Hello All!
I’ve recently started with Yii and I’m interested in using some of the ready made bootstrap themes that are available on the web. I’ve downloaded Yii-bootstrap, and I’ve already implemented some themes that are directly compatible with Yii (i.e. Hebo, Blackboot, etc.). I know that there are a lot of gorgeous themes out there to use for bootstrap in general, what are the steps to convert one to a format that they could become a “theme” with Yii?
Thank you personally!
One way is to use asset bundles combined with view layouts. Have a look at AppAsset.php that comes with the default advanced app (in frontend/assets folder). You register your assets (CSS + JS) within this and this is called in your view layout file. Setup the sequence right - e.g. default bootstrap assets first and then your theme assets. You could style the location of navbar, body, etc. in your view layout.
Each of these could be combined into a theme folder/directory and distributed, and instructions mentioned for each user to setup this theme in his/her yii config file.