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Sunsetted Themes
Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) has sunsetted all legacy themes in favour of Foundation. Foundation is: faster, more SEO friendly, easier to customize without developer resources, more suited to "accessibility" requirements, and more mobile-friendly than legacy themes. ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Many features of Vanilla are compatible…
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Theme Elements Overview
A theme comprises several customizable elements. You can configure these theme elements individually in order to design and manage the appearance of your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community pages. Before we begin… Right out of the box, Vanilla's latest theme, Foundation, provides an excellent mobile experience,…
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Create and Edit Themes
In Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla), a theme is the primary factor that controls your community's aesthetic appearance. Vanilla offers three methods for creating and editing a theme: Theme Editor Theme API File-based Theme Method compatibility All Vanilla themes share the same basic structure. This means each of the options…
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Accessibility in Your Vanilla Community
Accessibility involves making websites easier to use for persons with disabilities (such as vision and physical impairments). Accessibility laws require that a person with disabilities be able to use a website with software that reads aloud the site's content and/or using only a keyboard. Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) is…
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Manage Legacy Layouts
When setting up your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community, you can choose from a variety of layouts in order to control the appearance of your community pages. 📝 NOTE: In addition to these out-of-the-box legacy layouts, you can use the Layout Editor to build custom layouts for certain pages of your site using sections…
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Theme Variable Reference
This article documents the variables that can be used to customize your theme. Specify these variables in the Advanced Settings panel of the Theme Editor. To access the panel, click Advanced Settings , as shown below. (The button always displays, irrespective of which section is being customized.) The Advanced Settings…