Chapter 4. Magento 2.0 Theme Development – the Developers' Holy Grail

Magento 2.0 has a complex control of its themes. It works with multiple directories to generate the final result for the user on its frontend.

In this chapter we will consolidate the basic concepts that you need to create your very first example of Magento theme and activate it.

At the end of this chapter, you will be able to create the basic structure of your own theme. The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • The basic concepts of Magento themes
  • Magento 2.0 theme structure
  • The Magento Luma theme
  • Magento theme inheritance
  • CMS blocks and pages
  • Custom variables
  • Creating a basic Magento 2.0 theme

The basic concepts of Magento themes

According to the official documentation available ...

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