Customize Images and CSS using themes

Date	2010/04/22
Contact(s)	Mathieu
Last edited	Timestamp
Status	in progress
Assigned to release	2.5.0
Resources	GéoSource [BRGM]
Ticket	TODO

Overview

The aim of this proposal is to allow Geonetwork users to easily override images and CSS styles thanks to the theme. Indeed, creating a new directory under the /images/themes/ one, will allow you to create a new theme and to override default images automatically. Creating a new CSS file with the name of the theme will also allow user to override default stylesheet for GUI rendering.

Proposal Type

• Type: GUI Change
• App: GeoNetwork
• Module: Web module

Voting History

• Vote proposed by X on Y, result was +/-n (m non-voting members).

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Motivations

The current configuration does not allow to easily change defaults images, stylesheets(CSS) without replacing existing ones, or changing name inside XSL stylesheets. This change will allow you to just choose the theme you would like to apply to your geonetwork, then paths to images and stylesheets will automatically be updated. It allows organizations to provide more customization possibilities to their portals.

Proposal

Backwards Compatibility Issues

Risks

Participants

• Mathieu
• François
• GéoSource Sandbox, BRGM