In this Presentation, we have provided step by step Installation guide and error free solution for developers which helps in time efficient and user friendly installation of theme in Liferay 7.

1. Step by Step Guide to Create Theme for
Liferay DXP 7

2. Introduction of Liferay Digital Experience Platform
(DXP) 7
We have been working with Liferay platform ever since the release of Liferay
3.6 for developing enterprise web applications and over this time , not only
we have seen the platform evolve and grow significantly with each release, it
has also been recognized as a leader in the “Magic Quadrant for Horizontal
Portals”– an yearly publication from Gartner ( A leading IT research firm), for
the fifth year in a row.
With introduction of Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7, creation of
custom themes became a complex process, compared to Liferay 6.2 where
themes can be easily created using Liferay developer studio and Eclipse.

3. Mainly 3 steps are included:
• Prerequisite (i.e. environment) to start theme development
• Steps to build theme.
• Deploy theme
Step by Step Guide for Creating Your Own Custom
Theme for Liferay 7.0.

4. Setup of Liferay Theme
Theme generator has few inline dependencies. To make theme generator
work, you need to follow following steps to resolve its dependencies.
• Uninstall latest version of node & Ruby and Rails if installe
• Install Node v4.2.2 via the link –
https://nodejs.org/download/release/v4.2.2/node-v4.2.2-x64.msi
• Open the Command Prompt and Check the node version,
=> Type command –
1 node –v

5. Check for output – v4.2.2

6. Setup NPM environment by following below steps:
=> Open it in Command Prompt (CMD)

7. => Go to C:Users {current User} for Example: C:Usersdharam.mali
=> Type
1 copy NUL .npmrc
=> You can see-> .npmrc file is created at C:Usersdharam.mali
=> Open .npmrc file and add following path:
prefix=c:Usersdharam.mali.npm-packages

8. =>NPM_PACKAGES (Add new System Variable) = C:Users
dharam.mali.npm-packages
=>NODE_PATH (Add new System Variable) =
%NODE_PATH%;c:Usersdharam.mali.npm-packagesnode_modules
=> Add to (user variable) PATH = %NPM_PACKAGES%
Close the Command Prompt (CMD) and open again with Administrator, now
Install Yeoman and gulp globally by executing the following command
(It will take some time)
1 npm install -g yo gulp

9. Now you’re ready to install the Themes Generator. Install it by executing this
command:
Once everything is installed without error, then install Sass on Windows.
Install Ruby Sass and Compass by below steps
Download Ruby from: http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/
=> Use the latest version: Ruby 2.3.1 (x64)
1 npm install -g generator-liferay-theme

10. Liferay Theme Installation:
a. Install it in Program file
b. Make sure to tick
i. “Add Ruby executable to you PATH
ii. Associate .rb and……

12. iii. Open CMD with administrator, type
Output: 2.5.1
Now install SASS Compiler for CSS
a. To avoid error we will change source path for Ruby,
=> Open CMD with administrator, type:
b. Install
1 gem -v
1 gem sources -a http://rubygems.org/
1 gem install sass compass

13. Now it’s time to create theme!
Go to directory when you want to create your theme: (for Example:
E:projectsliferay-developer-studioworkspaceliferay-workspacethemes)
a. Open CMD with Administrator,
type :
1 yo liferay-theme

14. Create New Theme name ”MyFirstTheme”

15. b. Now your theme is created, see folder created named “MyFirstTheme”
c. Go to your theme folder E:projectsliferay-developer-
studioworkspaceliferay-workspacethemesmyfirsttheme-theme
d. In CMD type:
1 npm install

16. Go to your theme folder in cmd, e.g. E:projectsliferay-developer-
studioworkspaceliferay-workspacethemesmyfirsttheme-theme
Type :
Deploy theme in Liferay
1 gulp build

18. Once you get message “Finished ‘build’ after 17 s” type:
1 gulp deploy

19. Wrap-Up
In this PPT, we have provided step by step Installation guide and error free
solution for developers which helps in time efficient and user friendly
installation of theme in Liferay 7.
Talk to our Liferay consultant to know more about Liferay DXP(Digital
Experience Platform).

20. Original Source :
http://www.azilen.com/blog/step-by-step-guide-to-create-theme-for-liferay-
dxp-7/

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