Theming Guide

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 only with Foundation and require the use of the Layout Editor.

📝 NOTE: We recommend that you upgrade your theme to Foundation. If you have questions or concerns about this, contact your CSM or Vanilla Support.

Refer to the sections that follow for information on themes' support.

Sunset in 2022

Bittersweet
Bootstrap
Bootstrap 3
Deflector
Triple A

Previously sunset

Cornerstone
Embed-friendly
Baseline

Sunset Date Set-stage themes

These themes are in the Sunset Date Set stage and scheduled to be sunset in December, 2024.

Boilerplate
Customized Theme
Keystone
Lithemobile

📝 NOTE: Vanilla encourages all customers to start using the more feature-rich Foundation theme.

Foundation theme articles

For information on Foundation theme, check out these helpful articles.

For an introduction to Foundation, see:

https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/170

To learn how to migrate an older theme to Foundation, see:

https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/277

Below are links to articles with information about the life-cycles and stages of Vanilla module and features.

A comprehensive list of the current stage in the "life" of each Vanilla module and feature is available in:

https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/1539

Learn about each product life-cycle stage, including its feature improvement activity and support assurance details, in:

https://support.higherlogic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041785171

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