Gav.... wrote:
Ok, so I now have something to work with.
So you know, this is a summary of what I did. (There is a question at the
end of all this)
1. Followed Davids Dispatcher Quick Start with a 'forrest test-sample'
rather than seed-v2.
2. Copied Ross' coat.fv into
/project_home/src/documentation/resources/themes/pili.fv
3. In /themes/ dir created /pili/ subdir and in /pili/ created /css/ subdir.
4. Copied Ross' coat.css into /themes/pili/css/ directory.
5. Edit forrest.properties and changed 'project.theme=pelt' to
'project.theme=pili'
6. 'forrest run' from project_home, works fine, Ross' default theme shows up
nicely.
7. Made a few changes to pili.fv, refresh browser shows them nicely.
8. Made changes to pili.css, however file is locked for use and can not save
changes.
I've noticed this happening on windows too. It doesn't always happen. I
find that if you refresh the browser again it will usually release the lock.
I've never noticed this happen on Linux.
9. Stop Jetty, Make changes to pili.css, restart with 'forrest run' , css
changes show up fine.
See above.
10. Complete rework of CSS adding more of my own stuff, rework pili.fv also.
(hence the renaming of ross' coat into pili, didnt want to spoil it.)
11. Upload to web space using ForrestBot.
12. Test in Web Browser, looks the same as localhost:8888 as it should.
Cool ;-)
Can you put the above into a "how to create a new theme" faq. Remove all
references to "Ross'" - it's not mine its the communities, it even has
code from your good self in it remember ;-)
Don't worry that the above is just a load of bullet points, a start for
documentation is always useful.
The above should see most people through, after more testing I want to make
it known :-
13. Make some more changes to pili.fv and pili.css.
14. Tested local, works fine.
15. Uploaded to webspace using ForrestBot.
16. Changes do not seem to have made it onto server.
Some changes I made required that an index.fv be deleted. ForrestBot does
not know how to
delete from server, hence my changes were not carried across.
Please raise an issue for this one, we'll need to sort that out.
Anyway, as a recap, I wanted my pili theme to more or less resemble
http://minitutorials.com
Here is my first attempt at getting it like that, it is not yet complete -
http://apache.minitutorials.com
I hope you agree they are similar.
Yep, you are certainly moving forward :-)
Now for the question, in fact, no I'll put it in a different subject.
OK...
Ross
