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[Matt Thomas]

Janet,

That's great to hear. I'm in the same boat as you; reading the manual is
not the first thought that occurs to me either (with the exception
of anything by Nicholas at Akeeba as his documentation is phenomenal).

The reason I mention it is that preserving modifications to a file, like
adding a style sheet to your template's index.php, is not something that
Joomla handles well between upgrades. Typically, any modifications, to
files that you install, get lost. We each seem to address in our own
particular way, so each framework might have a special feature for this.

In any case, I'm glad that you worked it out.

Best,

Matt Thomas
Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™
Lead Developer Construct Template Development
Framework<http://construct-framework.com/>
Phone: 203.632.9322
Twitter: @betweenbrain
Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain



On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Janet Sullivan <jmsullivan50 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Matt:
>
> I'm sitting here laughing because "reading the manual" is something that
> seldom occurs to me,
> yet is so often the solution.  As in this case, when I read the manual I
> find that Yoothemes offers
> a premium version of the same theme.
>
> The difference between the free and premium is that the premium version
> has another style sheet file
> called "extra-styles" where you can add customizations, just as I want to
> do.  So simple.  I'm still mildly
> curious as to whether or not modifying the
> tk_redemption_free/layouts/template.config would have worked.
> I think I will try it after I get the real client site going.....
> And thanks!
>
>  I'm writing it 100 times:  Read the manual, read the manual, read the
> manual.....
> Janet Sullivan
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Matt Thomas <matt at betweenbrain.com>
> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:25 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Workflow question
>
> You can also look at https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms#L38 to see how
> the core templates add stylesheets.
> Have you checked with the folks at Yootheme? They may have a preferred
> method that might also persevere this change between upgrades.
> Best,
> Matt
> Sent from my phone that uses an open source operating system.
> On May 19, 2012 7:07 AM, "Scott Wolpow" <scott at wolpow.com> wrote:
>
>  The one for your template
>
> ie
>
> path-to-site- /template/index.php
>
> the css is
>
> path-to-site- /template/css
>
> Make sure it calls your custom css last.
> Look at the index.php file, you will see the other css's listed there.
> SW
>
> On 5/19/2012 7:04 AM, Janet Sullivan wrote:
>
>  Thanks Scott.  I'm not very good with php yet.
> which index.php file? I think I've seen several....
>   and where to add it so that my css is guaranteed to override the
> standard template?
>
>  Janet Sullivan
>
>
>    ------------------------------
> *From:* Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com> <scott at wolpow.com>
> *To:* joomla at lists.nyphp.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:44 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Workflow question
>
>  Your best bet is to add a custom.css file to the template.
> Then add it in the index.php
> This will solve your issues, but you may have to add the line again in the
> index.php
>
> Scott Wolpow
>
> On 5/19/2012 6:29 AM, Janet Sullivan wrote:
>
>  I am building a joomla site using  Yootheme, based on the Warp framework.
>
>  I can't limit my changes to only what the framework/ theme has built in
> so use firebug to
>   to identify  the css changes necessary.
>
> My problem is that I don't know where I should be putting the new CSS
> code.  I know how to change the various
> css files because firebug tells me the filename and the line number for
> each element that I want to change. I could
> easily go into each file and make the changes.
> However, is that how I should be working?  For example, I am using a free
> version of the TK Redemption theme.  Suppose later in the
> project I need the premium features of that theme and need to upgrade?  If
> I have made a bunch of random changes to the css, I think
> I may have to start all over with the premium theme.  I think there should
> be a way to isolate my CSS is a separate place to make upgrading
> easy.
>
> What is the proper procedure  so I don't make a mess?
> Thanks in advance.  And by the way, this forum (and the NYC Users Group)
> is GREAT.  Thanks to everyone who has helped this novice
> jump start with Joomla!
>
> Janet Sullivan
>
>
>
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