Creating A New Template

Via the Admin > Templates interface

1. Click the "Add template directory" button and follow on screen instructions, it will take you through everything needed.

Via FTP

1. Create a new directory at the top level the ftp access gives you.

2. Add a template_config.json file to indicate any settings about this template:

   {
       "name": "My new template",
       "description": "This is my new template",
       "extends": "responsive"
   }

   • description: The description of the template directory to also be shown in Admin
     
   • extends: This is the template directory that this extends
3. Start overriding / extending files

Extending / overriding files

Each file you add into a child template will override the one from the parent at the same path.

You can also reference a parent templates file from within its child file using the directory name prefixed with an @ symbol, e.g. @leagcy-base, @resposive-site, etc.