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- First determine a directory name for your new theme inside the dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp
directory; this name will be referenced as theme-dir in these instructions.Code Block /themes/
- Instead of starting your new theme completely from scratch, make a new copy of the standard theme template in a new directory, theme-dir.
- First, build DSpace (
) if you haven't alreadyCode Block mvn package
dspace-srcCode Block cd
Code Block /dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/webapps/xmlui/themes/
theme-dirCode Block cp -R template
- First, build DSpace (
- Next customize the theme's sitemap by specifying the theme's directory and name. Open, dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/sitemap.xmap, and edit the global variables shown below:
Code Block <map<map:component-configurations>configurations>
Code Block <global-variables><global-variables>
theme-dirCode Block <theme-path><theme-path>
Code Block <</theme-path>path>
the name of your themeCode Block <theme-name><theme-name>
Code Block <</theme-name>name>
Code Block <</global-variables>variables>
Code Block <</map:component-configurations>configurations>
- Next customize the theme's CSS stylesheets, by default there are two style sheets used – a base version for all browsers and then a supplemental version just for Internet explorer.
- dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/lib/style.css
- dspace-src/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/themes/theme-dir/lib/style-ie6.css
- Perform the steps in Install+a+theme
- Perform the steps in Rebuild+DSpace
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- Hint #1: Add
orCode Block ?XML
on the end of the URL to view the underlying XML for a given page.Code Block &XML
- Hint #2: Locate the appropriate
to override in theCode Block <xsl:template><xsl:template>
theme that comes with DSpace. TheCode Block dri2xhtml
theme includes 5 main XSLT files. The three with (default) next to them are the only ones used by default in DSpace.Code Block dri2xhtml
(default) = matches Item/Collection/Community METS files which contain DIM (DSpace Intermediate Metadata) format. (i.e. controls the display of all default metadata)Code Block DIM-Handler.xsl
(default) = matches theCode Block General-Handler.xsl
section of Item-level METS files (i.e. controls display of individual files/bitstreams)Code Block <fileSec><fileSec>
= matches Item/Collection/Community METS files which contain MODS metadata. (i.e. controls the display of all MODS metadata)Code Block MODS-Handler.xsl
= matches Item/Collection/Community METS files which contain Qualified Dublin Core metadata. (i.e. controls the display of all QDC metadata)Code Block QDC-Handler.xsl
(default) = defines the layout / page structure for all of DSpaceCode Block structural.xsl
- Hint #3: There are a total of four metadata display "modes" used in DSpace. The
tags in each of theCode Block <xsl:template><xsl:template>
files are named after these "modes".Code Block *-Handler.xsl
- SummaryList = Summarized List of Objects
- E.g. Community/Collection listing pages, item browsing/searching pages
- SummaryView = Summarized View of a single Object
- E.g. Item homepage (by default includes summarized metadata only)
- DetailList = Detailed List of Objects
- (Rarely used) E.g. The "item appears in the following collections" section on an Item's page is a DetailList of Collections, as it includes both collection names and brief descriptions
- DetailView = Detailed View of a single Object
- E.g. Item "full record" page, Collection/Community homepages