Plone theme editor

Enabling theme editor

The theme editor aka plone.app.theming is disable by default then you need enable for use and edit Diazo themes on-the-fly in Plone.

To enable the theme editor:

  • at the top right corner of the page click on the Admin drop down menu
  • choose Site Setup
  • click on Add-ons
  • in the Available add-ons list at the top of the page, check the box next to the Diazo theme support for enable it
  • scroll down and press the Activate button
The "Theme settings" control panel

The “Theme settings” control panel.

This Add-on installs a control panel to allow on-the-fly theming with Diazo.

Using theme editor

When you have ready installed the suite with a Plone site created and the theme editor add-on enabled, then you can do some operations like:

Enabling Themes

A new Plone 4.3.x site uses the Sunburst theme by default.

Default Plone theme "plonetheme.sunburst"

Default Plone theme plonetheme.sunburst.

To enable the installed themes:

  • at the top right corner of the page click on the Admin drop down menu
  • choose Site Setup
  • click on Add-ons
  • in the Available add-ons list at the top of the page, check the box next to the theme you want to enable
  • scroll down and press the Activate button

Some Diazo themes may hide the editing or management pages of your site. In those cases, you will want to browse to your site using the URL http://127.0.0.1:8081/Plone. You may have to log in again using the same user name and password as above (this is because the Plone authentication cookie is dependent on the site URL, and it treats “localhost” and “127.0.0.1” as different sites).

Once you have enabled a Diazo theme, you can use the Diazo theming control panel to activate other Diazo themes:

Disabling Themes

You can disable a Diazo theme without having to deactivate it using the Add-ons panel:

To disable a Diazo theme:

“Classic”, or non-Diazo, Plone themes must be disabled using the Add-ons control panel: