Customize default theme (or any theme)

omen

Hi. I,m newbie in PluXml. Would like to ask how to change few colours manually in default,existing theme.
There are 2 files responsible for theme colours: theme.css and theme.min.css. When I made some changes in theme.css than no any changes on main webpage after refreshing in browser. Next I made changes in few colours in theme.min.css and that turned out to be effective. My question is the theme.css.min a main css file to do any changes ??? If Yes, what for is theme.css file ? The content of both is similar.
After few hours of playing with it i have deleted completely theme.css.min and insert completly empty file with the same name. After refreshing mainpage only pictures were gone. Rest of items including colours remains without any changes.
Can someone explain what the purpose of individual files is and where changes should be made to bring the expected result ?
PluXml version 5.8.22

gcyrillus-nomade

Hello, the defaut theme comes with a tool in the css folder : minify.php

<?php
const PLX_CORE = '../../../core/';
include PLX_CORE . 'lib/class.plx.utils.php';

foreach(array('plucss', 'theme', 'print',) as $f) {
    echo $f . ' ';
    $src = $f . '.css';
    if(!file_exists($src)) {
        echo 'missing' . PHP_EOL;
        continue;
    }

    $target = $f . '.min.css';
    if(!file_exists($target) or filemtime($target) < filemtime($src)) {
        $content = file_get_contents($src);
        file_put_contents($target, plxUtils::minify($content));
        echo 'updated' . PHP_EOL;
    } else {
        echo 'skipped' . PHP_EOL;
    }
}
echo 'Done !' . PHP_EOL;

Once you have edited your theme.css file, you need to update the theme.min.css file . (if your file as a different name, make sure it stands within the script at foreach(array('plucss', 'theme', 'print',) as $f) { here you have plucss.css, theme.css and print.css that will be minified if found.

To run the minify.php script: type after the url to the root of your PluXml : https://Mysite.com/themes/nameOfMyTheme/css/minify.php

Then do not forget to refresh your view via CTRL + F5 to empty the browser cache and reload everything (css,images,js) .

I hope i was clear enough . Welcome in the Pluxml World

omen

Hi gcyrillus-nomade.
Many thanks for Your help. It's clear for me and have tested it few minutes ago ago. Local script for minifying CSS works without any troubles