Category Archives: SilverStripe

SilverStripe – Creating a new page type

Creating a new page type Earlier we stated that every page in a SilverStripe site has a page type, and that SilverStripe will look for a template corresponding to the page type. Therefore, the first step to get the homepage … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Creating Themes

You should ensure your templates are well structured, modular and commented so it’s easy for other people to customise them. Templates should not contain text inside images and all images provided must be open source and not break any copyright … Continue reading

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SilverStripe – Installing 2.1 Themes

Simply unpack the contents of the zip file into your /themes directory in your silverstripe project Change to theme by putting the following line in your ./mysite/_config.php: SSViewer::set_theme(“themename”); Visit your homepage, ensuring you flush the cache (append ?flush=1 to the … Continue reading

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