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The "Default" theme is actually not the "default theme." While SMF starts out with it as the base theme, the "Default" theme is only a collection of the default templates. These templates are "fallbacks" in case the current theme does not have the correct template.
The "Default" theme is not, actually, the "default" theme. Whilst SMF starts out with it as the base theme, the "Default" theme is only a collection of the default templates. These templates are "fallbacks". If a custom theme doesn't contain some required files, the software will use the corresponding files from the default theme's directory.


It is similar to URLs - if the base domain name isn't specified, (in example, just /style.css) it uses the default (making the URL, www.simplemachines.org/style.css). In this case, it works a bit different, but the concept is similar.
It is similar to URLs - if the base domain name isn't specified, (in example, just /style.css) it uses the default (making the URL, www.simplemachines.org/style.css). In this case, it works a bit different, but the concept is similar.

Revision as of 10:17, 7 September 2011

The "Default" theme is not, actually, the "default" theme. Whilst SMF starts out with it as the base theme, the "Default" theme is only a collection of the default templates. These templates are "fallbacks". If a custom theme doesn't contain some required files, the software will use the corresponding files from the default theme's directory.

It is similar to URLs - if the base domain name isn't specified, (in example, just /style.css) it uses the default (making the URL, www.simplemachines.org/style.css). In this case, it works a bit different, but the concept is similar.



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