Legacy Themes Sunsetting - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><strong>Higher Logic Vanilla</strong> (<strong>Vanilla</strong>) has decided to sunset a number of its "legacy" themes as we encourage customers to start using the recently released <em>Foundation</em> theme.</p><h2 data-id="sunset-timeline">Sunset Timeline</h2><p>Our product-development plan calls for these legacy themes to be sunset in late-2022:</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/QSFEDRPHTUK1/sunset-legacy-themes.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/QSFEDRPHTUK1/sunset-legacy-themes.png" alt="SUNSET-Legacy Themes.png" height="212" width="647" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>š <strong>NOTE</strong>: A comprehensive list of the currentĀ <strong>stage</strong>Ā in the "life" of each VanillaĀ <strong>module</strong>Ā andĀ <strong>feature</strong> is available in the Higher Logic knowledge base in <a href="https://support.higherlogic.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408090657556" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Product Life Cycle - Higher Logic Vanilla</a>.</p><p>āļø <strong>TIP</strong>: To learn more about each product life cycle stage, including its <em>feature improvement activity</em> and <em>support assurance details</em>, seeĀ <a href="https://support.higherlogic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041785171" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Product Life Cycle and Support Assurance Plan</a>.</p><h2 data-id="maintenance-stage-legacy-themes">Maintenance Stage Legacy Themes</h2><p>A handful of legacy themes are in the <strong>Maintenance</strong> stage and not scheduled to be sunset along with those mentioned above.</p><p>š <strong>NOTE</strong>: Vanilla encourages customers to consider migrating to the Foundation theme from these themes as well.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/44IV32IAKOIV/maintenance-legacy-themes.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/44IV32IAKOIV/maintenance-legacy-themes.png" alt="MAINTENANCE-Legacy Themes.png" height="254" width="647" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="foundation-theme-articles">Foundation Theme Articles</h2><p>Again, we encourage all customers to start using the more feature rich Foundation theme. For more information, check out some of these helpful articles.</p><ul><li>For an <em>introduction to Foundation</em>, see:</li></ul><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Introduction Foundation and theĀ Theme Editor were introduced with the goal of allowing you and your teams to easily customize your site to give your community and knowledge bases a look and feel that showcases your brand. FoundationĀ has been built to ensure that your theme remainsĀ accessible, mobile friendly andĀ compatibleā¦","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/170","embedType":"link","name":"Theming Overview - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/170" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/170 </a> </div><ul><li>To learn how to <em>migrate a legacy theme to Foundation</em>, see:</li></ul><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"The Foundation theming system is Higher Logic Vanilla's (Vanilla's) best and most flexible way of theming of your community. There are many benefits to switching over to Foundation. Customizing your community is easier than ever because Foundation provides an easy-to-use user interface where you immediately see the resultsā¦","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/277","embedType":"link","name":"Moving my theme over to the new theming system - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/277" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/277 </a> </div><p><br></p> </article> </main>