phpMyAdmin comes with support for third party themes. You can download additional themes from our website at <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/themes/>.
Themes are configured with :config:option:`$cfg['ThemeManager']` and
:config:option:`$cfg['ThemeDefault']`. Under :file:`./themes/`, you should not
delete the directory pmahomme
or its underlying structure, because this is
the system theme used by phpMyAdmin. pmahomme
contains all images and
styles, for backwards compatibility and for all themes that would not include
images or css-files. If :config:option:`$cfg['ThemeManager']` is enabled, you
can select your favorite theme on the main page. Your selected theme will be
stored in a cookie.
To create a theme:
- make a new subdirectory (for example "your_theme_name") under :file:`./themes/`.
- copy the files and directories from
pmahomme
to "your_theme_name" - edit the css-files in "your_theme_name/css"
- put your new images in "your_theme_name/img"
- edit :file:`_variables.scss` in "your_theme_name/scss"
- edit :file:`theme.json` in "your_theme_name" to contain theme metadata (see below)
- make a new screenshot of your theme and save it under "your_theme_name/screen.png"
.. versionchanged:: 4.8.0 Before 4.8.0 the theme metadata was passed in the :file:`info.inc.php` file. It has been replaced by :file:`theme.json` to allow easier parsing (without need to handle PHP code) and to support additional features.
In theme directory there is file :file:`theme.json` which contains theme metadata. Currently it consists of:
.. describe:: name Display name of the theme. **This field is required.**
.. describe:: version Theme version, can be quite arbitrary and does not have to match phpMyAdmin version. **This field is required.**
.. describe:: description Theme description. this will be shown on the website. **This field is required.**
.. describe:: author Theme author name. **This field is required.**
.. describe:: url Link to theme author website. It's good idea to have way for getting support there.
.. describe:: supports Array of supported phpMyAdmin major versions. **This field is required.**
For example, the definition for Original theme shipped with phpMyAdmin 4.8:
{
"name": "Original",
"version": "4.8",
"description": "Original phpMyAdmin theme",
"author": "phpMyAdmin developers",
"url": "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/",
"supports": ["4.8"]
}
If you do not want to use your own symbols and buttons, remove the
directory "img" in "your_theme_name". phpMyAdmin will use the
default icons and buttons (from the system-theme pmahomme
).