It's easy to add a new theme to a Tiki web site. All that is needed is to place its files in the correct directories (folders) on the server. The theme is immediately available (perhaps after a page refresh to add the theme name to selector lists).

Theme components

A Tiki theme has at least a stylesheet file (a CSS file such as New_look.css) — and may have associated images. This file is what gives the theme its name. The theme may also have template files (New_look/tiki.tpl for example).

Theme stylesheets (.css files) go in the styles/ directory of the Tiki site. The images used in the theme — contained in a directory with the same name as the theme — also go in the styles/ directory.

Any custom template files used by the theme (in a directory with the same name as the theme) go in the Tiki site's templates/styles/ directory.

FTP

People with ftp access to their web site can un-archive/un-zip the new theme package on their local computer and then upload the files/directories to the appropriate directories on their server.

The files for a new theme called New_look would be uploaded like this:

Stylesheet file and images:
tiki_root/

• styles/
  • New_look.css (CSS file)
  • New_look/ (background.jpg, logo.jpg, etc.)

Template files:
tiki_root/

• templates/
  • styles/
    • New_look/ (tiki.tpl, tiki-top_bar.tpl, etc.)

Shell

People with shell accounts can transfer the files to the appropriate directories normally.