CONTENTS OF THIS FILE

• Installing Kalatheme
• Automatic Setup and Subthemes
• Manually Installing Bootstrap
• Creating a Subtheme
• Key Features

INSTALLING KALATHEME

Unlike other Drupal themes Kalatheme requires some other modules to work properly. Please verify you have the following before proceeding with installation. If you fail to do as Kalatheme has requested it will bug you about it until the ending of the world.

• Libraries 2.1+
• Panels 3.3+
• PHP 5.3+
• JQuery Update 2.x (with JQuery version set to 1.7+)
• A Bootstrap 3.0+ library (read below in Installing Bootstrap)
• Optional but highly recommended: Panopoly Theme.
• Optional: A custom Bootstrap library.

The easiest way to satisfy all of these requirements is to just start with Panopoly on Pantheon. https://drupal.org/node/2175703

Then install Kalatheme like any other theme http://drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes

Some people having troubles using the Kalacustomize plugin were helped by Patch #5 here: https://drupal.org/node/2024441 which was rolled against Panels 3.3+41-dev

AUTOMATIC SETUP & SUBTHEMES

Kalatheme is meant to be a base theme that is used to build more powerful subthemes. Subthemes inherit almost all of the propoerties of their base theme so you can reduce theme clutter and start on the 10th floor. Here is some documentation on creating a basic subtheme

Luckily, Kalatheme features a pretty neat subtheme generation tool that will automatically set everything up for you and allow you to customize your subtheme. https://drupal.org/node/2167149

MANUALLY INSTALLING BOOTSTRAP

Kalatheme doesn't do much without a Bootstrap Library so you are going to need to shop around for one.

• To get the standard Bootstrap library, or to customize that library: http://getbootstrap.com/

• If you are looking for a free and pre-made custom version of Bootstrap: http://bootswatch.com/

• If you are looking to roll with a custom version of Bootstrap try out http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ https://drupal.org/node/2167149

• If you don't mind paying for a little extra: http://wrapbootstrap.com/

• You can also Google for other sources if you are feeling adventerous. http://www.google.com/

Kalatheme uses the Libraries API so in order to get Bootstrap working you need to put your Bootstrap files in sites/all/libraries/CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap. For example, if you have a Kalatheme subtheme enabled called mytheme, you'd put Bootstrap's files in sites/all/libraries/mytheme_bootstrap. If you have Kalatheme set as your default theme, you'd use sites/all/libraries/kalatheme_bootstrap. This is so you can have differently customized installations of Bootstrap for different themes.

Custom Bootstrap libraries can use a non-standard files scheme so you need to make sure that your bootstrap directory looks like the following folders and files.

  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/css
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/fonts/
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/js/
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js
  /CURRENT-THEME_bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js

IMPORTANT The only actual requirement here is that either css/bootstrap.css or css/bootstrap.min.css exist and that they both have some sort of version information at the top like this:

  /*!
   * Bootstrap v3.0.0
   *
   * Copyright 2013 Twitter, Inc
   * Licensed under the Apache License v2.0
   * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Most themes have this by default and you can use the above as a basis. It is also worth noting that while you only need boostrap.(min).css for this to "work" you will likely be disappointed if you don't have the JS and font files as well.

If you have more files than what is listed above we recommend putting these files in a KalaSUBtheme.

You also do not need to have the minified files to get this to work but they are highly recommended for better performance.

KEY FEATURES

• Settings On the settings page for Kalatheme you can configure how you want the style plugin to work. https://drupal.org/node/2167213

• Style Plugin When you choose to "Customize this page" using the Panels In-Place Editor you gain access to a bunch of customization tools provided by Kalatheme. Select the paintbrush on the panels pane or region you want to edit, choose "Kalacustomize" and hit next. https://drupal.org/node/2167217

• Views Grid Any content pane view that is made with the grid display and that has an amount of columns that can evenly divide the amount of columns in your responsive grid (12 by default) will be automatically responsive. You can also implement a custom size grid. https://drupal.org/node/2167219

• Responsive Menu and Toggling The "main-menu" menu will automatically dropdown for subitems. It will also automatically "responsify" on tablet and phone. You can also choose what device you want each pane to show up on. https://drupal.org/node/2167215

• One Region Theme Nirvana with Panels Layouts https://drupal.org/node/2167223 https://drupal.org/node/2167225

• Accessibility (Coming soon!) Kalatheme strives to provide and improve accessibiltiy for all users. Please report issues with the tag a11y.

• Moving to hosting releases on github and Drupal.org.

  • Github hosts the source on master and releases on the release branch.
  • Post issues ot Drupal.org, but develop against source on github.

• SASS and COMPASS Support https://drupal.org/node/2167227