This guide will help you set up your theme files and your site.
Setup theme files
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Duplicate and Rename pisces_subtheme_template files
-sites/all/themes/pisces_dev_subtheme_template - Edit and Rename pisces_subtheme.info file
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Subtheme template functions need to be renamed inside this file:
-sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/template.php - Fill in all the style variables inside subtheme-vars.css.less
- Use style.css sparingly to add any extra styles.
Logos
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/logo.png (* create a gif version of all logos for IE6 if png32 alpha transparency is used)
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo.png
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo-mobile.png
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo-subscribe.png
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo-blog.png
- favicon.ico - save a 32x32 image as a .bmp, then rename to favicon.ico
Site Configuration
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Site Name in <title> + Webmaster email + Footer Copyright text + default front_page name + Social Media Links
- Site Configuration -> site info - admin/settings/site-information
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Block Title Configurations - admin/build/block/list
- Nice Menu 1
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- removes "Primary Links"
- admin/build/block/configure/nice_menus/1
- Utility Nav
- nodequeue_1: Featured Hero"
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- removes "Queue 'Home Page Featured - hero'"
- admin/build/block/configure/views/nodequeue_1-block_1
- Queue 'Home Page Featured'
- Queue 'Home Page List' (plain list of internal links, unused by editors)
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Configurations - admin/build/menu/list
- Pisces-Penton.com
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- renames footer category navigation header
- admin/build/menu-customize/menu-main-footer-nav
- Site Features
- Pisces-Penton Corporate
- Search Pisces-Penton.com, click on "Content" link in the breadcrumb
- Site Logo + "Penton Media" (previously "Subscribe to Sitename.com")
- Penton Pisces Platforms
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Mobile Configurations
- Make sure mobile, categories, and topics features are turned on. Also make sure that all the features are in Default / Disabled state. Features shouldn't be in Overridden / Conflict state.
- enable PISCES Core Mobile theme (do not select as default)
- to add a advertisement to mobile:
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configure "Categories" navigation links at bottom of mobile:
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admin/build/menu
- Categories
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admin/build/menu-customize/menu-mobile-categories
- Mobile Content Footer
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admin/build/menu-customize/menu-mobile-content-footer
- Mobile Footer
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admin/build/menu-customize/menu-mobile-footer
- Mobile More Information
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admin/build/menu-customize/menu-mobile-more-information
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admin/build/menu
Configuring Blocks
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The new "Newsletter Block" and "Benefits Block" replace the old "Sign Up for Category Newsletter" and "What do you get with your account".
-See NM-PISCES-16001
-admin/settings/site-messaging
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"Follow Us Block" replaces the "Follow Us" block. The links are dynamically generated through:
-admin/settings/site-information
Images
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/bg.png <---background of header area
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/nav_bg.png <---background of navigation bar
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/default_video_thumb.gif <---site logo as default thumbnail image for media
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/sprite-must-reads.png <---must reads buttons
- sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/title_bg.png <---must reads header background
Random Notes
- Mobile favicon? 57 x 57



