The Theme Editor lets you create and edit themes.
Go to the Refined Administration.
Go to the Themes & Styles tab.
Click the Create theme button to make a theme from scratch.
Click a theme’s Cogwheel > Edit to update it.
To create a new theme based on an existing theme, copy it and edit the copy.
Theme Editor anatomy
To the left of the editor you see the preview which shows the look of your theme. It automatically updates when you make a change in the theme’s settings, which lets you play around with your design before publishing it. To see how the theme looks in different areas of your site, use the dropdown list at the top to switch between Portal view and Request/Issue view.
To the right of the editor you build your theme in the Settings tab. Click the History tab to view and restore previous versions. A version is generated every time you hit the save button.
Settings
Main appearance
The main appearance of your site is divided into three areas, for which you can customise the settings:
The header is located at the very top. It contains the category menu and the site switcher.
The body is the block located in the middle of your pages. It contains portals, requests and issues.
The footer is located at the bottom of the site. To edit the content of the footer, use the Layout Editor.
Setting | Description | Available for |
|---|---|---|
Main appearance | Choose how much background is shown behind the header and body: only at the top, partial or full. | |
Background | Set a single colour, gradient or image as background. Colour picker and image info links | Header |
Text colour | Set the colour of all the area’s text that does not link to another page. | Header |
Link colour | Set the colour of all the area’s text that links to another page. | Footer |
Border | Set a border around the area. Once enabled, you can pick the border’s colour. | Header |
Shadow (Effects) | Drop a shadow behind the area. Once enabled, you can pick the shadow’s colour. | Header |
Content | Customise the area’s content with:
| Body |
Portal
The portal settings apply to the portal content in your site’s body area. See the Main appearance section above for more body settings.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Width | The default width of your portals is 1200px (75 rem). You can set a new width by percentage (of browser window width), pixels, or rem. |
Fill background | Makes the content fill out the full width of the browser window. This has the same effect as setting the Width setting to 100%. When the background is filled, you are not able to set the width manually. |
Row style | |
Title position | Position the title to the left, center or right. |
Request/Issue
The Request/Issue settings apply to the portal content in your site’s body area. See the Main appearance section above for more body settings.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Width | The default width of your portals is 1200px (75 rem). You can set a new width by percentage (of browser window width), pixels, or rem. |
Extras
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Primary button colour | This dictates the colour of most buttons in the portal UI, including:
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Keyboard navigation | Learn about keyboard shortcuts. |
Colour picker
There are multiple ways to pick a colour in the colour selection popup:
Select the shade and hue at the top of the popup.
Enter an rgb, rgba, or hex code.
Click the eyedropper icon to select a colour from anywhere on the page.
Pick one of the recently used colours.
Use the vertical slider located in the middle of the popup to control the colour’s opacity.
Image options
Customise images with these additional settings:
Full, repeat or without repeat
Position the image
Filter (blur, shade, monochrome, vintage)
Set an underlying colour