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How to implement site customization?
The software customization can be divided into two items: Plugin Development and Design.
The customization approach is implemented this way in order to maximally preserve all changes after autoupdate of the software and theme.
Plugin development (functionality)
All functionality of the SkaDate software is implemented as plugins. Which is why all features development and custom modifications should be applied via plugins as well. This will obtain safely updates and will allow to solve issues, if any.
Theme customization
If you want to customize the default theme, the following options are available:
1. Index page customization possible by going here: http://[your_site_URL]/index and by clicking the “customize this page” button + using widgets and especially Custom HTML widget you can perform visuals customizations specific for index page
2. You can change the look of the Dashboard and User Profile pages here:
Admin area > Pages > User Dashboard and Admin area > Pages > User Profile by taking advantage of the available widgets + Custom HTML widget to perform visual customizations specific to Dashboard and User Profile pages
3. Site appearance customization
- You can play around with the settings appropriate for a certain default theme (such as header, background, logo images and color) here: Admin area > Appearance > Customize > Theme settings section
- if you want to dig deeper into design, you can take advantage of the CSS section: Appearance > Customize > CSS tab.
Don't copy the whole Existing CSS Styles and add them to the Edit CSS area. Only the styles you want to change or redefine should be placed to the Edit CSS area.
| Note: Please remember, that all CSS changes should be applied via Admin Panel only. You should not apply them to the files on the server. Otherwise all your code customizations and design (CSS) changes will be lost while next auto update of the software. |