Folder containing image and configuration files for theme backgrounds.
See Customizing theme background options
Images
Folder containing images for the theme, including all the icons and images used on the sample pages (e.g. DefaultLogo.png).
MasterLayouts
Folder containing the master layouts for the theme.
See Customizing master layouts
PointAndClickSettings
Folder containing files defining the options and default values appearing on the Colors and Styles screen.
See Customizing Colors and Styles options for themes
Scripts
Folder containing JavaScript files that are added to the PageModel.Scripts collection, which is referenced in Head.tpl and iterated in Links.tpl.
See CSS, LESS, and JavaScript processing
Styles
Folder containing CSS and/or Less files defining the theme's HTML styles.
See CSS, LESS, and JavaScript processing
SystemContentTemplates
Folder containing dummy template placeholders for gadgets without valid HTML templates. Please do not modify these without deep understanding of what you are doing.
__SystemConfig.cfg
Stores the themeset name which current theme belongs to. Do not modify this file when customizing an existing theme.
See Customizing other aspects of the theme
Colors.cfg
List of colors used in or compatible with the theme. These colors appear at top of the color window when setting text or background colors.
See Customizing other aspects of the theme
DividerStyles.cfg
List of dividers for the theme.
See Customizing other aspects of the theme
FontStyles.cfg
List of text styles that are available from the content editor.
See Customizing other aspects of the theme
FormatStyles.cfg
List of paragraph styles that are available from the content editor.
See Customizing other aspects of the theme
GadgetStyles.cfg
List of gadget styles. Does not apply to system gadgets or singular gadgets. If you want to add special styles or different set of styles for a specific gadget, you can add your own GadgetStyles.cfg to the appropriate gadget folder (within the Gadgets folder).
See Customizing gadget styles in themes
Head.tpl
Common template called by MainTemplate.tpl.
See Theme and page generation process
Links.tpl
Iterator template called from Head.tpl to process a collection of elements (e.g. a list of menu items).
See Theme and page generation process
LinkStyles.cfg
Button styles for links.
MainConfig.cfg
Main configuration file. Do not modify this file when customizing an existing theme.
See Customizing main theme parameters
MainTemplate.tpl
Main theme template, and your site page's main entry point.
See Theme and page generation process
preview.jpg
Theme preview image (348 x 312 pixels) appearing on theme selection screen. Its name can be changed in MainConfig.cfg.
See Customizing main theme parameters
preview_thumb.jpg
Theme preview thumbnail (103 x 92 pixels) appearing on theme selection screen. Its name can be changed in MainConfig.cfg.
See Customizing main theme parameters
