{"id":1593,"date":"2011-03-29T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesg.net\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2011-03-29T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T17:23:04","slug":"theming-whmcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesg.net\/?p=1593","title":{"rendered":"Theming WHMCS – It’s EASY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading several people struggling to theme WHMCS, I decided that I would write a brief tutorial to attempt to emphasize how easy this is if you read the directions and think it through.\u00a0 First off, modifying the default them is *not* the easiest way to do it, you’re going to beat your head against the wall trying.\u00a0 WHMCS has setup their system very simply.\u00a0 Imagine the following php file-<\/p>\n

<?php
\ninclude(header.tpl);
\ninclude(maincontent);
\ninclude(footer.tpl);
\n?><\/p>\n

This is an oversimplified version of how WHMCS works.\u00a0 So here are the steps<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Setup a static design that you would like to use.<\/li>\n
  2. Split the file around the main content area<\/li>\n
  3. Copy\/Paste everything above the main content into the header.tpl file for your skin<\/li>\n
  4. Copy\/Paste everything below the main content into the footer.tpl file for your skin.<\/li>\n
  5. Replace meta variables (these can be found in \/templates\/default\/header.tpl)<\/li>\n
  6. Use FireBug to fix any minor issues in your css.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    WHMCS<\/a> uses the smarty template system<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    After reading several people struggling to theme WHMCS, I decided that I would write a brief tutorial to attempt to emphasize how easy this is if you read the directions and think it through.\u00a0 First off, modifying the default them is *not* the easiest way to do it, you’re going to beat your head against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t