Theme Customization

Table of Contents

Customizing the Rental System Templates
Adding A New Template/Theme To Magento
- Common Mistake - Direct Theme Customization
- The Right Way
  - For Magento CE Version 1.9+
  - For Magento Version <= 1.8.1
Magento Template / Theme Design Recommended Resources

Customizing the Rental System Templates #

the templates are in app/design/frontend/base/default/template/payperrentals DO NOT modify these files directly, or the changes you do will be lost when you upgrade our rental extension. Rather copy ONLY the files you need to change to your theme that you are using.

For example if using the default RWD package and theme and you wanted to edit the view_rental.phtml template you would copy it from app/design/frontend/base/default/template/payperrentals/catalog/product/view_rental.phtml TO app/design/frontend/rwd/default/template/payperrentals/catalog/product/view_rental.phtml

Adding A New Template/Theme To Magento #

Common Mistake – Direct Theme Customization #

We see many clients put their changes directly into the theme. This can be easily overwritten when you upgrade your Magento Version. Do not do it. Do it the proper way.

If you are going to be making changes to the CSS, Page Layouts, and default templates you should create a new package and/or theme.

The Right Way #

For customizing the theme/template of your Magento site, the process is different depending on if you have Magento CE version 1.9+ or Magento CE version <= 1.8.1