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Power of Themes part 1, get started

28-05-2015 4 responses flinden68 development

In the beginning of XPages development I had some diffeculties to get my head around Themes.
Now a days I benefit from the benefit of the themes. It is one of the first files I create in a database
Themes are extremely powerful.
With a theme you can control your whole XPages application, both web and Notes client

Location
Themes can be found in a Notes database under Resources –> Themes. And to benefit from themes, goto XSP properties ( how can be found Application Configuration ). On the first tab you can select via de dropdown box a theme.
When you have saved your own theme file, it should be selectable.
Save the XSP properties and, if necessary, build your project.
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some basics of a theme
A Theme is pure XML as lots of other parts of XPages development. As XML should be valid, and in themes it also the case. Be aware of compilation errors.
In a Theme you can specify resources, override existing controls. And of course extending existing themes.

Next blog will about the XML syntax

Tags: development, themes, xpages

4 thoughts on “Power of Themes part 1, get started”

  1. Patrick Kwinten says:
    29-05-2015 at 07:19

    i am a bit curious where do you find easily the description of all the control properties

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    1. Frank van der Linden says:
      29-05-2015 at 11:14

      wait till part two 😉

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  2. Colas M says:
    29-05-2015 at 14:34

    You can find a list of core control themeId in the Mastering XPages Press Book 🙂
    http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/store/mastering-xpages-a-step-by-step-guide-to-xpages-application-9780133373370

    There is an interesting section “Theming on steroids”

    Or in the IBM Documentation :
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSVRGU_9.0.1/com.ibm.designer.domino.ui.doc/wpd_theme_naming_control_ent.html

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