Combine/mix WP themes

  • mesotu

    (@mesotu)


    8 years, 12 months ago

    Hi all,
    I’d like to use the following blocked blog style (from Smart Mag them) on my Avada theme.

    The style I like is here: http://theme-sphere.com/smart-mag/category/creative/

    I currently have a blog style like this (which I don’t like): http://theme-fusion.com/avada/blog-2/

    I guess I’m wondering which files I’d need to move to my Avada directory to get this to work. Probably have to find the PHP file that makes this page and the associated CSS

    I’m also thinking there might be conflicts between the themes and I’d have to do some renaming of the CSS etc.

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Jay

    (@phyrax)

    8 years, 12 months ago

    Merging two different themes will definitely be a pain, unless, both themes use a common framework, like bootstrap or foundation. Even then, you’re still looking at a significant amount of time needed to merge styles and resources.

    More than likely HTML elements will have different class names, so you’ll need to change those, or bring in the appropriate css. If the css is hierarchical then that’s another problem, you’ll have to break that out. If the theme has Sass or Less files, this’ll be a lot easier.

    Don’t even get me started on javascript… that’s a whole other beast entirely. Depending on themes, you may have issues there.

    Consider looking at the WordPress Template Hierarchy to get an idea of which theme file does what. This way, you’ll know more of what you have to move, instead of attempting to combine an entire theme into another one.

    Thread Starter mesotu

    (@mesotu)

    8 years, 12 months ago

    G’Day Jerry,
    Thanks so much for responding. You’ve confirmed my suspicions. I knew it wasn’t going to be an easy walk in the park and would require a pretty significant amount of hacking, chopping, and renaming classes to avoid conflicts. I have a reasonable idea about WordPress php files, but also recognise that it might be more headache than it’s worth.

    Thanks for the link. Will have a look.

    Cheers mate

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