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Theme options without Plugin?
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2024 7:25 am
by joho
Is it possible for a Theme to have configurable options, without using a Plugin?
If so, how? If not, why not?
Re: Theme options without Plugin?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:32 am
by arfa
Do you mean "is there an admin style panel for configuring themes?"
I am relatively new to bludit but I suspect that the variation in theme variables is such that this would be too complex to develop as a generic UI.
A theme is internally configured. If you want to change elements of the theme you will need to edit the code directly.
Re: Theme options without Plugin?
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:43 am
by bayerberg
one of my themes used options you can tweak through settings > general to tweak how things looked. if items per page were divisible by two blog had two columns, if three - three columns. if you set your facebook and twitter pages this triggered facebook and twitter sections. if you get creative enough there are ways to make your themes quite interesting
Re: Theme options without Plugin?
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 12:57 pm
by joho
arfa wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:32 am
Do you mean "is there an admin style panel for configuring themes?"
I am relatively new to bludit but I suspect that the variation in theme variables is such that this would be too complex to develop as a generic UI.
I'm a theme author, and what I was wondering was if there was a way to provide theme options without writing a theme plugin at the same time
I have now written a plugin for the theme that provides admin options.
Re: Theme options without Plugin?
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 12:59 pm
by joho
bayerberg wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:43 am
one of my themes used options you can tweak through settings > general to tweak how things looked. if items per page were divisible by two blog had two columns, if three - three columns. if you set your facebook and twitter pages this triggered facebook and twitter sections. if you get creative enough there are ways to make your themes quite interesting
Thanks.
Yes, you certainly can make them more interesting
My question, if unclear, however, was whether or not you could do this
in the theme, or if you actually need a
theme plugin to accomplish this. As things are now, I have written a theme plugin (with the same name) to provide options, and it works.