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Files:

• dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/sitemap.xmap (The theme's SiteMap configuration)
• dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/lib/style.css (CSS stylesheet)
• dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/lib/style-ie6.css (CSS stylesheet for IE)
• dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/template.xsl (XSLT overrides for Theme)

Important Directories:

• dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/ (Directory where all your custom themes should be placed)
• dspace-src/dspace/dspace-version-build.dir/webapps/xmlui/themes/ (Directory where all out-of-the-box DSpace themes will be pulled down to after building DSpace for the first time.)

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1. First determine a directory name for your new theme inside the dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp Code Block/themes / directory; this name will be referenced as theme-dir in these instructions.
2. Instead of starting your new theme completely from scratch, make a new copy of the standard theme template in a new directory, theme-dir.
   • First, build DSpace ( Code Blockmvn package) if you haven't already Code Block
   • cd dspace-src Code Block/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/webapps/xmlui/themes/
   • Code Blockcp -R template theme-dir
3. Next customize the theme's sitemap by specifying the theme's directory and name. Open, dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/sitemap.xmap, and edit the global variables shown below: code

   <map:component-configurations>

   code

   
   

   <global-variables>
   

   Code Block

   <theme-path>

   theme-dir

   Code Block

   </theme-path>

   code

   
   

   <theme-name>

   the name of your theme

   Code Block

   </theme-name>
   

   Code Block

   </global-variables>

   code

   
   

   </map:component-configurations>

4. Next customize the theme's CSS stylesheets, by default there are two style sheets used – a base version for all browsers and then a supplemental version just for Internet explorer.
   • dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/lib/style.css
   • dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/lib/style-ie6.css
5. Perform the steps in Install + a + theme (Manakin)
6. Perform the steps in Rebuild + DSpace

Hints on Customizing XSLT in a theme:

These hints assume that you've started your theme based on a copy of the out-of-the-box

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template

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theme, along with the template.xsl that comes with that theme.

• Hint #1: Add Code Block{{?XML or Code Block}}or {{&XML}}on the end of the URL to view the underlying XML for a given page.
• Hint #2: Locate the appropriate Code Block<xsl:template>}}to override in the Code Block{{dri2xhtml theme that comes with DSpace. The Code Blockdri2xhtml theme includes 5 main XSLT files. The three with (default) next to them are the only ones used by default in DSpace. code
  • DIM-Handler.xsl
  • (default) = matches Item/Collection/Community METS files which contain DIM (DSpace Intermediate Metadata) format. (i.e. controls the display of all default metadata)
  code
  • General-Handler.xsl
  • (default) = matches the
  Code Block
  • <fileSec>
  • section of Item-level METS files (i.e. controls display of individual files/bitstreams)
  code
  • MODS-Handler.xsl
  • = matches Item/Collection/Community METS files which contain MODS metadata. (i.e. controls the display of all MODS metadata)
  Code Block
  • QDC-Handler.xsl
  • = matches Item/Collection/Community METS files which contain Qualified Dublin Core metadata. (i.e. controls the display of all QDC metadata)
  code
  • structural.xsl
  • (default) = defines the layout / page structure for all of DSpace
• Hint #3: There are a total of four metadata display "modes" used in DSpace. The Code Block<xsl:template> tags in each of the Code Block*-Handler.xsl files are named after these "modes".
• SummaryList = Summarized List of Objects
  • E.g. Community/Collection listing pages, item browsing/searching pages
• SummaryView = Summarized View of a single Object
  • E.g. Item homepage (by default includes summarized metadata only)
• DetailList = Detailed List of Objects
  • (Rarely used) E.g. The "item appears in the following collections" section on an Item's page is a DetailList of Collections, as it includes both collection names and brief descriptions
• DetailView = Detailed View of a single Object
  • E.g. Item "full record" page, Collection/Community homepages