Hi,

I'm an XOOPS noob, so pls be nice to me.

Having a problem with a current theme, I noticed that the same theme, downloaded from 2 different websites, had different information:

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http://www.xoops-themes.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=5&min=40&orderby=titleA&show=10

Version: 1
Submitted Date: 2003/12/29
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http://ackbarr.xoops.org/xoops2/modules/mydownloads/index.php

Version: 1.0
Submitted Date: 2004/7/16
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However, the contents of the ZIP file/s are the same, at least going by the number of files and the timedate stamps.

Now, the theme is "xoops2-thm_karate_redux_blue" , and the problem I'm having is that, in the above 2 zip files, there is apparently meant to be 6 HTML files, however, there are only 2, and as a consequence, I can't get the theme to work.

However, I noticed that when I downloaded just the "karate_redux" from https://xoops.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=25&lid=360 , that is contained the other 4 HTML files. The info on that download however is:

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Version: 1.0
Submitted Date: 2003/3/29
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Obviously, all things being equal, to fix the problem (outlined here - https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=23087&forum=32 ), I unzip the download from XOOPS site, and then overlay the latest files from http://ackbarr.xoops.org

My questions are:

1. Will this generally be the case for theme downloads ? That is, if there is a theme called "karate_redux_blue", do I first have to go find the theme d/load "karate_redux", and then overlay the ".._blue" files ? In summary, are there generic theme downloads, where a base theme has to be used in addition to any 'children' type themes ?

I really would have thought that the ".._blue" theme" would be a complete set on its' own, but if this is the way that theme downloads 'work', so be it, I'll follow the rules. I just would like to know.

2. In my hunting around to fix this problem, and noticing the fact that there are, what might first appear to be different versions, but in fact are the same release (contents), is there a definitive site somewhere that I can use to download themes ?

As I said though, I'm new to XOOPS, so at present don't understand how all this works, and having come from an osCommerce forum, where all the downloads are in one place, it's somewhat confusing to know where to look with XOOPS.

I guess there is such a big community with XOOPS, that the possibly of download files getting "out of synch" is therefore much greater ??

If there was one site that did contain all the latest themes, that would be great. :)

Thanks,

Peter

peter,
my understanding is, that there will be a XOOPS themes site directly linked to xoops.org - http://www.themes.xoops.org but i'm not sure when it will be up.

You have to realise that themes are made by many different people - some choose to put them in the "official" download section here, some don't. Other sites have a large collection of themes from many authors available for downoad, but may not always have the most recent version of any given theme.

Generally any theme downloaded should not need any other files or sub-themes. Some do require their own templates, as you know, but generally speaking, if they do, it will be stated somewhere on the site you downloaded it from.

Of course, there are always exceptions to any rule :) i'm surprised you're having problems with the theme you picked though, it's a very popular and good-looking theme.

Hi,

Good news about the http://themes.xoops.org coming soon.

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As a rule then, I should check the authors site then. Boy, a centralised respository would be nice, you can see the potential version conflicts.

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Yes, I'm surprised also, as I saw it used on the 'theme chooser' on many sites. Well, if someone can find a site with the theme "karate_redux_blue" theme, containing all 14 files, then as the famous man said "you're a better man that I, Gunga Din" (spelling may be off ?? ).

Thanks,

Peter