Mimbo Pro has been out for a couple of months now and we have been seeing some common modification requests pop up in support and on the forum. So, I thought I’d write a few posts on modifying Mimbo Pro.
Custom Skins
Custom Skins are the colour schemes you get with the theme. The default theme is blue but, from the control panel, you can also select a red or green scheme. We’ve had a number of people express interest in creating their own skins so here’s how.
- Navigate to the wp-content/themes/mimboPro/skins folder on your server
- Inside the skins directory create a new folder and give it the name of your new skin (note: _ and - get converted to spaces when listed in the control panel)
- Inside your newly created folder add a file called styles.css - this will be your new skin.
To activate the skin simply go to the Mimbo Pro options page (Design -> Mimbo Pro Options) and select your new skin from the dropdown, then hit save. To give you a head-start I would suggest looking at the contents of the bundled skins as they will tell you all the properties to change to do a total colour conversion.
Why use skins?
The biggest reason to create a skin instead of modifying the core theme files is simple, future updates of Mimbo Pro (there have been 3 so far) will “just work”, you won’t need to go in and make all your changes again, the theme itself is untouched so you have nothing to worry about.
These non-destructive ideas are things I will be expanding upon in future themes, and the skins system will play a big part in it - so you might as well get used to it now 