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[ian1957 Friend ian1957Join date: February 2013Posts: 12Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#188898

How are template-custom.less and variables-custom.less used from e.g. …./templates/ja_onepage/less/themes/modern

I had hoped to keep all my own customizations easily visible in there, simply overriding the settings in the main .less files but this does not seem to work. If I can’t do this override, what is the expected purpose of these files?

[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#498817

Hi

As described HERE

Development Mode

This is an important option. You should clearly define the differences between enabling and disabling the option.

Enable Development Mode

When you are developing your site, you should enable this option. Once it’s turned on, your site directly runs on original files – LESS files.

After you finish your development, you should compile LESS to CSS. This option will compile LESS files to CSS files. All your changes in LESS files will be compiled to corresponding CSS files.

Disable Development Mode

When you are not developing your site, you should disable the option. This will increase your site speed. In this mode, your site runs on CSS, not LESS. The CSS files are compiled from LESS files.

[ian1957 Friend ian1957Join date: February 2013Posts: 12Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#498826

Thanks for a prompt reply but I didn’t see anywhere in the reference you cite any mention of the two files I ask about.

[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#498834

Sorry but your question is not so clear to me or i msunderstood what you mean

did you checked this page too ?

Or maybe try to explain better what you mean

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#498915

For example. If I want to change @TPLbaseColor variable in the …../less/themes/modern/variables.less I could edit the file, this works of course, but I tried simply redefining the variable in variables-custom.less, which did nothing. Defining it this way would mean that, for the few changes I have to make are all well localised and visible.

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