Creating a new theme
Themes in Magento 2 are set up a bit differently than Magento 1. Some of these changes are as follows:
- Smaller layout files per layout handle
- Less (default) implementation with an internal Less preprocessor
- Extended layout methods to move and change blocks
- Magento UI library for default components, such as forms, buttons, and more
- Installable through Composer
- Fallback to module layout, templates, and other public files
- Static file generation to improve page load times
In this sample theme, the files are located in app/design/frontend/<Vendor>/<Theme>. When a theme is installed through Composer, it will be installed in the vendor directory.
Getting ready
In order to work with themes, you should have a basic knowledge of XML, HTML, CSS, ...
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