Adobe Commerce: The Complete Theme Development Guide for 2022

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Adobe Commerce The Complete Theme Development
Guide for 2022

• A theme is an Adobe Commerce application
  component that provides a consistent look and
  feel (visual design) for an entire application
  area (for example, the storefront or Adobe
  Commerce admin) by combining custom templates,
  layouts, styles, or images.
• Before you start working on your own Adobe
  Commerce 2 theme development,make sure the
  following requirements are met
• You have some coding experience with Adobe
  Commerce
• You have some basic knowledge of Adobe Commerce 2
• Adobe Commerce 2 is installed and operational on
  your local host, and you have access to the
  frontend and backend.

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• Step 1 Develop a Theme Directory
• Go to your Adobe Commerce 2 root
• Create a new directory under the frontend
  directory named after your theme vendor.
• Make a directory for your Adobe Commerce 2 theme
  in your theme vendor directory.
• Step 2 Create Your Adobe Commerce 2 Theme
• Now, create the theme.xml file
• This is a preview thumbnail image that appears in
  the Adobe Commerce 2 admin on our theme page.
• If you do not have this file in the correct
  location, you will receive an error when
  accessing your theme page via Adobe Commerce 2
  admin.

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• Step 3 Create a Composer Package for Your Adobe
  Commerce 2 Theme
• To register the package on a packaging server,
  place a composer.json file in your theme
  directory
• This file is included in the theme dependency
  list.
• Step 4 Include Registration.php in Your Custom
  Adobe Commerce 2 Theme Development.
• To register your theme in the Adobe Commerce
  system, create a registration.
• Php file in your theme directory
• Step 5 Apply and Configure Adobe Commerce 2
  Custom Theme in Admin
• Once youve added your theme to the file system,
  everything is in place for you to activate your
  theme and apply it to your store
• Ensure that your theme appears on this list.
• After youve decided on a theme, click the Save
  Config button to clear the cache.

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• Step 6 Configure Image Properties in Your Theme
• This file is required for the theme if the
  product image sizes of your custom Adobe Commerce
  theme development are different from the parent
  theme sizes.
• For example, you make the category grid view
  product images by specifying the size of 350 x
  350 pixels. Copy the view.xml file from the etc
  directory of your parent theme to your themes
  etc directory.
• Step 7 Create a Custom Adobe Commerce Theme Logo
• Create Adobe Commerce Theme/layout directories
  and add the following code to a default.xml file
  to declare a theme logo.
• The logo filename was m2-logo.png, and the logo
  size was 350 x 350 pixels. You are free to use
  your own logo filename and size.
• Step 8 Theme Inheritance
• You can use an existing theme as the foundation
  for custom Adobe Commerce theme development
  customizations or minor store design upgrades
  such as holiday decorations.

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• If a view file is not found in your custom Adobe
  Commerce theme, the Adobe Commerce system will
  look through the default themes module files or
  library.
• The fallback mechanism for static files such as
  CSS, fonts, images, and JavaScript, as well as
  other theme files, is entirely different.
• A parent theme is defined in the child theme via
  a theme.xml file.
• Step 9 Theme Design
• The main focus of this section will be styling,
  which will primarily involve editing the CSS or
  LESS in this case.
• Before we begin styling the theme, you should be
  aware of three different methods for styling the
  website
• Compilation on the Server
• Grunt for Server-Side Compilation
• Client-Side Collection

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• You can add theme-specific styles to this file,
  save it, and then reload your browser. With
  client-side compilation on, youll notice that
  there are no styles when the browser first loads.
  This is due to the fact that Adobe Commerce is
  compiling the LESS at the time. After a few
  seconds, you should see the styles appear,
  hopefully with your custom styles.
• Step 10 Modify Theme Layout
• You must place the layout file with the same name
  in the following location to override the theme
  layout
• These files take precedence over the following
  layouts
• Always use the directory name page layout instead
  of the layout when overriding page layout files.
• The layout overriding mechanism allows for a
  great deal of customization. I advise you not to
  make the following changes
• Change neither the name nor the alias of the
  block.
• Change the page type of the parent handle.

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• Final Words
• In this Adobe Commerce 2 theme development
  series, We have covered the basics of frontend
  custom Adobe Commerce 2 theme development for
  beginners.
• If you are an experienced Adobe Commerce
  developer, you can use this to polish up on
  fundamental concepts. If you still need any
  assistance regarding adobe commerce theme
  development, then you can reach our Adobe
  Commerce Experts at info_at_vihadigitalcommerce.com.

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