Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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barayano
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Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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Hello everyone,

I’m reaching out because I’ve been working on creating a custom theme for Wonder CMS, but I’m having trouble getting it to work properly. I’ve followed the documentation and guidelines as closely as possible, but something seems to be missing or incorrect.

The theme is intended to be a minimalist design, and I’ve uploaded the code to GitHub for easier review:
Theme Repository on GitHub

If anyone has experience with Wonder CMS themes, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a look at the repository and help me identify why the theme isn’t functioning as expected. Specifically:
https://github.com/barayano/theme-minimalist

Is there an issue with the folder structure?
I don't understand what's wrong with my theme and have two issues:
The wcms-modules.json file does not contain all the required information.
Invalid URL. The module URL needs to contain the full path to the raw wcms-modules.json file.
I’m happy to provide additional details or clarify anything if needed. Any guidance or suggestions would be incredibly helpful!

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
barayano
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Re: Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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I'm sorry, I used wrong URL to add new theme, correct was:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/baray ... dules.json
So, thank you for your work, it's awesome cms and literally WONDER, I love it.
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Re: Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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But now I have another problem. my theme was added to theme list, I try to setup this, recieved the answer: Successfully installed/updated theme-name.
But no changes were happen, but still... I can't use or activate my theme, please help, I really want work with this cms)))
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nox
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Re: Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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Hey barayano,

inside your theme json file, change:

"themes": {
"theme-name":

to (name of your theme):

"themes": {
"theme-minimalist":

For comparison check both json files below.

this is a modules.json from Essence theme:
https://github.com/robiso/essence/blob/ ... dules.json

And your theme modules.json:
https://github.com/barayano/theme-minim ... dules.json
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Re: Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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OMG, thank toy so much, It is work!!!
If you or somebody have some suggestions for improvement - you are welcome! My prioririty ss free of frameworks and clean code. :D
Thank you again!
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Re: Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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I'm glad it worked out. It is a really neat theme. There is one small thing I'd do inside style.css, change a:hover and a:visited positions, like this:

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.sidebar-nav a:visited,
.sidebar-nav a.nav-link:visited {
    color: #333;
}

.sidebar-nav a:hover,
.sidebar-nav a.nav-link:hover {
    background-color: #b0b0b0;
    color: #fff;
    transform: translateX(5px);
}
Great job!
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Re: Need Help: Issue with Launching a Custom Theme for Wonder CMS

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Thank's, I'm happy hear that) :D :D :D
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