2.2.7. Changing a Blog Theme

To change the theme of a blog, copy the relevant files to the blog directory, and move the template and style sheet to .blaze/theme/ and .blaze/style/ respectively. Then change the configuration to use this theme by typing the following at a shell prompt:

blaze-config blog.theme template_file
blaze-config blog.style stylesheet_file

The changes will take effect the next time you run the blaze-make command.

Example 2.9. Installing the VectorLover Theme

To install the VectorLover theme on Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems, download the archive from the website and extract its content to the directory with .blaze/:

public_html]$ wget http://blaze.blackened.cz/files/theme/vectorlover-1.0.2.tar.gz
--2011-02-14 00:53:07--  http://blaze.blackened.cz/files/theme/vectorlover-1.0.2.tar.gz
Resolving blaze.blackened.cz... 87.236.199.95
Connecting to blaze.blackened.cz|87.236.199.95|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 59972 (59K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: "vectorlover-1.0.2.tar.gz"

100%[======================================>] 59,972      --.-K/s   in 0.1s    

2011-02-14 00:53:08 (397 KB/s) - "vectorlover-1.0.2.tar.gz" saved [59972/59972]

public_html]$ tar xfz vectorlover-1.0.2.tar.gz

Then move the template file and the corresponding style sheet to .blaze/theme/ and .blaze/style/ respectively:

public_html]$ mv vectorlover.html .blaze/theme/
public_html]$ mv vectorlover.css .blaze/style/

Finally, change the configuration to use this theme:

public_html]$ blaze-config blog.theme vectorlover.html
The option has been successfully saved.
public_html]$ blaze-config blog.style vectorlover.css
The option has been successfully saved.