Themes: How to quickly prepare a slide show for Christmas on XOOPS 2.5.0
Posted by: algalochkinOn 2010/11/10 16:00:00 5209 reads1. Download or receive e-mail theme archive. (For example ixt0290542hunter.zip)
2. Unpack archive
3. Copy unpacked a directory (for example ixt0290542hunter) in a directory /themes
On the admin side
4. Close access for visitors of a site except the administrator
Modules -> System -> Preferences -> General Settings -> Turn your site off? -> Yes -> Go!
5. Make a theme (for example ixt0290542hunter) by default theme
Modules -> System -> Preferences -> General Settings -> Default Theme -> (for example ixt0290542hunter) -> Go!
![Resized Image](http://ixthemes.sourceforge.net/uploads/scshot/howtoslides0_500.jpg)
6. Create blocks for a slide show area
Modules -> System -> Blocks
At creation of blocks make their invisible and title empty
![Resized Image](http://ixthemes.sourceforge.net/uploads/scshot/howtoslides1_500.jpg)
7. Define numbers of the created blocks
The mouse cursor guide at link EDIT and you will see number BID in the end of URI
![Resized Image](http://ixthemes.sourceforge.net/uploads/scshot/howtoslides2_500.jpg)
8. Open a file assigns.html in Templates Manager (for example /themes/ixt0290542hunter/tpl/assigns.html)
9. Appoint numbers of blocks for slides (line 24 in theme release 4.2)
![Resized Image](http://ixthemes.sourceforge.net/uploads/scshot/howtoslides3_500.jpg)
replace
$this->assign('ixt_slblocks', array('ixt10','ixt16','ixt13','ixt17'));
to
$this->assign('ixt_slblocks', array('bid0','bid1',...,'bidN'));
10. Open access for visitors of a site
Modules -> System -> Preferences -> General Settings -> Turn your site off? -> No -> Go!
On the user side
11. Reload a page and look the blocks in slide show of a theme by IXThemes