'Yii2 theme integration

I have installed Yii2 advanced application, and now I want to change backend theme. How can I do this? Is there any file where I need to tell Yii2 that use my custom theme? I established my theme under backend/web/themes/mytheme. I just replaced this code in advanced/backend/config/main.php, but nothing happened!

 'view' => [
  'theme' => [
       'pathMap' => ['@app/views' => '@app/themes/mytheme'],
       'baseUrl' => '@web/themes/mytheme',
    ],
  ],

Then I replaced this code under common/config/main.php but nothing changed!

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Solution 1:^[1]

Yet another approach to change theme in Yii2 is:

Create a themes directory in web folder in frontend or backend where you want to change theme.
place your theme folder inside themes directory.

change $css and $js variables in AppAsset.php in assets folder in frontend or backend like:

public $css = [
    //'css/site.css',
    'themes/theme_folder/css/font-awesome.min.css',
    'themes/theme_folder/css/slicknav.css',
    'themes/theme_folder/css/style.css',
    'themes/theme_folder/css/responsive.css',
    'themes/theme_folder/css/animate.css',
    'themes/theme_folder/css/colors/red.css',
    //'themes/margo/asset/css/bootstrap.min.css',
];
public $js = [
        'themes/theme_folder/js/jquery.migrate.js',
        'themes/theme_folder/js/modernizrr.js',
        'themes/theme_folder/js/jquery.fitvids.js',
        'themes/theme_folder/js/owl.carousel.min.js',
        'themes/theme_folder/js/nivo-lightbox.min.js',
        //'themes/theme_folder/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js',
        //'themes/theme_folder/asset/js/bootstrap.min.js'
];

Do not include core bootstrap css, bootstrap js and jquery js as these are core APIs that are provided by Yii2. I have commented them above.
Use the below code to reference theme resources (css, js, images etc) in your main.php layout file or other site pages:
```
    <?= Yii::getAlias('@web/themes/theme_folder') ?>/images/margo.png
```
There is no need to include css or js files in layouts->main.php file :)

Solution 2:^[2]

Create a view folder in your themes/mytheme and move all view files like main.php into it and other layouts needed.

Also you can set your basic layout in the backend\config\main.php like

return [
'id' => 'app-backend',
'layout'=>'yourtheme', //your `themes/mytheme/views/` contain yourtheme.php in this case
...

Also change pathmap to

 'pathMap' => ['@app/views' => '@app/themes/mytheme/views'],

Solution 3:^[3]

In the backend folder make a theme folder .In file backend/config/main.php the components section add the code given below ,files in this folder will behave like the view folder in backend .

'view' => [
            'theme' => [
                'basePath' => '@backend/themes/demo',
                'baseUrl' => '@backend/themes/demo',
                'pathMap' => [
                    '@backend/views' => '@backend/themes/demo',
                ],
            ],
        ],

Solution 4:^[4]

To install a new backend or frontend theme ( I did one page Bootstrap theme), please follow the below steps:

Copy the theme content i.e. directories like js, css, images, fonts etc to for instance backend->web folder.

Change your backend->assets->AppAsset.php class i.e. modify $css and $js arrays like

public $css = [
    //'css/site.css',
    'css/font-awesome.min.css',
    'css/main.css',
    'css/prettyPhoto.css',
    'css/bootstrap.min.css',
];
public $js = [
        //'js/bootstrap.min.js',
        'js/html5shiv.js',
        'js/jquery.isotope.min.js',
        //'js/jquery.js',
        'js/jquery.prettyPhoto.js',
        'js/main.js',
        'js/respond.min.js',
];

Please keep in mind to comment out core JQuery and Bootstrap JS files as they are provided by Yii2 by default.

Modify the backend->views->layouts->main.php file as under:

 <?php

 /* @var $this \yii\web\View */
 /* @var $content string */

 use backend\assets\AppAsset;
 use yii\helpers\Html;
 use yii\bootstrap\Nav;
 use yii\bootstrap\NavBar;
 use yii\widgets\Breadcrumbs;
 use common\widgets\Alert;
 use webvimark\modules\UserManagement\models\User;
 use webvimark\modules\UserManagement\UserManagementModule;

 AppAsset::register($this);
 ?>

<?php $this->beginPage() ?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?= Yii::$app->language ?>">
<head>
<meta charset="<?= Yii::$app->charset ?>">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="">
<meta name="author" content="">
<?= Html::csrfMetaTags() ?>
<title><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></title>

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/js/html5shiv.js"></script>
<script src="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/js/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/images/ico/favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/images/ico/apple-touch-icon-144-precomposed.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/images/ico/apple-touch-icon-114-precomposed.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/images/ico/apple-touch-icon-72-precomposed.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/images/ico/apple-touch-icon-57-precomposed.png">
<?php $this->head() ?>
</head><!--/head-->

<body data-spy="scroll" data-target="#navbar" data-offset="0">

<?php $this->beginBody() ?>

    <header id="header" role="banner">
    <div class="container">
        <div id="navbar" class="navbar navbar-default">
            <div class="navbar-header">
                <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
                    <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
                    <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                    <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                    <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                </button>
                <a class="navbar-brand" href="index.html"></a>
            </div>
            <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
                <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
                <li class="active"><a href="#main-slider"><i class="icon-home"></i></a></li>


                    <li><a href="#services">Services</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#pricing">Pricing</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#about-us">About Us</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
      </header><!--/#header-->



            <?= $content ?>



<footer id="footer">
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-sm-6">
                &copy; 2013 <a target="_blank" href="http://shapebootstrap.net/" title="Free Twitter Bootstrap WordPress Themes and HTML templates">ShapeBootstrap</a>. All Rights Reserved.
            </div>
            <div class="col-sm-6">
                <img class="pull-right" src="<?= Yii::$app->request->baseUrl ?>/images/shapebootstrap.png" alt="ShapeBootstrap" title="ShapeBootstrap">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</footer><!--/#footer-->


<?php $this->endBody() ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php $this->endPage() ?>

Now adjust your other content pages according to theme, place sections of the theme on your pages that suits you :)

Let me know if anyone comes across any difficulty :)

Solution 5:^[5]

try this:

'components' => [
    'view' => [
        'theme' => [
            'pathMap' => ['@backend/views' => '@backend/themes/mytheme'],
            'baseUrl' => '@backend/themes/mytheme',
        ],
    ],
],

Solution 6:^[6]

just put all your view folder in themes\mytheme

Sources

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Solution	Source
Solution 1	iltaf khalid
Solution 2
Solution 3	Midhun
Solution 4	iltaf khalid
Solution 5
Solution 6	Ankita

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