[ckan-dev] customize homepage ckan

Thu Dec 5 10:30:08 UTC 2013

... https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-demo also shows how to change the  
background image.
It's a combination of adding a CSS file (fanstatic_library) and  
embedding it within the base.html template.

Ralf

Zitat von Ralf <user66 at arcor.de>:

> Hi Hilde,
>
> you should get familiar with "Theming" and templating:
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/theming.html
>
> You need to create your own template(s). The easiest and best way  
> (even if it means writing code) is to create an extension. There are  
> many examples available, which should be easy enough to start with,  
> this one for example:
>
> https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-demo
>
> My basic extension also contains custom templates (but I haven't  
> replaced the background image yet, which is on the ToDo list):
> https://github.com/formwandler/ckanext-odmetheme
>
> Cheers
> Ralf
>
> Zitat von Hildegard Gerlach <hildegard.gerlach at jrc.ec.europa.eu>:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to add some cutomization to our CKAN home page without  
>> too much commitment. I would like to something similar to
>> http://data.codeforhouston.com/
>> http://data.kk.dk/
>>
>> I am  not really confident in writing css and don't know where to start.
>> Is there an easy way to at least substitute the placeholder.it and  
>> background-tile.png ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Hilde