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Magento 2 Theme Design

You're reading from   Magento 2 Theme Design Create stunning and responsive Magento 2 themes for your business

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888229
Length 288 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Richard Carter Richard Carter
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Fernando J Miguel Fernando J Miguel
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Preface 1. Introduction to Magento 2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Exploring Magento Themes 3. Magento 2 Theme Layout 4. Magento UI Library 5. Creating a Responsive Magento 2 Theme 6. Magento 2 Styles Debugging 7. Magento UI Components 8. Magento Layout Development 9. Magento 2 JavaScript 10. Social Media in Magento 2 11. Theme Development Best Practices 12. Magento Theme Distribution

Magento terminology

Before you look at Magento themes, it's beneficial to know the difference between what Magento calls vendors and what Magento calls themes and the distinguishing factors of websites and stores.

Magento vendors and themes

According to the official documentation, a Magento theme is a component that provides a visual design for an entire application area using a combination of custom templates, layouts, styles, or images. Themes are implemented by different vendors and are intended to be distributed as additional packages for Magento, similar to other components.

Each vendor can have one or more themes attached to it, so you can develop different themes inside the same vendor:

Magento vendors and themes

Each theme can have specific rules and custom layout files providing better flexibility both for administrators and developers. The Magento 2 theme structure can be described as follows:

Magento vendors and themes

The way that Magento's theme structure works is quite simple. Each <Vendor>_<Module&gt...

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