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By Mateo1041 on
So I installed Drupal 6.16 tonight, found a theme, and set it as the default. While I can upload new logos, I found I'm completely unable to revise any other theme elements. I've been uploading revised theme files to:
/themes/pixture_reloaded/
Primarily, this concerns an image file under:
/themes/pixture_reloaded/images/header.png
I then save the theme's configuration under Administer > Site building > Themes > Configure and see the cached directory is recreated. Yet none of my revisions are showing. I can even delete a particular file from /themes/pixture_reloaded/ and yet the old stuff is still visible. Surely Drupal must be grabbing files from somewhere other than where I'm uploading changes.
I'd appreciate any feedback. This is extremely frustrating. I just want to edit the dang template already. :-(
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It's really not that difficult.
pixture reloaded allows use of the color picker. Did you change colors?
if so, once you change colors a folder is created in the files folder which holds the required files.
Drupal works best when subthemes are used.
Note that colorable themes use transparent images I think.
I do see the following
I do see the following directory is created:
/httpdocs/sites/default/files/color/pixture_reloaded-74cd6e97
As this is a temporary directory (until the next time I save the theme configuration), I'm assuming changes should not be made here. That's why I've been making changes under the theme directory instead:
/themes/pixture_reloaded/images/
What I'm most curious about is where Drupal is pulling files from to insert into the "sites" directory. Even when I modify the "header.png" file at the theme location, it's still not grabbed and placed into the "sites" folder.
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Checking the issue queue of the theme in question may shed some light on how others have gotten around these types of issues. The developer of that theme is usually good with documentation as well. Thus you may want to check the project page for documentation and/or a documentation link.
I don't deploy themes with the color wheel as it adds these types of nuances with file movement.
This question has been
This question has been answered many times over the years. In short, if you modify any files in the theme folder for a theme using the color module, you need to go into the theme configuration and save it again. You don't have to change any of the settings. It then creates a new set of files to use, including your changes.
I appreciate the replies.
I appreciate the replies. Unfortunately, I have also done this. Even after saving the theme's configuration through Drupal, it still doesn't seem to reflect any changes I make with the image files. Maybe I'll just try another theme as this one's too cumbersome.
Thanks.
- Matt