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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.
The "Default" theme is not, actually, 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". If a custom theme doesn't contain some required files, the software will use the corresponding files from the default theme's directory.


So, the reason that you can't delete the default theme, is that all of your other themes will rely on files that are contained within the default theme's directory. If you delete those, none of your other themes will work.
So, the reason that you should not ever delete the default theme, is that all of your other themes will rely on files that are contained within the default theme's directory. If you delete those, none of your other themes will work.


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 11:38, 30 May 2013

The "Default" theme is not, actually, 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". If a custom theme doesn't contain some required files, the software will use the corresponding files from the default theme's directory.

So, the reason that you should not ever delete the default theme, is that all of your other themes will rely on files that are contained within the default theme's directory. If you delete those, none of your other themes will work.

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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