Theme Template

Quick start and create a new theme by using this template. Follow the below 4 steps:

Refer this link for detailed theme documentation after following the below steps:

step 1

Login with github: https://github.com/login

step 2

Create a new repository using this template.

step 3

• Clone your GitHub Repository created from step 2. See this link to learn how to clone a repository from GitHub.
• Edit package.json file in template, make sure to update the following fields accordingly:

Field	Description
title	Replace "Name of the extension" with the actual title of your extension.
name	Change github-<owner>-<repo> to your specific package name, formatted as github-yourusername-reponame.
description	Update to a brief, relevant description of what your extension does.
version	Start with "0.0.1" or update to reflect your current version following semantic versioning.
license	Confirm "MIT" is suitable or specify another license if necessary.
author	Replace with your name and a link to your GitHub profile or another URL.
homepage	Set to the URL of your project’s homepage or GitHub repository.
engines	Ensure compatibility with the required Brackets version, e.g., ">=3.0.0".
categories	Update "demo" with relevant categories that fit your extension.
keywords	Update or append additional keywords that describe your extension.
files	Ensure this includes all necessary files and folders for your extension.

step 4

• Go to https://create.phcode.dev .This is a special development centric website of phcode.dev which shows non minified js/css files in the browser developer tools.
• Open the cloned folder and select Debug > Load Project As Extension

• You can now make code changes to your theme and live preview theme changes as you edit your theme css.

• You can also select Debug> Reload With Extensions to test the new code changes.
• When you are done developing the extension/theme, select Debug> Unload Project As Extension to unload the extension/theme.

Detailed Documentation

Please go to https://docs.phcode.dev/api/creating-themes for more documentation/community support links.

Publishing your theme to the repository

Once you have built your theme, you can publish the theme to phcode.dev extension store in a single step directly from this repository. Please see publish section in this link for more details: Publishing extension and themes