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Theme Registry Keys

A list of basic MT5 theme keys.

View the themes that ship with Movable Type for more examples of the below keys.

Registry Keys

label

Theme display name.

label: Classic Blog

id

Theme identifier.

id: classic_blog

author_name

Theme author’s name.

author_name: "Six Apart, Ltd."

URL of the theme author’s website.

author_link: http://www.sixapart.com/

description

Description of the theme.

description: "Typical and authentic blogging design comes with plenty of styles and the selection of 2 column / 3 column layout. Best for all the bloggers."

version

Specify version number.

version: "1.0"

class

Specify which objects this theme can be applied to.

class: blog

Values:

  • blog
  • website
  • both (default)

protected

Specify whether or not to permit uninstall from the admin screen.

protected: 1

l10n_lexicon

Specify a localization dictionary.

l10n_lexicon:
    ja:
        Classic Website: クラシックウェブサイト
    de:
        Classic Website: Klassische Website

Specify another yaml file for the dictionary:

l10n_lexicon:
    ja: l10n_ja.yaml

thumbnail_file

Specify a relative path from the package directory to thumbnail image files.

thumbnail_file: thumb.png

Use image files that are 400px x 300px.

thumbnail_file_medium

Specify a relative path from the package directory to (medium) image files to be used for thumbnails. Use image files that are 240px x 180px.

thumbnail_file_medium: thumb-medium.png

If this field is left blank, and thumbnail_file has already been set, MT will automatically attempt to convert the file to medium size as best as it can.

thumbnail_file_small

Specify a relative path from the package directory to (small) image files to be used for thumbnails. Use image files that are 120px x 90px.

thumbnail_file_small: thumb-small.png

If this field is left blank, and thumbnail_file has already been set, MT will automatically attempt to convert the file to small size as best as it can.

required_components

Specify which plugins already installed on Movable Type are required to use this theme. In hash format, specify plugin component IDs and minimum versions required for operation.

required_components
    professional_pack: 1.2

optional_components

Specify which of the optional plugins are good to use with this theme.

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1 Comment

karin on December 12, 2012, 11:11 a.m. Reply

Would it be possible to add some free text for miscellaneous stuff like licensing information for instance?