Hi, I want to start developing themes for MyBB, but I'm not sure where to start.
What's the best way? Do I create a new theme on the board and edit in there, or use an IDE, create it there, and import it, check it and fix errors, or what?
Go to ACP > Templates & Style > Create New Theme > give it a name, then choose that theme in your User CP Options, then edit. Personally I'd edit it in the ACP as it'd be easier and quicker to make changes and test things.
What Matt said is probably best. Just keep in mind - always start from the stock MyBB theme so you don't have to worry about infringing upon other's copyright.
Alright. Cool. Thanks guys.
One more question: When I'm done, how do I package the theme for distribution?
There's an option in the ACP to export the theme, which will export the stylesheets and templates to an XML file, then you'd need to download the images the theme uses, zip it all up, and distribute it.
Alright, cool. Thanks.
