Creating a theme

Prerequisite

 * Download Liferay Plugins SDK 5.2.3
 * Edit build.properties to point to your application server

Create a new theme
[pkane@LONDON|c:\_projects\myportal\liferay\liferay-plugins-sdk-5.2.3\themes] ant -Dtheme.name=linhope -Dtheme.display.name="Linhope Solutions" create

Deploy the theme
[pkane@LONDON|c:\_projects\myportal\liferay\liferay-plugins-sdk-5.2.3\themes\linope-theme] ant deploy

Creating your theme
You need to override or create you new files with in the folder /[theme]/docroot/_diffs. It is recommend you look at [webserver_app_folder]/ROOT/html/themes/classic for files and structure.

Creating the thumbmail preview
Create a file /[theme]/docroot/images/thumbnail.png The image should be 163 x 113