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I've just started to use CMSMS, so this is maybe a silly question - but I cant see instructions anywhere.  I have installed the Theme Manager and I want to import my own template and its style sheet.  How do I do it?...when in Theme Manager, Import I tried to bowse to my files and uplaod..but no go

any help appreciated

Andy

the theme manager is for importing templates and stylesheets (collectively known as a 'theme') that is already been made for cmsms.

in order to make your own, you create the templates and css needed, associate the css with the template(s).

so, if you've already got your layout done in html, you need to strip out your 'sample content', and add the appropriate 'tags' so that cmsms knows what to put where when rendering the page. and to do that, the documentation at http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/en:gettin ... d:designer and the included default/sample templates should get you started.

thanks for that -- but do the template and style sheet have to be somehow "packaged" to import?... I notice that exported themes are an xml document. 

Theme manager packages templates, and their associated stylesheets, etc, into an xml file.  this is how it's transported, and the expected format for import into theme manager.  You can do everything via copy and paste, but it'd be painful.

Anyways, I guess I don't understand your question completely?

you can only import themes that have been packaged in the correct xml file, usually by cmsms. You create your templates and stylesheets by cutting and pasting into the textarea afte choosing 'create new [template/stylesheet etc]'. only when you have a complete theme you can export it to the xml format and exchange it with other cmsms users.

OK - gotcha now! thanks for help