DIYPloneStyle: Creating a Custom Style for Plone 2.1 and 2.5

This tutorial will teach you how DIYPloneStyle can be used as a base for creating a custom style product for Plone 2.1 or Plone 2.5 that adds to a portal a new skin selection and makes use of the new stylesheet and javascript registries.

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1. Introduction Introducing DIYPloneStyle and the purpose of this tutorial.
2. Installation and basic example Quick learning from the basic example included in DIYPloneStyle.
3. Getting Started - The Manual Way Preparing DIYPloneStyle for making it the skeleton of a new visual theme for Plone.
4. Getting Started - The Automated Way Using the built-in generator script for quick skeleton creation.
5. Organizing the skins layers A bit of theory on the portal_skins tool mechanism.
6. Working with Base Properties Editing base_properties.props for quick customization.
7. Registering and customizing stylesheets Best use of the Resource Registries.
8. Troubleshooting Some solutions in case you encounter problems.
9. Resources Related documentation, Zope/Plone products and CSS oriented developer tools.
10. Translations This tutorial in your language (?).

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