Visual Themes

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi All:
Its not clear from the Wiki how this works:
To change a theme from the default "BLUELIGHT" on the version I
downloaded to "FLATGREY".  Do I need to run the ant run-install as well
as change CommonTypeData.xml? And how about restarting? I'm assuming
that I also need to restart. Is that true?

Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ruth

[Scott Gray-2]

Hi Ruth

The default visual theme id can set in general.properties, in this  
case to FLAT_GREY.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 5/09/2009, at 12:56 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi All:
> Its not clear from the Wiki how this works:
> To change a theme from the default "BLUELIGHT" on the version I  
> downloaded to "FLATGREY".  Do I need to run the ant run-install as  
> well as change CommonTypeData.xml? And how about restarting? I'm  
> assuming that I also need to restart. Is that true?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Ruth

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Scott:
Thanks. So does that mean that what the Wiki says about
CommonTypeData.xml is irrelevant?
TIA
Ruth

Scott Gray wrote:

> Hi Ruth
>
> The default visual theme id can set in general.properties, in this
> case to FLAT_GREY.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> On 5/09/2009, at 12:56 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi All:
>> Its not clear from the Wiki how this works:
>> To change a theme from the default "BLUELIGHT" on the version I
>> downloaded to "FLATGREY".  Do I need to run the ant run-install as
>> well as change CommonTypeData.xml? And how about restarting? I'm
>> assuming that I also need to restart. Is that true?
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>> Thanks
>> Ruth
>

[Scott Gray-2]

I'm not familiar with the document, could you send me the link?

Thanks
Scott

On 5/09/2009, at 1:47 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Scott:
> Thanks. So does that mean that what the Wiki says about  
> CommonTypeData.xml is irrelevant?
> TIA
> Ruth
>
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> Hi Ruth
>>
>> The default visual theme id can set in general.properties, in this  
>> case to FLAT_GREY.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> On 5/09/2009, at 12:56 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All:
>>> Its not clear from the Wiki how this works:
>>> To change a theme from the default "BLUELIGHT" on the version I  
>>> downloaded to "FLATGREY".  Do I need to run the ant run-install as  
>>> well as change CommonTypeData.xml? And how about restarting? I'm  
>>> assuming that I also need to restart. Is that true?
>>>
>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>> Thanks
>>> Ruth
>>

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Sure:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Visual+Themes+-+How+to?focusedCommentId=9091#comment-9091
BTW, I just tried changing the theme in the general properties as you
suggested in trunk version: 806815  and nothing changed. What else do I
need to do?

Thanks
Ruth
Scott Gray wrote:

> I'm not familiar with the document, could you send me the link?
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
> On 5/09/2009, at 1:47 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi Scott:
>> Thanks. So does that mean that what the Wiki says about
>> CommonTypeData.xml is irrelevant?
>> TIA
>> Ruth
>>
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>> Hi Ruth
>>>
>>> The default visual theme id can set in general.properties, in this
>>> case to FLAT_GREY.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> HotWax Media
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>> On 5/09/2009, at 12:56 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>> Its not clear from the Wiki how this works:
>>>> To change a theme from the default "BLUELIGHT" on the version I
>>>> downloaded to "FLATGREY".  Do I need to run the ant run-install as
>>>> well as change CommonTypeData.xml? And how about restarting? I'm
>>>> assuming that I also need to restart. Is that true?
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Ruth
>>>
>

[Scott Gray-2]

Ah okay sorry, the general.properties setting only applies if the  
UserPreference record from CommonTypeData.xml that you mentioned is  
missing.

Also the wiki looks wrong to me, it should be partyId="_NA_" and not  
partyId="NA"

Once you've changed the CommonTypeData.xml file you'll need to run ant  
run-install-seed

ant run-install should only be used when you have an empty database  
since it also loads seed-initial data which should only be loaded once  
per install.

Regards
Scott

On 5/09/2009, at 1:58 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Sure:
> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Visual+Themes+-+How+to?focusedCommentId=9091#comment-9091
> BTW, I just tried changing the theme in the general properties as  
> you suggested in trunk version: 806815  and nothing changed. What  
> else do I need to do?
>
> Thanks
> Ruth
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> I'm not familiar with the document, could you send me the link?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Scott
>>
>> On 5/09/2009, at 1:47 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Scott:
>>> Thanks. So does that mean that what the Wiki says about  
>>> CommonTypeData.xml is irrelevant?
>>> TIA
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>> Hi Ruth
>>>>
>>>> The default visual theme id can set in general.properties, in  
>>>> this case to FLAT_GREY.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> HotWax Media
>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>
>>>> On 5/09/2009, at 12:56 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>> Its not clear from the Wiki how this works:
>>>>> To change a theme from the default "BLUELIGHT" on the version I  
>>>>> downloaded to "FLATGREY".  Do I need to run the ant run-install  
>>>>> as well as change CommonTypeData.xml? And how about restarting?  
>>>>> I'm assuming that I also need to restart. Is that true?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Ruth
>>>>
>>