LocalGov Microsites Base

A child theme of LocalGov Base. Please read the README there also.

Customising the appearance through the UI

A Microsite Admin has the permission to set a number of css variables through the UI. These override the default variables set in /css/variables.css

Creating a child theme of LocalGov Microsites Base

We recommend creating a child theme of LocalGov Microsites base in order to create a custom theme for one or more of your microsites. A Microsite controller is able to install and set a new theme for a microsite.

Examples

To create a base theme with your councils branding.

1. Create a new child theme of LocalGov Microsite Base
2. Define the same regions in the .info.yml
3. Create (and reference in the libraries.yml) a new /css/variables.css file
4. Copy the variables you need from localgov_microsites_base/css/variables.css and set the default branding colours, fonts etc
5. Enable this theme, using the "Enable" button only, not the "Enable and set as default" button. After this, you can then hit the "Set as default" button. This 2-step process is needed to ensure all the blocks from the default theme get transition to the same block regions in your new theme.