How to clone from theme and from the full package?

Clone from theme

1.      Install default magento package: run default site

2.      Download and install theme from a existing completed theme:

§  Download theme package and related extenstions: blog, layerednavigation, onestepcheckout, megamenu,...

§  Extract and copy all content to the magento folder that you’ve just created

§  Rename into new theme’s names in source

§  Install extension setting for theme by following instruction at our later tutorial.

§  You can delete install file in setting to not update information of static blocks, widgets, and pages (it is for new style of installation that sampledata.xml file is in etc of the theme)

§  Reset config theme: Login admin panel, sytem >> configuration:  in design tab and fill the package as “default” and fill theme default as current theme. In Web tab, choose homepage for the theme (creating a blank page from cms page)

§  Clear cache and run the theme again

3.      Clone from the full package:

1.      Download a full theme package and related extensions.

2.      Extract the file and rename folders

3.      Run db from the full package or run default db ( Similar to theme package, you can delete install file)

4.      Extract files and copy all extension packages into the full package folder

5.      Install extension setting for theme by following instruction at our later tutorials

6.      Reset config theme: Login admin panel, sytem >> configuration:  in design tab and fill the package as “default” and fill theme default as current theme. In Web tab, choose homepage for the theme (creating a blank page from cms page)

7.      Clear cache and run the theme again

How to create magento theme?

1.      Creating new magento theme:

1.      Download and extract magento files from www.magentocommerce.com

2.      Copy all the content to the folder that you are current making the theme.

3.      Create database and run sample data.

4.      Run config and choose corresponding database that was created

5.      Login admin panel, go to sytem >> configuration:  in design tab and fill the package as “default” and fill theme default as current theme. In Web tab, choose homepage for the theme (creating a blank page from cms page)

6.      Install the extensions for theme, including: themeframework, bestseller, featured product, slider widget,... into the theme

7.      Install extension setting for theme by following instruction at our later tutorials. 

8.      Clear cache and run the theme again.

  9.      Clone magento theme from existing theme.