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[Stephen Britton]

Hi Janet,

Thank you for the advice. I'll give it a try.

- - - Steve

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Janet Sullivan <jmsullivan50 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Stephen:
>
> I'm using a "son of yoothemes" template,  that also uses the Warp
> framework. In order for the "styles" folder to work,
> you need to duplicate the "empty-style" folder in the framework, rename it
> to something - (like my_custom_styles) then
> ftp my-custom-styles to the Styles folder within the template folder, and
> it seems to work.
>
>
> Janet Sullivan
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Stephen Britton <sbritton at gmail.com>
> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:37 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] How hard can it be to make an override?
>
> I agree the new YooTheme templates undergone major changes. The 2.5
> versions are far more code heavy than 1.5. The Warp framework has added
> another layer to figure out.
>
> I am pulling my hair out trying to make a custom background work in
> Symphony. YooTheme says you can create a "styles" folder and override the
> CSS, but it doesn't work.
>
> As for the regular HTML overrides, like com_content and com_contact, I
> have noticed no or very little difference between the two. It is not a
> problem.
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Donna Marie Vincent <
> donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Are you speaking of template overrides?  If so, which template are you
> using?  I noticed on the Yootheme templates the template overrides were not
> where I was expecting them to be.  This was a function of their warp
> system, not Joomla.
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Helvécio da Silva <helvecio.rj at gmail.com>
> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:22 PM
> *Subject:* [joomla] How hard can it be to make an override?
>
> I just started a project where I needed to do some overrides.
>
> I've been doing this for years, as it was extremaly easy find the piece of
> HTML code I wanted to change, then do it, while keeping functions around.
>
> Now, with 2.5 it seems things have changed drastically. I cannot find the
> HTML as easy as I used to. Thus, it is impossible to change things to look
> like I want to. If this is true, Joomla won't be a flexible CMS as it was
> before because non-programmers WON'T know what and where to change.
>
> As I am NOT a programmer, I'm having a hard time with this issue, that I
> never had before.
>
> Geez...
>
> --
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> Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio.rj at gmail.com
> http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com
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Stephen Britton
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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -
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